Percentage of qualified teachers in 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 primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Côte d'Ivoire; the lowest is 33.2% in Palestine, State of.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 93.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 174.1%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 50.0%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 1 | Iran | 100.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2019 | up 11.5% | 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 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 1 | Mozambique | 100.0% | 2019 | up 17.4% | 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 Darussalam | 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 1.8% | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Benin | 100.0% | 2019 | up 47.5% | 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 | 99.7% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Colombia | 99.3% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 31 | Malaysia | 99.1% | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 32 | Nepal | 98.5% | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 33 | Niger | 98.4% | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 34 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 97.9% | 2019 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 97.7% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 36 | China | 96.3% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 94.8% | 2018 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 94.0% | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 39 | Seychelles | 93.7% | 2019 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 40 | Eswatini | 92.1% | 2018 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 41 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 88.4% | 2018 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 42 | Albania | 88.4% | 2019 | up 106.5% | rising |
| 43 | Gambia | 86.8% | 2019 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 44 | Ecuador | 86.6% | 2018 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 81.3% | 2018 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 46 | Belize | 78.2% | 2019 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Chad | 77.8% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 48 | Bahamas | 72.6% | 2018 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 49 | Mongolia | 69.5% | 2018 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 50 | Peru | 66.1% | 2019 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 51 | Maldives | 46.3% | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 52 | Palestine, State of | 33.2% | 2019 | down 11.4% | 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 96.3%
- World 89.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 94.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.6%
- Upper middle income 93.1%
- IBRD only 92.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 91.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 91.3%
- South Asia 91.3%
- Arab World 90.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 90.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 90.3%
- Caribbean Small States 89.8%
- Middle income 89.6%
- Early-demographic dividend 88.9%
- Low & middle income 88.6%
- Pacific island small states 86.6%
- Lower middle income 86.6%
- IDA only 86.6%
- Least developed countries 86.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 85.8%
- Small states 85.7%
- Other small states 85.6%
- Low income 83.7%
- Pre-demographic dividend 80.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 79.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 79.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 79.4%
- IDA blend 70.1%
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/