Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
113
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
11.3%
Belize
Median
98.8%
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
3,399
What the numbers show
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 11.3% in Belize.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.8%, and the mean is 88.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 370.0%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 78.1%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 100.0% | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bangladesh | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 100.0% | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 100.0% | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 1 | Egypt | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong, China | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 100.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lesotho | 100.0% | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 1 | Macau, China | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mozambique | 100.0% | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niger | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Philippines | 100.0% | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | El Salvador | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States of America | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 1 | Niue | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Armenia | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Rwanda | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Senegal | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 53 | Malawi | 99.6% | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 54 | Suriname | 99.3% | 2021 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 55 | Republic of Moldova | 99.2% | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 99.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 57 | China | 98.8% | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 58 | Kiribati | 98.5% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 59 | Sri Lanka | 98.0% | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 60 | Nepal | 98.0% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 97.8% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 62 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 97.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 63 | Colombia | 97.6% | 2022 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 64 | Indonesia | 97.3% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 65 | Tonga | 96.3% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 66 | India | 96.0% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 67 | Burundi | 95.8% | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 68 | Ecuador | 95.8% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 69 | Seychelles | 95.5% | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 70 | Namibia | 95.4% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 71 | Algeria | 94.0% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 72 | Malaysia | 93.0% | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 73 | Lithuania | 91.3% | 2020 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 91.0% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 75 | Ethiopia | 90.9% | 2024 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 76 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 90.2% | 2018 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 77 | Mongolia | 89.5% | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 78 | Ghana | 89.3% | 2024 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 79 | Bahamas | 89.2% | 2024 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 80 | Gambia | 89.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 81 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 88.0% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 82 | Monaco | 86.7% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 83 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 86.6% | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 84 | Naoero | 86.4% | 2025 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 85 | Afghanistan | 85.2% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 86 | Solomon Islands | 82.4% | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 78.5% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 88 | Maldives | 77.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.3% | 2024 | up 370.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 75.8% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 91 | Benin | 75.1% | 2021 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 92 | Brunei Darussalam | 74.4% | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 93 | Dominica | 74.1% | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 94 | Cuba | 73.9% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 95 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 73.9% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 72.2% | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 97 | Cameroon | 68.6% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 98 | Eswatini | 68.3% | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 99 | Grenada | 67.4% | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 100 | San Marino | 65.7% | 2024 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 101 | Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 102 | Marshall Islands | 64.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 103 | British Virgin Islands | 64.0% | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 104 | Tokelau | 63.6% | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 105 | Chad | 63.6% | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 106 | Togo | 53.4% | 2024 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 107 | Lebanon | 46.3% | 2024 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 108 | Cook Islands | 45.8% | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 109 | Palestine, State of | 38.6% | 2023 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 110 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 34.8% | 2023 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 111 | Liberia | 23.7% | 2022 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 112 | Madagascar | 21.8% | 2024 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 113 | Belize | 11.3% | 2024 | down 60.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 99.2%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 99.1%
- SDG: Northern America 99.1%
- WB: North America 99.1%
- UNICEF: North America 99.1%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 98.8%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 98.6%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 98.6%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 97.8%
- AIMS: East Asia 97.7%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 97.7%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 97.6%
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 97.6%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 97.6%
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 97.4%
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 97.4%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 97.4%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 97.4%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 97.3%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 97.3%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 97.1%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 96.7%
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 96.6%
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 96.4%
- WB: South Asia 96.0%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 96.0%
- UNICEF: Association of South East Asian Nations (asean) 95.5%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 95.5%
- MDG: Southern Asia 95.5%
- SDG: Southern Asia 95.5%
- UIS: South and West Asia 95.5%
- ESCAP: Asean (asean) (unsdcode:98406) 95.5%
- ESCAP: South-east Asia (sea) (unsdcode:98419) 95.5%
- MDG: South-eastern Asia 95.5%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 95.5%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 95.4%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 95.3%
- UNICEF: South Asia 95.3%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 95.3%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 95.2%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release