Qualified primary teachers in Pakistan

In Pakistan, 75.0% 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: 2004 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Pakistan, 2024 75.0% % of primary teachers
Change from 2023 +1.4percentage points 2023: 73.6%
Position in 2024 66th of 79 See the full ranking

Qualified primary teachers in Pakistan 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), 2004 to 2024
Period Pakistan
2024 75.0%
2023 73.6%
2022 79.5%
2021 76.9%
2019 77.3%
2018 78.0%
2015 82.5%
2014 84.0%
2013 84.9%
2012 83.9%
2011 82.8%
2010 84.2%
2009 85.2%
2008 85.1%
2007 84.0%
2006 84.6%
2005 85.5%
2004 78.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 73.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2011, when it was 82.8%, the figure has changed by −7.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Pakistan has the 66th 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
2004 to 2024 for Pakistan
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