Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in primary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
139
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
Gibraltar
Median
95.0%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
5,769
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in Gibraltar.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.0%, and the mean is 86.7%.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 97.3%), and the largest decrease in Gibraltar (down 100.0%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required … primary both: 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 20.8% | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2024 | up 17.7% | flat |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 100.0% | 2021 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 100.0% | 2022 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 100.0% | 2021 | up 17.9% | 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 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 100.0% | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2021 | up 28.8% | 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 | flat |
| 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 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2017 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 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 12.1% | rising |
| 1 | Niue | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 43 | Botswana | 99.9% | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 44 | Suriname | 99.8% | 2021 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 46 | Lesotho | 99.5% | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 47 | Turkmenistan | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 48 | Aruba | 99.5% | 2012 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 49 | Belarus | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 99.3% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 99.2% | 2017 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 52 | Mozambique | 99.2% | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 53 | Tanzania | 99.2% | 2016 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 54 | Macao | 98.8% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 55 | Niger | 98.8% | 2024 | up 97.3% | flat |
| 56 | Singapore | 98.1% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 97.9% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 58 | Colombia | 97.6% | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 59 | El Salvador | 97.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 60 | Jamaica | 97.4% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 61 | British Virgin Islands | 97.2% | 2024 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 62 | Mauritania | 96.9% | 2019 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 63 | Tonga | 96.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 64 | Russia | 96.0% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 65 | Nepal | 95.8% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 66 | Burundi | 95.8% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 68 | Namibia | 95.4% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 69 | Myanmar | 95.3% | 2018 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 70 | Ethiopia | 95.0% | 2014 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 71 | Malawi | 94.8% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 72 | Georgia | 94.6% | 2009 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 94.3% | 2020 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 74 | Malaysia | 94.0% | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 75 | Bolivia | 93.7% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 76 | Hong Kong | 93.6% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 77 | India | 91.4% | 2025 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 78 | Lithuania | 91.3% | 2020 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 79 | Burkina Faso | 91.0% | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 80 | Mexico | 90.9% | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 81 | Ukraine | 89.9% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 82 | Seychelles | 89.7% | 2024 | up 25.8% | flat |
| 83 | Ecuador | 89.6% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 84 | Kiribati | 89.4% | 2024 | up 70.4% | flat |
| 85 | Ghana | 89.3% | 2024 | up 70.5% | flat |
| 86 | Vietnam | 89.2% | 2024 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 87 | Bahamas | 89.2% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 88 | Fiji | 89.2% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 89 | Gambia | 89.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 90 | Belize | 88.7% | 2024 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 91 | Brazil | 88.2% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 92 | Egypt | 87.1% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 93 | Maldives | 86.6% | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 94 | Brunei | 86.5% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 86.4% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 96 | Mongolia | 86.1% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 97 | Armenia | 84.9% | 2024 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | 83.9% | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 99 | Malta | 83.5% | 2021 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 82.4% | 2019 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 101 | Guyana | 82.2% | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 102 | Togo | 81.0% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 103 | Congo | 80.3% | 2012 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 104 | Monaco | 80.0% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 77.9% | 2024 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | 77.1% | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 107 | Senegal | 77.1% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 108 | Eritrea | 76.9% | 2022 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 109 | Guinea | 76.7% | 2020 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 110 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 111 | Barbados | 75.9% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 112 | Montserrat | 75.9% | 2019 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 113 | Benin | 75.1% | 2021 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 114 | Comoros | 75.1% | 2022 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 115 | Anguilla | 75.0% | 2015 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 116 | Pakistan | 75.0% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 117 | Cameroon | 72.3% | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 69.8% | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 119 | Eswatini | 68.3% | 2022 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 120 | Rwanda | 67.6% | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 121 | Grenada | 67.4% | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 122 | Dominica | 66.1% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 123 | Djibouti | 66.0% | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 65.2% | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 125 | Laos | 65.2% | 2025 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 126 | Tokelau | 63.6% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 127 | Liberia | 62.3% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 128 | Nigeria | 62.2% | 2018 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 59.2% | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 130 | Tuvalu | 57.9% | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 131 | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.8% | 2018 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 132 | Marshall Islands | 50.6% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 133 | Syria | 38.3% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.2% | 2015 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 135 | Chad | 29.4% | 2024 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 136 | Sao Tome and Principe | 27.4% | 2017 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 137 | Micronesia (country) | 27.0% | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 138 | Madagascar | 15.3% | 2019 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 139 | 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 98.6%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 98.6%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 98.5%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 97.9%
- SDG: Northern America 97.9%
- WB: North America 97.9%
- UNICEF: North America 97.9%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 96.9%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 96.7%
- AIMS: Central Asia 96.5%
- SDG: Central Asia 96.5%
- UIS: Central Asia 96.4%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 96.4%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 95.8%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 95.7%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 95.7%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 94.2%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 93.6%
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 93.4%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 92.9%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 92.9%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 92.5%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 92.5%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 92.5%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 92.3%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 92.2%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 92.2%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 92.1%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 92.1%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 91.9%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 91.9%
- WB: Oecd Members 91.7%
- MDG: Developed Regions 91.7%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 91.6%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 91.6%
- SDG: Europe 91.1%
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 88.6%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 88.0%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 87.8%
- WB: South Asia 87.7%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release