Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, male (%) by country
Number of male 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 male teachers at the pre-primary level.
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 73.8%, and the mean is 61.3%.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 1,107.7%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 100.0%).
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 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Panama | 100.0% | 2017 | up 1,107.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Aruba | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2017 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2016 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 19 | Vietnam | 99.8% | 2019 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Malaysia | 98.0% | 2018 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 21 | Mongolia | 96.1% | 2018 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 22 | Macao | 95.5% | 2019 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Colombia | 92.5% | 2014 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 24 | Maldives | 90.9% | 2018 | up 324.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 90.6% | 2019 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 26 | Kenya | 90.0% | 2014 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 89.3% | 2018 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 28 | Bolivia | 86.9% | 2018 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 29 | Belarus | 86.7% | 2018 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 82.4% | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 81.3% | 2019 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 32 | El Salvador | 79.4% | 2018 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 33 | Laos | 77.9% | 2019 | up 122.5% | rising |
| 34 | Brunei | 76.1% | 2019 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 35 | Belize | 75.0% | 2019 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 36 | Togo | 72.5% | 2019 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 37 | Burundi | 63.6% | 2019 | up 241.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Benin | 62.4% | 2019 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 39 | Ecuador | 62.1% | 2007 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 40 | Guyana | 60.0% | 2012 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Mexico | 58.4% | 2018 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 57.6% | 2019 | up 150.6% | rising |
| 43 | Botswana | 56.1% | 2013 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 44 | Rwanda | 52.0% | 2019 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 49.5% | 2019 | up 149.3% | rising |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.0% | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Eritrea | 47.7% | 2018 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 48 | Cameroon | 47.1% | 2017 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 49 | Sierra Leone | 44.9% | 2019 | up 42.5% | falling |
| 50 | Barbados | 43.8% | 2019 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 51 | Nepal | 43.5% | 2019 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 52 | Tanzania | 39.8% | 2016 | up 315.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 32.4% | 2010 | up 183.1% | rising |
| 54 | Niger | 25.1% | 2018 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 19.8% | 2019 | down 80.2% | falling |
| 56 | Ethiopia | 11.2% | 2008 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 57 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.3% | 2015 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 58 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 58 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 58 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 58 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2015 | 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.
- Arab World 87.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 81.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 81.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 81.2%
- IDA blend 79.0%
- Small states 75.0%
- Other small states 71.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 70.4%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 68.8%
- IDA total 66.3%
- IDA only 65.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 56.8%
About this data
Number of male 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 male teachers at the pre-primary level.