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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.72 GPIA
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 1.65 GPIA
- UIS: Arab States 1.63 GPIA
- ALECSO: Member Countries 1.63 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 1.63 GPIA
- WB: Arab World 1.63 GPIA
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 1.56 GPIA
- AIMS: Central Asia 1.55 GPIA
- SDG: Central Asia 1.55 GPIA
- UIS: Central Asia 1.54 GPIA
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 1.54 GPIA
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 1.5 GPIA
- MDG: Northern Africa 1.5 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 1.49 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 1.48 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.45 GPIA
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.45 GPIA
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.45 GPIA
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 1.38 GPIA
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 1.36 GPIA
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.36 GPIA
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 1.34 GPIA
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 1.29 GPIA
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.29 GPIA
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.28 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 1.28 GPIA
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 1.27 GPIA
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 1.26 GPIA
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 1.24 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.24 GPIA
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 1.22 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.21 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 1.2 GPIA
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 1.19 GPIA
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 1.19 GPIA
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 1.18 GPIA
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 1.18 GPIA
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 1.18 GPIA
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 1.17 GPIA
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 1.17 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release