Qualified primary teachers in Russia

In Russia, 96.0% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2003.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2001 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Russia, 2023 96.0% % of primary teachers
Change from 2018 −2.6percentage points 2018: 98.6%
Median of G20 countries, 2023 93.9% Middle value of 6 countries

Qualified primary teachers in Russia over time

View

Showing: Total

Places
1 selected
Russia

% 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 2023
Period Russia
2023 96.0%
2018 98.6%
2017 98.6%
2016 99.0%
2015 98.9%
2014 98.9%
2013 98.9%
2012 98.8%
2008 96.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2007 96.6%nat_est (National estimate)
2006 96.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2005 96.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2003 95.7%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2002 95.7%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2001 96.1%uis_est (UIS estimate)

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate; nat_est National estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 98.6% in 2018, a change of −2.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2006, when it was 96.5%, the figure has changed by −0.5 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
2001 to 2023 for Russia
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