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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
85
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
17.3%
Burkina Faso
Median
97.5%
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
2,442

What the numbers show

Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 17.3% in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.5%, and the mean is 84.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 266.3%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 79.1%).

Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female: 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 7.0% flat
1 Bhutan 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Côte d'Ivoire 100.0% 2024 up 12.3% rising
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2021 flat
1 Djibouti 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Dominican Republic 100.0% 2024 up 33.0% 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 25.0% rising
1 Cambodia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Republic of 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 unchanged flat
1 Vanuatu 100.0% 2024 up 99.0% 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 0.9% flat
40 Rwanda 99.4% 2024 up 77.1% rising
41 India 99.4% 2025 down 0.4% flat
42 China 98.3% 2024 up 10.4% rising
43 Nepal 97.5% 2025 up 11.9% rising
44 Colombia 97.5% 2022 up 6.2% flat
45 Costa Rica 96.8% 2020 up 0.8% flat
46 Azerbaijan 95.7% 2024 up 50.9% rising
47 Ecuador 95.4% 2024 up 17.8% rising
48 Senegal 94.8% 2022 down 5.2% flat
49 Malaysia 94.4% 2024 down 5.6% falling
50 Bahamas 93.3% 2024 up 30.7% rising
51 Namibia 93.1% 2024 up 25.7% rising
52 Seychelles 92.4% 2024 up 39.8% rising
53 Tonga 92.1% 2024 rising
54 Mongolia 90.5% 2024 down 4.7% flat
55 Micronesia, Federated States of 90.5% 2023 down 2.0% flat
56 Republic of Moldova 90.4% 2024 down 1.7% flat
57 Monaco 87.9% 2024 falling
58 Ghana 87.4% 2024 up 119.3% rising
59 Algeria 84.2% 2025 up 18.4% falling
60 Jamaica 83.9% 2024 down 12.6% flat
61 Lithuania 83.2% 2020 down 14.7% falling
62 Zimbabwe 79.6% 2024 up 70.2% rising
63 Chad 79.2% 2024 up 0.1% rising
64 Gambia 76.9% 2025 up 11.7% rising
65 Sri Lanka 68.5% 2023 down 19.9% falling
66 Sierra Leone 66.8% 2024 up 62.7% rising
67 San Marino 64.2% 2024 up 266.3% volatile
68 Liberia 61.2% 2022 up 36.8% rising
69 Syrian Arab Republic 59.2% 2024 up 28.0% rising
70 Cameroon 57.3% 2024 down 10.6% falling
71 Brunei Darussalam 56.6% 2024 down 43.4% falling
72 Belarus 55.9% 2024 up 23.6% rising
73 Maldives 55.8% 2024 down 23.8% volatile
74 Lebanon 51.6% 2024 down 43.6% falling
75 Tanzania, United Republic of 51.6% 2024 up 39.0% rising
76 Benin 49.0% 2021 up 82.6% rising
77 Togo 47.6% 2024 up 72.2% rising
78 Grenada 44.1% 2024 up 10.7% rising
79 Lao People's Democratic Republic 42.3% 2018 falling
80 Cape Verde 37.0% 2022 down 23.7% falling
81 Palestine, State of 31.8% 2023 falling
82 Madagascar 31.5% 2024 down 64.5% falling
83 Belize 23.6% 2024 down 58.9% falling
84 Cook Islands 22.7% 2024 down 67.4% volatile
85 Burkina Faso 17.3% 2024 down 79.1% falling

Regions and income groups

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, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
236 places, 2,442 data points, 1999–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release