Qualified primary teachers in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, 95.0% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2014. The value for 2014 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2008.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2008 to 2014 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Ethiopia is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Ethiopia, 2014 95.0% % of primary teachers
Change from 2012 +38.2percentage points 2012: 56.8%

Qualified primary teachers in Ethiopia over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2008 to 2014
Period Ethiopia
2014 95.0%
2012 56.8%
2011 48.0%
2010 39.4%
2009 84.6%
2008 89.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 56.8% in 2012, a change of +38.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2008, when it was 89.7%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2008 to 2014 for Ethiopia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org