Qualified primary teachers by country, 2024
Share of primary school teachers who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required to teach at that level in the country (SDG indicator 4.c.1).
79 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Algeria (100.0%). Lowest: Gibraltar (0.0%). The median is 93.6%.
Highest 10
- 1. Algeria 100.0%
- 2. Andorra 100.0%
- 3. Bahrain 100.0%
- 4. Bhutan 100.0%
- 5. Cambodia 100.0%
- 6. Cayman Islands 100.0%
- 7. Côte d'Ivoire 100.0%
- 8. Jordan 100.0%
- 9. Kazakhstan 100.0%
- 10. Mauritius 100.0%
Lowest 10
- 79. Gibraltar 0.0%
- 78. Puerto Rico (US) 25.0%
- 77. Chad 29.4%
- 76. Indonesia 33.5%
- 75. Syria 38.3%
- 74. Marshall Islands 50.6%
- 73. Vanuatu 51.7%
- 72. Lebanon 53.7%
- 71. Tuvalu 60.2%
- 70. Laos 65.7%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 79. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org.
In short
- Among the 79 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Algeria (100.0%) and the lowest Gibraltar (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 93.6% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 33 countries and fell in 15.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 8 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Naoero | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Oman | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Palau | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Philippines | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 18 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 20 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 99.7% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Turkmenistan | 99.5% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Belarus | 99.5% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 99.3% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Macao SAR, China | 98.8% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Niger | 98.8% | 2024 | |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 97.9% | 2024 | |
| 30 | El Salvador | 97.5% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Jamaica | 97.4% | 2024 | |
| 32 | British Virgin Islands | 97.2% | 2024 | |
| 33 | Tonga | 96.7% | 2024 | |
| 34 | Nepal | 96.1% | 2024 | |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.5% | 2024 | |
| 36 | Namibia | 95.4% | 2024 | |
| 37 | Malawi | 94.8% | 2024 | |
| 38 | Malaysia | 94.0% | 2024 | |
| 39 | Bolivia | 93.7% | 2024 | |
| 40 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 93.6% | 2024 | |
| 41 | India | 91.7% | 2024 | |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 91.0% | 2024 | |
| 43 | Ukraine | 89.9% | 2024 | |
| 44 | Gambia | 89.8% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Seychelles | 89.7% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Ecuador | 89.6% | 2024 | |
| 47 | Kiribati | 89.4% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Ghana | 89.3% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Viet Nam | 89.2% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Bahamas | 89.2% | 2024 | |
| 51 | Fiji | 89.2% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Belize | 88.7% | 2024 | |
| 53 | Venezuela | 88.3% | 2024 | |
| 54 | Egypt | 87.1% | 2024 | |
| 55 | Brunei | 86.5% | 2024 | |
| 56 | Mongolia | 86.1% | 2024 | |
| 57 | Armenia | 84.9% | 2024 | |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 83.9% | 2024 | |
| 59 | Guyana | 82.2% | 2024 | |
| 60 | Togo | 81.0% | 2024 | |
| 61 | Monaco | 80.0% | 2024 | |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 77.9% | 2024 | |
| 63 | Senegal | 77.1% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.3% | 2024 | |
| 65 | Barbados | 75.9% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Pakistan | 75.0% | 2024 | |
| 67 | Sierra Leone | 69.8% | 2024 | |
| 68 | Rwanda | 67.6% | 2024 | |
| 69 | Grenada | 67.4% | 2024 | |
| 70 | Laos | 65.7% | 2024 | |
| 71 | Tuvalu | 60.2% | 2024 | |
| 72 | Lebanon | 53.7% | 2024 | |
| 73 | Vanuatu | 51.7% | 2024 | |
| 74 | Marshall Islands | 50.6% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Syria | 38.3% | 2024 | |
| 76 | Indonesia | 33.5% | 2024 | |
| 77 | Chad | 29.4% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Puerto Rico (US) | 25.0% | 2024 | |
| 79 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by UNESCO UIS; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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