Qualified primary teachers

Share of primary teachers holding the country’s minimum required qualification, per the UIS.

Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Unit
with minimum qualifications, % (UNESCO UIS)
Frequency
annual
Latest figure
2024 · 10 countries reporting

Honduras has no recent figure on this series; the comparison shows the countries that report it.

Regional comparison

Each country’s latest figure

Map of 17 countries

Honduras

no recent figure

13.1%100%no data

Region: qualified primary teachers, latest per country

with minimum qualifications, % (UNESCO UIS)

Includes only observations that pass this series’ declared semantic review.

033.366.7100Dominican RepublicDominican Republic100Dominican Republic: 100UruguayUruguay100Uruguay: 100ColombiaColombia97.63Colombia: 97.63El SalvadorEl Salvador97.49El Salvador: 97.49Costa RicaCosta Rica94.27Costa Rica: 94.27BoliviaBolivia93.66Bolivia: 93.66MexicoMexico90.94Mexico: 90.94EcuadorEcuador89.55Ecuador: 89.55NicaraguaNicaragua59.21Nicaragua: 59.21PeruPeru13.09Peru: 13.09
10 results shown10 source records
Query scope
2 filtersIndicator key: qualified_teachers_primary_pctYear: from 2020

Over time

Qualified primary teachers since 2001

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5 of 10 series
03060901202001: 72.852002: 74.232004: 74.622005: 76.942006: 73.572007: 72.252008: 72.742010: 74.862022: 68.682023: 59.212002: 79.312005: 88.272006: 88.332007: 88.272008: 89.212009: 83.612010: 84.862011: 84.852012: 85.052013: 81.272014: 81.272015: 87.32016: 87.32017: 94.862018: 94.852019: 94.862020: 94.862021: 1002004: 87.212013: 1002014: 1002015: 1002016: 1002017: 1002018: 1002019: 1002020: 1002021: 1002022: 1002023: 1002023: 13.09Dominican… · 100Uruguay · 100Honduras · 87.21Nicaragua · 59.21Peru · 13.0920012007201320182023
41 results shown41 source records
Query scope
3 filtersIndicator key: qualified_teachers_primary_pctCountry: dominican_republic, honduras, nicaragua, peru, uruguayYear: from 2001

All countries

Figure, year and recent change

Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with a recent figure. Change compares with the same country’s previous observation.

#CountryQualified primary teachersYearChange
1Dominican Republic100%2021+5.1 pp
2Uruguay100%2023—
3Colombia97.6%2022−0.4 pp
4El Salvador97.5%2024−0.6 pp
5Costa Rica94.3%2020−0.3 pp
6Bolivia93.7%2024+3.5 pp
7Mexico90.9%2021+0.7 pp
8Ecuador89.6%2024−0.7 pp
9Nicaragua59.2%2023−9.5 pp
10Peru13.1%2023—

Source and citation

UNESCO: education indicators

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via the VerDat PIDA normalized layer.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), “Qualified primary teachers”, retrieved from VerDat PIDA (OEI) on Oct 9, 2026.

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