Percentage of teachers in early childhood education who are trained according to national standards and who are female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
90
Highest
100.0%
Saint Lucia
Lowest
56.8%
Burkina Faso
Median
97.8%
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
937

What the numbers show

Percentage of teachers in early childhood education who are trained according to national standards and who are female (%) is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Saint Lucia; the lowest is 56.8% in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.8%, and the mean is 94.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 63.9%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 17.3%).

Percentage of teachers in early childhood education who are trained: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Tuvalu 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Tokelau 100.0% 2023 up 25.0% rising
1 Niue 100.0% 2023 flat
1 Montserrat 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cuba 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Palestine, State of 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bermuda 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Anguilla 100.0% 2011 unchanged flat
1 Cape Verde 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
13 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2024 up 0.2% flat
14 Sri Lanka 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% flat
15 Jordan 99.9% 2024 down 0.1% flat
16 Viet Nam 99.9% 2023 up 1.1% flat
17 Kuwait 99.9% 2021 down 0.1% flat
18 Syrian Arab Republic 99.8% 2024 down 0.2% flat
19 Qatar 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% flat
20 Bahrain 99.8% 2024 down 0.0% flat
21 Guyana 99.7% 2023 up 0.0% flat
22 Bahamas 99.7% 2024 down 0.3% flat
23 Mauritius 99.7% 2024 up 0.0% flat
24 Armenia 99.7% 2024 down 0.2% flat
25 Uzbekistan 99.6% 2022 up 4.1% flat
26 Egypt 99.6% 2024 up 0.0% flat
27 Seychelles 99.4% 2024 down 0.6% flat
28 Korea 99.4% 2024 up 0.1% flat
29 Belarus 99.3% 2024 down 0.2% flat
30 Trinidad and Tobago 99.2% 2023 flat
31 Singapore 99.1% 2023 down 0.2% flat
32 Lao People's Democratic Republic 99.1% 2020 up 0.9% flat
33 Ukraine 98.9% 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Latvia 98.9% 2022 down 0.8% flat
35 Cyprus 98.7% 2021 flat
36 Niger 98.4% 2024 up 6.8% flat
37 Maldives 98.3% 2018 up 0.2% rising
38 Botswana 98.3% 2012 up 0.6% flat
39 Cameroon 98.3% 2023 up 1.3% flat
40 Macau, China 98.3% 2024 down 0.6% flat
41 Tajikistan 98.1% 2016 down 1.9% flat
42 British Virgin Islands 98.1% 2024 down 0.8% flat
43 Aruba 98.0% 2012 down 1.2% flat
44 Samoa 97.9% 2018 flat
45 El Salvador 97.8% 2024 up 2.7% flat
46 Hong Kong, China 97.7% 2024 down 1.3% flat
47 Cayman Islands 97.6% 2024 up 7.7% flat
48 Republic of Moldova 97.6% 2024 up 0.1% flat
49 Mongolia 97.4% 2019 down 1.0% flat
50 Kazakhstan 97.1% 2020 down 0.9% flat
51 Belize 97.0% 2024 down 0.0% flat
52 San Marino 96.9% 2024 flat
53 Andorra 96.8% 2024 up 8.3% flat
54 Côte d'Ivoire 96.3% 2024 down 0.0% rising
55 Ecuador 95.9% 2023 rising
56 Colombia 95.8% 2013 down 0.2% flat
57 Bhutan 95.8% 2024 down 1.5% rising
58 India 95.6% 2024 falling
59 Dominican Republic 95.6% 2021 up 1.2% flat
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 95.2% 2024 down 0.4% flat
61 Kyrgyzstan 95.2% 2017 down 3.7% falling
62 Malaysia 95.0% 2024 up 0.8% flat
63 Spain 94.7% 2023 down 0.5% flat
64 Ethiopia 94.5% 2009 down 1.1% flat
65 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 93.9% 2023 down 4.2% falling
66 Eritrea 93.6% 2022 down 5.0% flat
67 Peru 93.2% 2023 down 3.8% flat
68 Brunei Darussalam 93.0% 2023 up 1.6% flat
69 Nepal 92.4% 2020 down 0.7% flat
70 Uganda 92.0% 2017 up 10.0% rising
71 Costa Rica 91.9% 2020 down 0.7% flat
72 Chad 91.2% 2023 up 11.2% rising
73 Morocco 91.1% 2024 up 28.7% rising
74 Togo 91.1% 2024 down 4.0% flat
75 Burundi 90.6% 2025 up 9.8% falling
76 Monaco 90.2% 2024 down 2.3% flat
77 Philippines 89.8% 2024 down 0.8% flat
78 Gibraltar 88.9% 2024 down 8.3% falling
79 Ghana 88.8% 2024 up 5.6% flat
80 Sierra Leone 87.0% 2023 up 1.1% rising
81 Rwanda 83.8% 2024 up 6.5% flat
82 Zimbabwe 81.0% 2023 down 7.2% flat
83 Guinea 80.0% 2020 up 56.7% rising
84 Liberia 76.8% 2022 up 32.1% rising
85 Tanzania, United Republic of 75.4% 2016 down 2.0% flat
86 Kenya 74.6% 2014 down 17.3% falling
87 Thailand 71.0% 2024 down 5.7% falling
88 Senegal 69.1% 2024 up 0.0% rising
89 Benin 67.0% 2021 up 22.0% rising
90 Burkina Faso 56.8% 2024 up 63.9% rising

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Percentage of teachers in early childhood education who are trained by country. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/percentage-of-teachers-in-early-childhood-education-who-are-trained-according-to-national/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/percentage-of-teachers-in-early-childhood-education-who-are-trained-according-to-national/">Percentage of teachers in early childhood education who are trained by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Percentage of teachers in early childhood education who are trained according to national standards and who are female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
90 places, 937 data points, 1999–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release