Qualified primary teachers in Syria

In Syria, 38.3% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1999.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Syria, 2024 38.3% % of primary teachers
Change from 2023 −4.8percentage points 2023: 43.1%
Position in 2024 75th of 79 See the full ranking

Qualified primary teachers in Syria 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 Syria
2024 38.3%
2023 43.1%
2002 88.4%
2001 88.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.8 percentage points from 43.1% in 2023.
  • Since 1999, when it was 81.1%, the figure has changed by −42.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Syria has the 75th 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
1999 to 2024 for Syria
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