Data for 2021
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021
Figures for 2021, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021 covers 99 countries on 3 measures. 34 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Lebanon is lowest, at 22.57. The middle country reads 96.15. Against 2020, 57 values changed (32 up, 25 down), 15 countries joined, 11 left.
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 2021
Highest34 countries share it
100.00LowestLebanon
22.57Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 99 countries · select a heading to sort
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| 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 99.76 | 99.75 | 100.00 | |
| 99.71 | 99.70 | 99.81 | |
| 99.58 | — | — | |
| 99.35 | 99.42 | 84.62 | |
| 99.10 | 98.92 | 99.31 | |
| 99.09 | 99.26 | 98.34 | |
| 98.42 | 98.48 | 98.25 | |
| 98.03 | 98.06 | 97.89 | |
| 98.01 | 97.95 | 98.31 | |
| 97.62 | 97.68 | 97.53 | |
| 97.53 | 97.16 | 98.87 | |
| 97.39 | 97.17 | 100.00 | |
| 97.22 | 95.97 | 98.35 | |
| 97.09 | 96.94 | 97.42 | |
| 96.73 | 96.73 | 96.72 | |
| 96.15 | 96.41 | 95.31 | |
| 96.00 | 97.05 | 94.69 | |
| 95.10 | 94.80 | 95.81 | |
| 94.21 | 94.15 | 94.31 | |
| 93.49 | 93.75 | 92.92 | |
| 93.28 | 94.59 | 91.98 | |
| 91.75 | 91.12 | 96.36 | |
| 90.98 | 95.42 | 86.94 | |
| 90.94 | 92.06 | 88.34 | |
| 90.85 | 90.88 | 90.65 | |
| 90.65 | 91.93 | 75.74 | |
| 90.02 | 90.01 | 90.40 | |
| 89.51 | 88.95 | 90.20 | |
| 89.24 | 89.80 | 85.18 | |
| 88.81 | 89.88 | 84.84 | |
| 88.45 | 88.93 | 87.56 | |
| 87.63 | 87.33 | 90.19 | |
| 87.60 | 90.67 | 85.45 | |
| 87.01 | 88.21 | 83.19 | |
| 86.90 | 85.94 | 88.62 | |
| 85.00 | 86.30 | 73.33 | |
| 84.28 | 96.72 | 38.37 | |
| 83.52 | — | — | |
| 83.12 | 85.47 | 69.57 | |
| 82.32 | 84.31 | 79.67 | |
| 82.04 | 82.41 | 79.51 | |
| 76.87 | 70.38 | 84.68 | |
| 76.14 | 77.04 | 74.92 | |
| 75.80 | 78.01 | 68.29 | |
| 75.79 | 66.11 | 77.96 | |
| 75.58 | 71.66 | 77.47 | |
| 75.21 | 75.64 | 72.50 | |
| 75.08 | 76.87 | 74.35 | |
| 73.85 | 74.88 | 65.58 | |
| 73.14 | 78.94 | 70.50 | |
| 73.08 | 71.92 | 77.78 | |
| 67.61 | 68.01 | 66.21 | |
| 66.17 | 64.51 | 69.18 | |
| 66.08 | 68.19 | 62.86 | |
| 65.52 | 67.12 | 64.15 | |
| 65.06 | 65.99 | 61.44 | |
| 63.13 | 78.16 | 59.35 | |
| 62.04 | 63.72 | 54.17 | |
| 61.87 | 61.90 | 61.54 | |
| 61.77 | 60.08 | 72.21 | |
| 56.77 | 59.65 | 54.51 | |
| 51.37 | 50.13 | 53.01 | |
| 38.52 | 41.26 | 9.52 | |
| 27.55 | 27.00 | 28.62 | |
| 22.57 | 22.11 | 26.41 |
02In 2021
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
Andorrashared100.00
United Arab Emiratesshared100.00
Bhutanshared100.00
Côte d’Ivoireshared100.00
DR Congoshared100.00
Lowest
Lebanon22.57
Micronesia27.55
San Marino38.52
Marshall Islands51.37
Comoros56.77
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 96.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest33 share it
Lowest
Lebanon22.11
Middle country: 96.56
Male
Highest34 share it
Lowest
San Marino9.52
Middle country: 95.31
032020 → 2021
Since 2020
What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +15 / −11countries joined / left
- 57values changed, of 84 in both
- 32 · 25rose · fell
- 27unchanged
Rose most
Niue5.88 → 100.00+94.12
India77.75 → 89.51+11.76
Sierra Leone63.06 → 73.14+10.08
British Virgin Islands76.22 → 85.00+8.78
Egypt78.85 → 86.90+8.05
Fell most
Brunei85.18 → 67.61−17.57
Vietnam99.68 → 84.28−15.40
Micronesia35.97 → 27.55−8.43
Seychelles82.50 → 75.21−7.29
Cabo Verde100.00 → 93.49−6.51
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
66 distinct values among 99
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 34 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
7 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
05The files
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The publisher’s original
UIS’s own file, on its own site.
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2021). Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/qualified-teachers-primary/2021
0625 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 202095 countries
The year after ›
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 202292 countries
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Qualified Teachers in Primary Education: every year25 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021: questions and answers
Which country has the highest qualified primary teachers in Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021?
34 countries share the highest reading, 100.00, so no single country is named.
What year does Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021 describe?
2021.
How many countries does Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021 cover?
99.
Where can I download Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2024.