Qualified primary teachers in Gambia

In Gambia, 89.0% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2025.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: UNESCO UIS
Gambia, 2025 89.0% % of primary teachers
Change from 2024 −0.8percentage points 2024: 89.8%

Qualified primary teachers in Gambia 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), 2010 to 2025
Period Gambia
2025 89.0%
2024 89.8%
2023 89.7%
2022 88.4%
2021 87.6%
2020 87.7%
2019 87.8%
2018 100.0%
2017 88.1%
2015 85.8%
2014 84.1%
2013 81.4%
2012 63.5%
2011 75.3%
2010 76.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 89.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2014, when it was 84.1%, the figure has changed by +4.9 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
2000 to 2025 for Gambia
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