Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in primary education, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
131
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
Gibraltar
Median
95.2%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
5,126
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in Gibraltar.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.2%, and the mean is 87.4%.
Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 84.2%), and the largest decrease in Gibraltar (down 100.0%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required … primary female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2024 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 100.0% | 2021 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 100.0% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 100.0% | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 1 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2003 | — | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 100.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2021 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Philippines | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2017 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 1 | Niue | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 43 | Botswana | 99.9% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 44 | Aruba | 99.8% | 2012 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Suriname | 99.8% | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | Lesotho | 99.6% | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 48 | Belarus | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 49 | Mozambique | 99.5% | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 50 | Niger | 99.3% | 2024 | up 84.2% | flat |
| 51 | Tanzania | 99.2% | 2016 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 52 | Panama | 99.2% | 2017 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 53 | Jamaica | 99.1% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 54 | Macao | 99.1% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 55 | British Virgin Islands | 98.7% | 2024 | up 20.5% | flat |
| 56 | Colombia | 98.4% | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 57 | Singapore | 98.1% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 98.0% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 59 | Mauritania | 97.3% | 2019 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 60 | El Salvador | 97.2% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 61 | Burundi | 97.2% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 62 | Tonga | 96.1% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 63 | Nepal | 96.0% | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 65 | Namibia | 95.3% | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 95.2% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 67 | Myanmar | 95.1% | 2018 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 95.0% | 2014 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 69 | Malawi | 94.3% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 94.3% | 2020 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 71 | Malaysia | 94.2% | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 72 | Hong Kong | 94.0% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 73 | Bolivia | 94.0% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 74 | Gambia | 92.3% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 75 | Mexico | 92.1% | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 76 | Lithuania | 92.0% | 2020 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 77 | Bahamas | 90.6% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 78 | Ecuador | 90.5% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 79 | Anguilla | 90.4% | 2011 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 80 | India | 90.3% | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 81 | Belize | 90.0% | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 82 | Kiribati | 90.0% | 2024 | up 74.5% | flat |
| 83 | Seychelles | 90.0% | 2024 | up 25.2% | flat |
| 84 | Vietnam | 89.9% | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 85 | Ukraine | 89.9% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 86 | Ghana | 89.8% | 2024 | up 41.4% | falling |
| 87 | Brazil | 89.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 88 | Fiji | 88.5% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 89 | Congo | 87.6% | 2012 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 90 | Mongolia | 86.6% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 91 | Guyana | 86.1% | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 86.1% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 93 | Armenia | 85.9% | 2024 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 94 | Egypt | 85.9% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 95 | Brunei | 85.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 83.4% | 2024 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 97 | Solomon Islands | 81.4% | 2019 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 98 | Saint Lucia | 81.3% | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 99 | Monaco | 79.6% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 100 | Eritrea | 78.7% | 2022 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 101 | Barbados | 78.3% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 77.9% | 2024 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 103 | Laos | 77.1% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 104 | Montserrat | 76.9% | 2019 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 105 | Benin | 76.9% | 2021 | up 62.9% | flat |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.7% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 107 | Cameroon | 75.9% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 75.8% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 109 | Liberia | 72.2% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 110 | Pakistan | 71.5% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 111 | Eswatini | 71.2% | 2022 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 112 | Tokelau | 70.6% | 2025 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 113 | Senegal | 70.4% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 114 | Togo | 69.6% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 115 | Rwanda | 69.3% | 2024 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 116 | Grenada | 69.0% | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 117 | Guinea | 68.5% | 2020 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 118 | Dominica | 66.6% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 119 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 65.5% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 63.4% | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 121 | Nigeria | 60.8% | 2018 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 122 | Tuvalu | 58.6% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 123 | Djibouti | 56.5% | 2023 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 54.3% | 2018 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 125 | Marshall Islands | 49.4% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 126 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.6% | 2015 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 127 | Sao Tome and Principe | 31.8% | 2017 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 128 | Micronesia (country) | 28.6% | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 129 | Maldives | 21.4% | 2024 | down 75.0% | rising |
| 130 | Madagascar | 18.9% | 2019 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 131 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 100.0%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 100.0%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 100.0%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 98.2%
- SDG: Northern America 98.2%
- WB: North America 98.2%
- UNICEF: North America 98.2%
- AIMS: Central Asia 96.9%
- SDG: Central Asia 96.9%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 96.7%
- UIS: Central Asia 96.4%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 96.4%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 95.8%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 95.7%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 95.6%
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 94.1%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 93.2%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 93.2%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 92.6%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 92.5%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 92.5%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 92.3%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 92.2%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 92.1%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 92.1%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 92.1%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 92.0%
- WB: Oecd Members 91.8%
- MDG: Developed Regions 91.7%
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 89.7%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 89.6%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 88.9%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 88.9%
- MDG: Northern Africa 88.1%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 87.7%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 87.6%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 87.3%
- WB: South Asia 86.8%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 86.8%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 86.7%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release