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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
100
Highest
100.0%
Tokelau
Lowest
56.8%
Burkina Faso
Median
97.9%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
1,185

What the numbers show

Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are trained according to national standards and who are female (%) is currently reported for 100 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Tokelau; the lowest is 56.8% in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.9%, and the mean is 94.7%.

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

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 63.9%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 17.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tokelau 100.0% 2023 up 25.0% rising
1 Grenada 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2023 flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cuba 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cape Verde 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Palestine, State of 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Tuvalu 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bermuda 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Niue 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Anguilla 100.0% 2011 unchanged flat
1 Antigua and Barbuda 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Montserrat 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2024 up 0.2% flat
17 Sri Lanka 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% flat
18 Jordan 99.9% 2024 down 0.1% flat
19 Viet Nam 99.9% 2023 up 1.1% flat
20 Kuwait 99.9% 2021 down 0.1% flat
21 Kyrgyzstan 99.9% 2024 up 4.8% flat
22 Syrian Arab Republic 99.8% 2024 down 0.2% flat
23 Qatar 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% flat
24 Guyana 99.7% 2023 up 0.0% flat
25 Bahamas 99.7% 2024 down 0.3% flat
26 Bahrain 99.7% 2024 down 0.3% flat
27 Mauritius 99.7% 2024 up 0.0% flat
28 Armenia 99.7% 2024 down 0.2% flat
29 Croatia 99.6% 2003 flat
30 Uzbekistan 99.6% 2022 up 4.1% flat
31 Egypt 99.6% 2024 up 0.0% flat
32 Nicaragua 99.6% 2023 up 3.6% flat
33 Oman 99.5% 2024 down 0.2% flat
34 Seychelles 99.4% 2024 down 0.6% flat
35 Lithuania 99.3% 2020 down 0.3% flat
36 Belarus 99.2% 2024 up 0.2% flat
37 Trinidad and Tobago 99.2% 2023 flat
38 Portugal 99.1% 2020 up 1.8% flat
39 Latvia 98.9% 2022 down 0.6% flat
40 Republic of Korea 98.7% 2024 down 0.3% flat
41 Cyprus 98.5% 2021 flat
42 Niger 98.4% 2024 up 6.8% flat
43 Maldives 98.3% 2018 up 0.2% rising
44 Jamaica 98.3% 2024 up 12.9% rising
45 Cameroon 98.3% 2023 up 1.3% flat
46 Macau, China 98.3% 2024 down 0.6% flat
47 Tajikistan 98.1% 2016 down 1.9% flat
48 Aruba 98.0% 2012 down 1.2% flat
49 Samoa 97.9% 2018 flat
50 El Salvador 97.9% 2024 up 2.7% rising
51 British Virgin Islands 97.8% 2020 flat
52 Barbados 97.8% 2024 up 3.1% flat
53 Botswana 97.8% 2022 down 0.6% flat
54 Hong Kong, China 97.7% 2024 down 1.3% flat
55 Cayman Islands 97.6% 2024 up 12.2% flat
56 Mongolia 97.4% 2019 down 1.0% flat
57 Republic of Moldova 97.4% 2024 down 0.2% flat
58 Mexico 97.1% 2020 down 0.4% flat
59 Belize 97.0% 2024 down 0.0% flat
60 Andorra 96.8% 2024 up 8.3% flat
61 Colombia 96.8% 2022 up 4.1% flat
62 Lao People's Democratic Republic 96.4% 2024 down 1.6% flat
63 Côte d'Ivoire 96.3% 2024 down 0.0% rising
64 San Marino 96.0% 2024 down 0.5% flat
65 Bhutan 95.8% 2024 down 1.5% rising
66 India 95.6% 2024 falling
67 Dominican Republic 95.6% 2021 up 1.2% flat
68 Panama 95.4% 2017 down 3.4% flat
69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 95.2% 2024 down 0.4% flat
70 Malaysia 95.0% 2024 up 0.8% flat
71 Cambodia 94.7% 2023 up 0.3% flat
72 Ethiopia 94.5% 2009 down 1.1% flat
73 Ecuador 94.2% 2024 down 1.8% rising
74 United Arab Emirates 94.0% 2023 down 3.9% flat
75 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 93.9% 2023 down 4.2% falling
76 Morocco 93.7% 2022 up 36.5% rising
77 Eritrea 93.6% 2022 down 5.0% flat
78 Costa Rica 93.0% 2020 down 2.8% flat
79 Brunei Darussalam 93.0% 2023 up 1.6% flat
80 Spain 92.9% 2023 down 2.3% flat
81 United States of America 92.8% 2023 down 1.4% flat
82 Nepal 92.4% 2020 down 0.7% flat
83 Chad 91.2% 2023 up 11.2% rising
84 Togo 91.1% 2024 down 4.0% flat
85 Burundi 90.6% 2025 up 9.8% falling
86 Monaco 90.2% 2024 down 2.3% flat
87 Philippines 89.8% 2024 down 0.8% flat
88 Gibraltar 88.9% 2024 down 8.3% falling
89 Ghana 88.5% 2024 up 5.1% falling
90 Sierra Leone 87.0% 2023 up 1.1% rising
91 Rwanda 83.8% 2024 up 6.5% flat
92 Zimbabwe 81.0% 2023 down 7.2% flat
93 Guinea 80.0% 2020 up 56.7% rising
94 Liberia 76.8% 2022 up 32.1% rising
95 Tanzania, United Republic of 75.4% 2016 down 2.0% flat
96 Kenya 74.6% 2014 down 17.3% falling
97 Senegal 70.7% 2023 up 2.8% rising
98 Benin 67.0% 2021 up 22.0% rising
99 Gambia 64.2% 2021 up 33.3% rising
100 Burkina Faso 56.8% 2024 up 63.9% rising

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Indicator
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary 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
100 places, 1,185 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release