Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, male (%) by country
Percentage of teachers by level of education taught (pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required for teaching their subjects at the relevant level in a given country, in a given academic year. A high value indicates that...
What the numbers show
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Brunei Darussalam; the lowest is 0.0% in Azerbaijan.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.7%, and the mean is 76.9%.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 128.8%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 100.0%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malaysia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2019 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Senegal | 100.0% | 2019 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Benin | 100.0% | 2019 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Madagascar | 99.3% | 2019 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 97.0% | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 19 | Niger | 91.3% | 2019 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 89.3% | 2018 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 21 | Rwanda | 89.0% | 2019 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 88.2% | 2018 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 23 | Ecuador | 81.7% | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 24 | China | 74.3% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 25 | Nepal | 74.2% | 2019 | up 102.5% | rising |
| 26 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 41.9% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 27 | Belize | 25.0% | 2019 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 28 | Belarus | 8.8% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 29 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean Small States 99.0%
- World 81.4%
- Arab World 88.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 87.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 87.9%
- IBRD only 80.6%
- Middle income 79.3%
- Low & middle income 78.7%
- Late-demographic dividend 78.1%
- Small states 78.0%
- Least developed countries 77.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 76.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 76.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 76.3%
- IDA only 75.8%
- Upper middle income 75.6%
- Other small states 73.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 72.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 71.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 71.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 69.3%
- Pacific island small states 52.4%
About this data
Percentage of teachers by level of education taught (pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required for teaching their subjects at the relevant level in a given country, in a given academic year. A high value indicates that students are being taught by teachers who are academically well qualified in the subjects they teach. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/