Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in primary education, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
130
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
Gibraltar
Median
94.0%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
5,114
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in Gibraltar.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.0%, and the mean is 84.4%.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 111.1%), and the largest decrease in Gibraltar (down 100.0%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in: 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 23.8% | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2024 | up 18.7% | flat |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 100.0% | 2021 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 100.0% | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 100.0% | 2021 | up 43.5% | 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 1.5% | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2021 | up 80.9% | 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 | rising |
| 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 | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Suriname | 100.0% | 2021 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2017 | up 5.3% | 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 7.7% | rising |
| 42 | Botswana | 99.8% | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 43 | Panama | 99.5% | 2017 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 44 | Lesotho | 99.3% | 2023 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 45 | Tanzania | 99.2% | 2016 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 47 | Belarus | 99.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 48 | Mozambique | 99.0% | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 49 | Tonga | 98.9% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 50 | Niger | 98.2% | 2024 | up 111.1% | falling |
| 51 | El Salvador | 98.2% | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 52 | Singapore | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 53 | Aruba | 97.8% | 2012 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 97.7% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 55 | Macao | 97.6% | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 56 | Mauritania | 96.6% | 2019 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 57 | Myanmar | 96.4% | 2018 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 59 | Namibia | 95.7% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 60 | Nepal | 95.6% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 61 | Malawi | 95.2% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 62 | Colombia | 95.1% | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 63 | Ethiopia | 95.0% | 2014 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 94.3% | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 65 | Burundi | 94.0% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 66 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 93.9% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 67 | Malaysia | 93.7% | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 68 | Bolivia | 93.1% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 69 | India | 92.9% | 2025 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 70 | Hong Kong | 92.0% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 71 | Maldives | 91.8% | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 72 | Ukraine | 90.4% | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 73 | Fiji | 90.3% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 74 | Egypt | 89.5% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 75 | Brunei | 89.1% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 76 | Ghana | 88.8% | 2024 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 88.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 78 | Mexico | 88.3% | 2021 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 79 | Seychelles | 88.0% | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 86.7% | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 81 | Vietnam | 86.6% | 2024 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 86.3% | 2024 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 83 | Gambia | 86.1% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 84 | Kiribati | 86.1% | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 85 | Ecuador | 85.9% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 86 | Togo | 84.3% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 84.0% | 2024 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 83.2% | 2019 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 89 | Brazil | 83.1% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 90 | Jamaica | 83.0% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 91 | Guinea | 82.4% | 2020 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 92 | Monaco | 81.6% | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 93 | Senegal | 80.6% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 94 | Pakistan | 78.7% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 77.8% | 2024 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 96 | British Virgin Islands | 77.8% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 97 | Armenia | 76.5% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 98 | Eritrea | 75.5% | 2022 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 99 | Bahamas | 75.2% | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 100 | Benin | 74.3% | 2021 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.7% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 102 | Congo | 71.9% | 2012 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 103 | Djibouti | 71.7% | 2023 | down 24.3% | flat |
| 104 | Lithuania | 71.5% | 2020 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 105 | Mongolia | 69.9% | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 106 | Barbados | 67.8% | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 107 | Cameroon | 66.9% | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 66.8% | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 109 | Montserrat | 66.7% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 110 | Rwanda | 65.3% | 2024 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 111 | Nigeria | 63.7% | 2018 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 112 | Grenada | 62.4% | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 113 | Dominica | 62.3% | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 114 | Eswatini | 61.8% | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 115 | Liberia | 60.5% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 116 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 59.1% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 117 | Guyana | 55.3% | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 118 | Saint Lucia | 53.8% | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 119 | Marshall Islands | 52.2% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 120 | Laos | 50.6% | 2025 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 121 | Tuvalu | 50.0% | 2025 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 44.6% | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 123 | Tokelau | 40.0% | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.9% | 2018 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.6% | 2015 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 126 | Micronesia (country) | 23.7% | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 127 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.1% | 2017 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 128 | Anguilla | 14.3% | 2011 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Madagascar | 11.2% | 2019 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 130 | 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) 96.4%
- SDG: Northern America 96.4%
- WB: North America 96.4%
- UNICEF: North America 96.4%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 96.4%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 96.3%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 96.3%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 96.2%
- UIS: Central Asia 96.1%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 94.3%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 92.9%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 92.8%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 92.7%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 92.4%
- AIMS: Central Asia 92.4%
- SDG: Central Asia 92.4%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 92.2%
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 91.8%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 91.6%
- MDG: Developed Regions 91.5%
- WB: Oecd Members 91.4%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 91.2%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 90.8%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 90.8%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 90.8%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 90.6%
- WB: South Asia 89.0%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 89.0%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 88.6%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 88.5%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 88.5%
- MDG: Southern Asia 88.5%
- SDG: Southern Asia 88.5%
- UIS: South and West Asia 88.5%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 88.1%
- UNICEF: South Asia 88.1%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 87.3%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release