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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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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 primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
299 places, 3,399 data points, 1999–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release