Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, female (%) by country
Number of female teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the pre-primary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female teachers at the pre-primary level.
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 21.6% in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 88.5%, and the mean is 79.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 260.4%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 61.0%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 100.0% | 2017 | up 132.2% | rising |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 1 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2019 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 107.4% | rising |
| 1 | Aruba | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2016 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 99.9% | 2008 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 21 | Vietnam | 99.8% | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 22 | Macao | 99.5% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 98.7% | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 24 | Colombia | 97.2% | 2014 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 25 | Mongolia | 96.9% | 2018 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 26 | Hong Kong | 96.9% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 27 | Malaysia | 96.5% | 2018 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 28 | El Salvador | 95.7% | 2018 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 93.8% | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 30 | Belarus | 93.0% | 2018 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 90.3% | 2019 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 90.0% | 2018 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 33 | Laos | 89.7% | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 34 | Maldives | 88.7% | 2018 | up 131.0% | rising |
| 35 | Nepal | 88.5% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 87.0% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 37 | Burundi | 86.5% | 2019 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 86.4% | 2018 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 39 | Seychelles | 86.1% | 2019 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 40 | Croatia | 83.8% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 41 | Bolivia | 82.4% | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 42 | Armenia | 81.9% | 2017 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 43 | Kenya | 80.0% | 2014 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 44 | Ecuador | 76.4% | 2007 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 45 | Kuwait | 75.6% | 2015 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 46 | Cayman Islands | 74.6% | 2012 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 47 | Barbados | 72.9% | 2019 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 48 | Togo | 68.4% | 2019 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 67.9% | 2017 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 50 | Guyana | 65.2% | 2012 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.7% | 2015 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 52 | Bahamas | 63.2% | 2018 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 53 | Brunei | 63.0% | 2019 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 54 | Ghana | 58.9% | 2019 | up 157.3% | rising |
| 55 | Botswana | 55.0% | 2013 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 56 | Tanzania | 54.8% | 2016 | up 146.7% | rising |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 52.6% | 2019 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 58 | Belize | 51.9% | 2019 | up 260.4% | rising |
| 59 | Rwanda | 49.1% | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.1% | 2011 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 44.7% | 2019 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 62 | Dominica | 43.4% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Eritrea | 41.4% | 2018 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 64 | Grenada | 38.5% | 2018 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 65 | Niger | 37.3% | 2018 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 66 | Senegal | 34.3% | 2019 | up 178.6% | rising |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 33.3% | 2010 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 68 | Cape Verde | 29.6% | 2018 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 21.6% | 2015 | down 7.9% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab World 84.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 83.5%
- IDA blend 81.2%
- Other small states 79.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 79.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 78.3%
- Small states 76.4%
- IDA total 68.2%
- Pre-demographic dividend 61.9%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 61.6%
- IDA only 53.9%
- Pacific island small states 50.3%
About this data
Number of female teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the pre-primary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female teachers at the pre-primary level.