Qualified primary teachers in Guinea-Bissau

Name: Qualified primary teachers in Guinea-Bissau
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Guinea-Bissau, 38.9% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2010.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education % of primary teachers Data: 2000 to 2010 Source: UNESCO UIS

The latest value for Guinea-Bissau is for 2010. Most countries have figures for 2024.

Guinea-Bissau, 2010 38.9% % of primary teachers

Change from 2000 +3.8percentage points 2000: 35.1%

Qualified primary teachers in Guinea-Bissau over time

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Guinea-Bissau

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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 2010
Period	Guinea-Bissau
2010	38.9%

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In short

The previous available figure was 35.1% in 2000, a change of +3.8 percentage points.

More for Guinea-Bissau

All statistics for Guinea-Bissau

ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 13.6% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 38.7% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 25.6% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 13.7% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 30.5% 2010 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 51.4% 2000 · UNESCO UIS

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 2010 for Guinea-Bissau
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

Guinea-Bissau by sex

Total 38.9%2010
Women 58.7%2010
Men 33.4%2010

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What this measures

Share of primary school teachers who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required to teach at that level in the country (SDG indicator 4.c.1).

Each country sets its own minimum qualification, so the share is not a measure of the same standard everywhere.

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