Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%) by country
Number of 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 teachers at the pre-primary level.
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 20.6% in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 86.2%, and the mean is 79.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 230.9%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 61.5%).
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 | Suriname | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 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 144.0% | rising |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 1 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2019 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2012 | 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 107.5% | rising |
| 1 | Aruba | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2016 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 99.8% | 2019 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 21 | Macao | 99.4% | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 22 | Cambodia | 98.0% | 2019 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 97.0% | 2014 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 24 | Mongolia | 96.9% | 2018 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 25 | Malaysia | 96.6% | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 26 | Hong Kong | 96.5% | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 95.7% | 2019 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 28 | El Salvador | 95.1% | 2018 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 93.8% | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 30 | Belarus | 92.9% | 2018 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 90.3% | 2019 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 90.0% | 2018 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 33 | Laos | 89.6% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 34 | Maldives | 88.7% | 2018 | up 134.5% | rising |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 87.0% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 36 | Seychelles | 86.2% | 2019 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 37 | Mexico | 85.1% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 83.8% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 39 | Burundi | 83.7% | 2019 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 40 | Nepal | 83.4% | 2019 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 41 | Bolivia | 82.6% | 2018 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 42 | Kenya | 82.3% | 2014 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 43 | Armenia | 82.0% | 2017 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 44 | Myanmar | 81.4% | 2018 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 45 | Cayman Islands | 77.1% | 2012 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 46 | Kuwait | 75.4% | 2015 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 47 | Ecuador | 74.6% | 2007 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 48 | Barbados | 71.6% | 2019 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 71.1% | 2008 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 50 | Togo | 68.8% | 2019 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 67.3% | 2017 | up 57.5% | falling |
| 52 | Guyana | 65.2% | 2012 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.7% | 2015 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 54 | Brunei | 63.7% | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 55 | Bahamas | 63.2% | 2018 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 56 | Ghana | 58.6% | 2019 | up 156.2% | rising |
| 57 | Botswana | 55.0% | 2013 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 58 | Belize | 52.1% | 2019 | up 230.9% | rising |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 51.6% | 2019 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 60 | Tanzania | 50.1% | 2016 | up 194.5% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 49.6% | 2019 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 62 | Rwanda | 49.5% | 2019 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.2% | 2011 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 64 | Dominica | 43.4% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Eritrea | 41.6% | 2018 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 66 | Grenada | 38.5% | 2018 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 37.8% | 2019 | up 169.8% | rising |
| 68 | Niger | 36.5% | 2018 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 33.3% | 2010 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 70 | Cape Verde | 29.6% | 2018 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 20.6% | 2015 | down 9.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab World 85.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 83.3%
- IDA blend 80.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 79.5%
- Caribbean Small States 79.5%
- Other small states 78.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 78.6%
- Small states 76.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 76.0%
- IDA total 67.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 63.4%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 56.6%
About this data
Number of 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 teachers at the pre-primary level.