Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are qualified according to national standards and who are female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
74
Highest
100.0%
Niue
Lowest
56.8%
Burkina Faso
Median
97.8%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
652

What the numbers show

Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are qualified according to national standards and who are female (%) is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Niue; the lowest is 56.8% in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.8%, and the mean is 94.6%.

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

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 131.8%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 40.9%).

Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are qualified: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niue 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cape Verde 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Albania 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Tuvalu 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Palestine, State of 100.0% 2023 flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
9 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2024 up 0.2% flat
10 Sri Lanka 99.9% 2023 up 0.0% flat
11 Jordan 99.9% 2024 down 0.1% flat
12 Belarus 99.9% 2024 down 0.0% flat
13 Qatar 99.8% 2024 down 0.2% flat
14 Armenia 99.7% 2024 down 0.0% flat
15 Bahamas 99.7% 2024 down 0.3% rising
16 Bahrain 99.7% 2024 down 0.2% flat
17 Mauritius 99.7% 2024 up 0.0% flat
18 Uzbekistan 99.6% 2022 up 3.1% flat
19 Syrian Arab Republic 99.6% 2024 up 4.2% flat
20 Egypt 99.5% 2024 up 0.1% flat
21 Oman 99.5% 2024 down 0.2% flat
22 Seychelles 99.4% 2024 down 0.6% flat
23 Lithuania 99.3% 2020 down 0.3% flat
24 Maldives 99.2% 2024 down 0.8% flat
25 Portugal 99.1% 2020 up 1.8% flat
26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 98.9% 2018 flat
27 Belize 98.9% 2024 down 0.3% flat
28 Republic of Korea 98.7% 2024 down 0.3% flat
29 Jamaica 98.6% 2024 up 12.0% rising
30 Cyprus 98.5% 2021 flat
31 Niger 98.4% 2024 up 9.3% rising
32 Lebanon 98.3% 2024 up 0.2% flat
33 Samoa 98.3% 2023 up 4.0% flat
34 Macau, China 98.3% 2024 down 0.4% flat
35 Serbia 98.1% 2024 down 0.1% flat
36 United Arab Emirates 98.1% 2024 up 0.3% flat
37 El Salvador 97.9% 2024 up 4.0% flat
38 Cameroon 97.7% 2024 up 0.4% flat
39 Dominican Republic 97.6% 2024 up 3.6% flat
40 China 97.6% 2024 down 0.3% flat
41 Republic of Moldova 97.6% 2024 down 2.4% flat
42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 97.5% 2024 up 2.7% flat
43 Hong Kong, China 97.3% 2024 down 1.3% flat
44 Malaysia 96.8% 2023 up 2.6% flat
45 Andorra 96.8% 2024 up 8.3% rising
46 Colombia 96.8% 2022 up 1.0% flat
47 Côte d'Ivoire 96.3% 2024 down 0.0% flat
48 Vanuatu 96.3% 2023 up 1.6% flat
49 San Marino 96.2% 2024 up 16.3% rising
50 Mongolia 96.1% 2024 down 1.9% flat
51 Barbados 95.7% 2024 up 1.5% flat
52 Brunei Darussalam 94.7% 2023 down 1.2% flat
53 Nepal 94.7% 2024 down 1.0% flat
54 Cambodia 94.7% 2023 up 0.3% flat
55 India 94.0% 2024 down 3.0% flat
56 Bhutan 93.5% 2020 down 3.9% falling
57 Costa Rica 93.0% 2020 down 0.3% flat
58 Spain 92.9% 2023 down 2.3% flat
59 United States of America 92.8% 2023 down 1.4% flat
60 Monaco 92.7% 2024 flat
61 Chad 90.9% 2024 up 12.8% rising
62 Philippines 90.5% 2020 down 0.2% flat
63 Ghana 88.5% 2024 up 5.1% flat
64 Togo 88.3% 2024 down 4.9% falling
65 Madagascar 85.9% 2024 down 7.2% flat
66 Sierra Leone 85.4% 2023 down 2.7% flat
67 Ecuador 85.0% 2024 down 10.3% flat
68 Djibouti 83.7% 2023 up 131.8% rising
69 Rwanda 83.0% 2024 up 4.1% flat
70 Zimbabwe 81.0% 2023 down 7.6% falling
71 Senegal 76.8% 2022 up 1.7% flat
72 Benin 67.0% 2021 up 11.5% rising
73 Gambia 64.2% 2021 up 33.6% rising
74 Burkina Faso 56.8% 2024 down 40.9% falling

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Indicator
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are qualified 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
74 places, 652 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release