Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female (%) 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, female (%) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 43.8% in Maldives.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 95.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 188.7%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 50.8%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 1 | Iran | 100.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 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 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 1 | Mozambique | 100.0% | 2019 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brunei | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Senegal | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Benin | 100.0% | 2019 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 1 | Burundi | 100.0% | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Philippines | 99.8% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 29 | Madagascar | 99.8% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Colombia | 99.7% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 31 | Malaysia | 98.8% | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 32 | Niger | 98.7% | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 33 | Tanzania | 97.8% | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 97.6% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 97.4% | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 36 | China | 95.4% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 37 | Mongolia | 95.0% | 2018 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 94.9% | 2018 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 39 | Nepal | 94.8% | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 40 | Eswatini | 92.6% | 2018 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 41 | Laos | 91.8% | 2018 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 42 | Bahamas | 91.1% | 2018 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 43 | Chad | 90.3% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 44 | Ecuador | 90.1% | 2018 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 45 | Gambia | 89.6% | 2019 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 46 | Albania | 88.1% | 2019 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 47 | Seychelles | 87.8% | 2019 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 48 | Belize | 83.5% | 2019 | up 188.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Palestine | 79.3% | 2019 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 77.6% | 2018 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 75.7% | 2019 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 52 | Maldives | 43.8% | 2019 | down 50.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 95.2%
- World 92.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 95.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 95.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 94.8%
- Arab World 94.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 94.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.4%
- IBRD only 93.1%
- Upper middle income 92.9%
- Caribbean Small States 92.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 92.5%
- South Asia 92.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 91.3%
- Middle income 91.3%
- Low & middle income 91.1%
- Small states 90.4%
- Other small states 90.2%
- Least developed countries 90.0%
- IDA only 89.8%
- Lower middle income 88.9%
- Low income 87.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 87.7%
- Pacific island small states 85.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 78.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 77.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 77.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 77.6%
- IDA blend 71.6%
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/