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World - Trained teachers in primary education

Trained teachers in primary education, female (% of female teachers)

Trained teachers in primary education, female (% of female teachers) in World was 83.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 87.88 in 2013, while its lowest value was 83.21 in 2020.

Definition: Trained teachers in primary education are the percentage of primary school teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching in a given country.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2013	87.88
2014	87.37
2015	86.76
2016	85.37
2017	86.23
2018	86.27
2019	84.92
2020	83.21

Trained teachers in primary education, male (% of male teachers)

Trained teachers in primary education, male (% of male teachers) in World was 81.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 82.86 in 2018, while its lowest value was 79.87 in 2016.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2013	82.34
2014	82.66
2015	82.19
2016	79.87
2017	81.58
2018	82.86
2019	81.67
2020	81.20

Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers)

Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers) in World was 82.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 85.85 in 2013, while its lowest value was 82.54 in 2020.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2013	85.85
2014	85.67
2015	85.13
2016	83.43
2017	84.63
2018	85.12
2019	83.84
2020	82.54

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs