Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes (%) 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 primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Mauritius; the lowest is 44.4% in Maldives.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 94.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 185.4%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 50.7%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 100.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mozambique | 100.0% | 2019 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Senegal | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 1 | Burundi | 100.0% | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 1 | Benin | 100.0% | 2019 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Brunei | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 31 | Philippines | 99.8% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 32 | Madagascar | 99.7% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Colombia | 99.6% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 34 | Malaysia | 98.9% | 2019 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 35 | Niger | 98.6% | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 36 | Tanzania | 97.8% | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 97.7% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Nepal | 96.8% | 2019 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 39 | China | 95.7% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 95.6% | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 94.9% | 2018 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 42 | Mongolia | 93.7% | 2018 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 43 | Eswatini | 92.4% | 2018 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 44 | Laos | 90.2% | 2018 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 45 | Bahamas | 89.8% | 2018 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 46 | Ecuador | 89.3% | 2018 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 47 | Seychelles | 88.7% | 2019 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 48 | Albania | 88.1% | 2019 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 49 | Gambia | 87.8% | 2019 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 50 | Belize | 82.3% | 2019 | up 185.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Chad | 80.1% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 79.6% | 2018 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 53 | Cuba | 73.7% | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 54 | Peru | 72.6% | 2019 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 55 | Palestine | 67.7% | 2019 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 56 | Maldives | 44.4% | 2019 | down 50.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Late-demographic dividend 95.2%
- World 91.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 94.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 94.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 93.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 93.4%
- Arab World 93.2%
- Upper middle income 93.0%
- IBRD only 92.9%
- Caribbean Small States 92.4%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 91.9%
- South Asia 91.9%
- Middle income 90.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 90.4%
- Low & middle income 90.2%
- Small states 88.9%
- Other small states 88.6%
- IDA only 88.1%
- Least developed countries 87.9%
- Lower middle income 87.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 86.6%
- Pacific island small states 86.1%
- Low income 85.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 79.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 78.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 78.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 78.5%
- IDA blend 70.9%
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/