Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
87
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
22.7%
Cook Islands
Median
97.4%
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
2,581

What the numbers show

Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 22.7% in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.4%, and the mean is 84.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 213.4%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 67.4%).

Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 100.0% 2024 up 41.6% rising
1 Andorra 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Armenia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Bahrain 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2024 up 6.6% flat
1 Bhutan 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Côte d'Ivoire 100.0% 2024 up 12.6% rising
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2021 flat
1 Djibouti 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Dominican Republic 100.0% 2024 up 32.8% rising
1 Egypt 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Spain 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Fiji 100.0% 2024 rising
1 Hong Kong, China 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Jordan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Kenya 100.0% 2023 up 21.5% rising
1 Cambodia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Korea 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Macau, China 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Niger 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Oman 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Philippines 100.0% 2022 up 0.3% flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 2020 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Serbia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 100.0% 2025 flat
1 Tuvalu 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 United States of America 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 100.0% 2023 up 3.2% flat
1 Vanuatu 100.0% 2024 up 97.9% rising
1 Samoa 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Niue 100.0% 2024 unchanged falling
1 Tokelau 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
39 Suriname 99.5% 2021 up 1.0% flat
40 Rwanda 99.4% 2024 up 75.9% rising
41 India 99.2% 2025 down 0.5% flat
42 China 98.1% 2024 up 11.0% rising
43 Nepal 97.6% 2025 up 19.0% rising
44 Colombia 97.4% 2022 up 6.4% flat
45 Costa Rica 96.8% 2020 up 0.9% flat
46 Azerbaijan 95.7% 2024 up 53.2% rising
47 Senegal 95.3% 2022 down 4.7% flat
48 Ecuador 95.1% 2024 up 18.0% rising
49 Malaysia 94.5% 2024 down 5.5% falling
50 Bahamas 93.1% 2024 up 30.3% rising
51 Namibia 92.9% 2024 up 26.1% rising
52 Seychelles 92.5% 2024 up 39.9% rising
53 Tonga 92.1% 2024 rising
54 Micronesia, Federated States of 91.5% 2023 up 17.7% rising
55 Republic of Moldova 90.2% 2024 down 2.0% flat
56 Mongolia 89.9% 2024 down 5.1% flat
57 Ghana 87.7% 2024 up 123.5% rising
58 Jamaica 83.6% 2024 down 12.9% flat
59 Monaco 83.3% 2024 falling
60 Lithuania 82.9% 2020 down 14.9% falling
61 Zimbabwe 81.0% 2024 up 64.3% rising
62 Tanzania, United Republic of 79.9% 2023 up 103.6% rising
63 Indonesia 79.3% 2025 up 31.8% rising
64 Chad 78.5% 2024 up 1.8% rising
65 Algeria 77.1% 2025 up 17.7% falling
66 Gambia 75.6% 2025 up 3.4% rising
67 Sri Lanka 68.5% 2023 down 19.9% falling
68 Sierra Leone 66.1% 2024 up 72.7% rising
69 Guinea 65.7% 2020 up 7.9% rising
70 San Marino 64.0% 2024 up 213.4% volatile
71 Syrian Arab Republic 59.2% 2024 up 25.2% rising
72 Brunei Darussalam 58.7% 2024 down 41.3% falling
73 Cameroon 57.4% 2024 down 10.0% falling
74 Maldives 55.7% 2024 down 23.8% falling
75 Belarus 55.6% 2024 up 24.0% rising
76 Benin 53.5% 2021 up 68.7% rising
77 Lebanon 51.7% 2024 down 43.6% falling
78 Togo 49.6% 2024 up 127.7% rising
79 Grenada 44.1% 2024 up 10.8% rising
80 Lao People's Democratic Republic 42.3% 2018 falling
81 Cape Verde 37.0% 2022 down 23.7% falling
82 Liberia 34.4% 2022 down 8.5% rising
83 Palestine, State of 31.8% 2023 falling
84 Madagascar 30.7% 2024 down 64.7% falling
85 Burkina Faso 25.4% 2024 down 64.9% falling
86 Belize 23.2% 2024 down 59.3% falling
87 Cook Islands 22.7% 2024 down 67.4% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
246 places, 2,581 data points, 1999–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release