Qualified primary teachers in Namibia

In Namibia, 95.4% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Namibia, 2024 95.4% % of primary teachers
Change from 2023 −4.6percentage points 2023: 100.0%
Position in 2024 36th of 79 See the full ranking

Qualified primary teachers in Namibia 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), 2001 to 2024
Period Namibia
2024 95.4%
2023 100.0%
2022 95.5%
2021 95.1%
2020 93.8%
2019 91.8%
2018 89.6%
2017 86.6%
2016 86.3%
2015 87.4%
2014 89.0%
2012 97.6%
2010 96.4%
2009 95.6%
2008 95.0%
2007 94.8%
2006 92.9%
2005 92.4%
2004 91.7%
2003 90.1%
2002 87.2%
2001 87.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.6 percentage points from 100.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 89.0%, the figure has changed by +6.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Namibia has the 36th highest value.

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
1998 to 2024 for Namibia
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