Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
113
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
10.8%
Laos
Median
91.0%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
4,004
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 10.8% in Laos.
The median across all reporting countries is 91.0%, and the mean is 78.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 357.1%), and the largest decrease in Laos (down 88.0%).
Proportion of teachers … teachers pre-primary both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 29.6% | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 100.0% | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 1 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 100.0% | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2021 | up 38.0% | falling |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 100.0% | 2017 | up 144.0% | rising |
| 1 | Philippines | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2024 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 1 | United States | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 39 | Macao | 99.7% | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 40 | Suriname | 99.6% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 41 | Niger | 98.4% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 42 | Mongolia | 98.0% | 2022 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 43 | Hong Kong | 97.6% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 44 | El Salvador | 97.4% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 45 | Colombia | 97.4% | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 46 | Belarus | 95.7% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 47 | Bahamas | 93.1% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 48 | Namibia | 92.9% | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 49 | Tonga | 92.7% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 50 | Malta | 92.3% | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 51 | Botswana | 92.2% | 2022 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.0% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 92.0% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 54 | Burundi | 91.7% | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 55 | India | 91.1% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 56 | Vietnam | 91.1% | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 57 | Ecuador | 91.0% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 90.3% | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 90.0% | 2020 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 60 | Bolivia | 89.6% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 61 | Ghana | 87.7% | 2024 | up 113.1% | rising |
| 62 | Seychelles | 87.6% | 2024 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 63 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 85.6% | 2023 | up 357.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Fiji | 85.2% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 65 | Croatia | 83.8% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 82.9% | 2020 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 67 | Togo | 82.7% | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 68 | Egypt | 82.3% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 69 | Myanmar | 81.4% | 2018 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 70 | Mexico | 80.8% | 2021 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 79.7% | 2024 | up 144.1% | rising |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 79.5% | 2012 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 73 | Chad | 78.3% | 2024 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 74 | Monaco | 77.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 75 | Belize | 77.0% | 2024 | up 154.1% | rising |
| 76 | Armenia | 76.3% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 77 | Gambia | 75.6% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 78 | Tuvalu | 75.0% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 79 | Guyana | 75.0% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 80 | Barbados | 72.2% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 81 | Jamaica | 69.8% | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 82 | Cameroon | 69.0% | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 83 | Montserrat | 68.8% | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 84 | Brunei | 68.6% | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 85 | Maldives | 65.5% | 2022 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 86 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.7% | 2015 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | 62.6% | 2024 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 88 | Tokelau | 57.1% | 2025 | up 37.1% | falling |
| 89 | Marshall Islands | 55.5% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 54.9% | 2023 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 91 | Dominica | 54.3% | 2023 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Benin | 53.5% | 2021 | up 91.5% | rising |
| 93 | Rwanda | 52.6% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 94 | British Virgin Islands | 49.5% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 95 | Grenada | 44.1% | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 41.1% | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 97 | Eritrea | 40.0% | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 98 | Senegal | 38.8% | 2023 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 38.6% | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 100 | Nepal | 37.9% | 2025 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 101 | Malaysia | 37.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 37.0% | 2022 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 103 | Anguilla | 35.7% | 2015 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 104 | Guinea | 35.3% | 2020 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 105 | Tanzania | 34.8% | 2018 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Liberia | 34.1% | 2022 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 107 | Niue | 30.8% | 2024 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 108 | Burkina Faso | 25.4% | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.4% | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 110 | Micronesia (country) | 17.0% | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 111 | Mali | 16.6% | 2023 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 112 | Syria | 11.4% | 2024 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Laos | 10.8% | 2024 | down 88.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- UNICEF: North America 99.7%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 99.7%
- SDG: Northern America 99.7%
- WB: North America 99.7%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 93.4%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 92.9%
- WB: South Asia 90.6%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 90.6%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 90.1%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 88.9%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 88.9%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 88.2%
- UNICEF: South Asia 88.2%
- WB: Oecd Members 88.1%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 88.0%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 87.7%
- MDG: Southern Asia 87.7%
- SDG: Southern Asia 87.7%
- UIS: South and West Asia 87.7%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 87.7%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 87.4%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 86.4%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 86.3%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 86.1%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 86.0%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 85.8%
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 84.5%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 84.4%
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 83.9%
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 83.6%
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 83.4%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 82.3%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 82.1%
- WB: Caribbean Small States 82.0%
- Cecc-sica 81.6%
- WB: Ida Blend 81.4%
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 81.2%
- MDG: Northern Africa 80.8%
- SDG: Western Asia 80.1%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 79.9%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release