Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in pre-primary education (headcount basis) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
84
Highest
183.08 headcount basis
Suriname
Lowest
1.38 headcount basis
Niue
Median
17.55 headcount basis
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
2,575
What the numbers show
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in pre-primary education (headcount basis) is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 183.08 headcount basis in Suriname; the lowest is 1.38 headcount basis in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.55 headcount basis, and the mean is 28.77 headcount basis.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 132.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 536.4%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 74.4%).
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio … teacher pre-primary education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 183.08 headcount basis | 2023 | up 536.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Tanzania | 170.14 headcount basis | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 3 | Madagascar | 77.28 headcount basis | 2024 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 76.45 headcount basis | 2024 | up 147.9% | rising |
| 5 | Cambodia | 73.9 headcount basis | 2024 | up 135.7% | rising |
| 6 | Belize | 72.41 headcount basis | 2024 | up 149.1% | rising |
| 7 | Togo | 72.09 headcount basis | 2024 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 8 | Cook Islands | 71 headcount basis | 2024 | up 255.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Guinea | 57.23 headcount basis | 2020 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 10 | Rwanda | 55.85 headcount basis | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 11 | Palestine | 52.16 headcount basis | 2023 | — | rising |
| 12 | Ghana | 50.73 headcount basis | 2024 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 13 | Syria | 44.42 headcount basis | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 14 | Laos | 43.18 headcount basis | 2018 | — | rising |
| 15 | Benin | 42.81 headcount basis | 2021 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 40.88 headcount basis | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 17 | Gambia | 39.85 headcount basis | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 38.27 headcount basis | 2024 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 19 | Cape Verde | 37.89 headcount basis | 2022 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 20 | Kenya | 37.22 headcount basis | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 35.34 headcount basis | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Chad | 35.21 headcount basis | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 23 | Cameroon | 34.56 headcount basis | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 24 | Niger | 32.75 headcount basis | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 25 | Mongolia | 29.62 headcount basis | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 26 | Lebanon | 28.92 headcount basis | 2024 | up 81.9% | rising |
| 27 | Philippines | 28.29 headcount basis | 2022 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 28 | El Salvador | 27.92 headcount basis | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 29 | Grenada | 26.38 headcount basis | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 30 | Namibia | 25.38 headcount basis | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 31 | Nepal | 24.51 headcount basis | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 32 | Djibouti | 23.81 headcount basis | 2023 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 23.46 headcount basis | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 34 | Egypt | 23.24 headcount basis | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 35 | Brunei | 23.14 headcount basis | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 36 | Maldives | 21.11 headcount basis | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Senegal | 20.34 headcount basis | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 18.99 headcount basis | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 18.58 headcount basis | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 40 | Seychelles | 18.4 headcount basis | 2024 | down 26.5% | flat |
| 41 | Ecuador | 18.04 headcount basis | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 42 | Monaco | 17.78 headcount basis | 2024 | — | flat |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 17.32 headcount basis | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 17.18 headcount basis | 2024 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 45 | Indonesia | 17.17 headcount basis | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 46 | Jordan | 16 headcount basis | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 47 | Oman | 15.93 headcount basis | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 48 | Portugal | 15.76 headcount basis | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 15.58 headcount basis | 2024 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 15.26 headcount basis | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 51 | Qatar | 15.18 headcount basis | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 52 | United States | 15.18 headcount basis | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 53 | Samoa | 15.06 headcount basis | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 54 | Malaysia | 14.16 headcount basis | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 55 | Mauritius | 14.01 headcount basis | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 56 | Tonga | 13.59 headcount basis | 2024 | — | falling |
| 57 | Jamaica | 13.52 headcount basis | 2024 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 58 | China | 13.37 headcount basis | 2024 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 59 | Cyprus | 12.99 headcount basis | 2021 | — | falling |
| 60 | Bahrain | 12.63 headcount basis | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 61 | Albania | 12.55 headcount basis | 2024 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 62 | Fiji | 12.52 headcount basis | 2024 | — | flat |
| 63 | Bahamas | 12.48 headcount basis | 2024 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 64 | India | 12.42 headcount basis | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 65 | Micronesia (country) | 12.36 headcount basis | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 66 | Moldova | 12.31 headcount basis | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 67 | Andorra | 12.24 headcount basis | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 68 | Macao | 12.24 headcount basis | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 69 | Barbados | 12.22 headcount basis | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 70 | Belarus | 11.69 headcount basis | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 71 | Spain | 11.49 headcount basis | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 72 | Tuvalu | 11.22 headcount basis | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 11.17 headcount basis | 2020 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 74 | Bhutan | 11.05 headcount basis | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 75 | South Korea | 10.94 headcount basis | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 76 | Serbia | 10.62 headcount basis | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 77 | Lithuania | 10.55 headcount basis | 2020 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 10.35 headcount basis | 2024 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 79 | Thailand | 9.76 headcount basis | 2025 | — | rising |
| 80 | San Marino | 9.21 headcount basis | 2024 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 8.95 headcount basis | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 82 | Tokelau | 7.71 headcount basis | 2025 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 83 | Armenia | 6.69 headcount basis | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 84 | Niue | 1.38 headcount basis | 2024 | down 74.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 66.03 headcount basis
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 64.12 headcount basis
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 62.7 headcount basis
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 60.9 headcount basis
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 60.59 headcount basis
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 59.59 headcount basis
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 59.4 headcount basis
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 58.44 headcount basis
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 57.43 headcount basis
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 56.97 headcount basis
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 56.82 headcount basis
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 56.82 headcount basis
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 56.72 headcount basis
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 55.45 headcount basis
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 53.96 headcount basis
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 53.57 headcount basis
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 53.41 headcount basis
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 52.24 headcount basis
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 51.94 headcount basis
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 51.84 headcount basis
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 50.83 headcount basis
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 50.04 headcount basis
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 49.93 headcount basis
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 49.9 headcount basis
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 49.17 headcount basis
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 49.1 headcount basis
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 49.09 headcount basis
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 49.09 headcount basis
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 49.08 headcount basis
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 49.08 headcount basis
- GPE: Region 1 48.97 headcount basis
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 46.88 headcount basis
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 46.52 headcount basis
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 45.54 headcount basis
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 45.54 headcount basis
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 45.54 headcount basis
- UNICEF: Africa 45.54 headcount basis
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 45.2 headcount basis
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 44.03 headcount basis
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 44.03 headcount basis
About this data
February 2026 Data Release