Proportion of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
72
Highest
2 GPIA
Albania
Lowest
0.262 GPIA
Burkina Faso
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
26
1999–2024
Data points
2,291

What the numbers show

Proportion of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 2 GPIA in Albania; the lowest is 0.262 GPIA in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1.15 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 507.9%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 85.4%).

Proportion of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, adjusted: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 2 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cape Verde 2 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 2 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
1 Palestine, State of 2 GPIA 2023 flat
1 Saudi Arabia 2 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
1 Tuvalu 2 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 2 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
1 Niue 2 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
9 Uzbekistan 1.9 GPIA 2022 up 89.8% rising
10 Belarus 1.84 GPIA 2024 down 3.1% flat
11 Belize 1.58 GPIA 2024 up 11.0% falling
12 Bahamas 1.46 GPIA 2024 down 26.8% falling
13 Monaco 1.43 GPIA 2024 rising
14 Lithuania 1.35 GPIA 2020 up 10.6% rising
15 Malaysia 1.26 GPIA 2023 up 26.2% rising
16 Jamaica 1.18 GPIA 2024 up 17.5% rising
17 Madagascar 1.17 GPIA 2024 up 13.4% rising
18 Mongolia 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 6.1% flat
19 Maldives 1.11 GPIA 2024 down 44.4% falling
20 Chad 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 33.6% rising
21 Republic of Moldova 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 45.5% falling
22 China 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 14.8% falling
23 San Marino 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 507.9% volatile
24 Ecuador 1.05 GPIA 2023 down 4.6% flat
25 India 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
26 Colombia 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 2.3% falling
27 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.01 GPIA 2018 falling
28 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA 2023 up 2.2% rising
29 Andorra 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Armenia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Bahrain 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Barbados 1 GPIA 2024 up 7.0% flat
29 Bhutan 1 GPIA 2020 unchanged flat
29 Côte d'Ivoire 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.8% flat
29 Cyprus 1 GPIA 2021 flat
29 Djibouti 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
29 Dominican Republic 1 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% flat
29 Egypt 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Spain 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
29 Hong Kong 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Jordan 1 GPIA 2024 down 50.0% falling
29 Cambodia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
29 Republic of Korea 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Macao 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Mauritius 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Niger 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Oman 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Philippines 1 GPIA 2020 down 1.6% flat
29 Portugal 1 GPIA 2020 unchanged flat
29 Qatar 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
29 El Salvador 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 Serbia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
29 United States 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
29 Vanuatu 1 GPIA 2023 up 11.7% rising
29 Samoa 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
57 Gambia 0.9994 GPIA 2021 up 12.8% rising
58 Rwanda 0.9991 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% flat
59 Costa Rica 0.9982 GPIA 2020 down 0.2% flat
60 Nepal 0.9824 GPIA 2024 down 36.7% falling
61 Senegal 0.9768 GPIA 2022 down 2.3% falling
62 Lebanon 0.9655 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
63 Ghana 0.9647 GPIA 2024 down 11.4% falling
64 Azerbaijan 0.9574 GPIA 2024 up 9.7% rising
65 Cameroon 0.9401 GPIA 2024 down 19.3% falling
66 Syria 0.9303 GPIA 2024 up 84.7% rising
67 Seychelles 0.9243 GPIA 2024 down 53.8% falling
68 Zimbabwe 0.88 GPIA 2023 up 53.9% rising
69 Brunei Darussalam 0.8266 GPIA 2023 down 17.3% falling
70 Benin 0.7447 GPIA 2021 up 21.4% rising
71 Togo 0.6498 GPIA 2024 down 3.4% falling
72 Burkina Faso 0.262 GPIA 2024 down 85.4% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Proportion of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
223 places, 2,291 data points, 1999–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release