Trained teachers in primary education

percent, 1998–2020

Country	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Aruba		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	99.48	100.00	99.48	99.83	100.00	99.83	99.50
Angola														47.49
Albania																					89.92
Andorra									100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
United Arab Emirates							60.85	59.97	65.68	71.40	77.12	82.84	88.56	94.28	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Armenia		89.33	84.79	80.26	75.72	71.19	66.66	77.46	77.18	76.91	76.63	76.36	76.09	75.81	75.54	75.27	74.99	74.72	74.45	74.17	73.90	73.62
Antigua and Barbuda			46.91	49.82	52.73	55.64	58.55	61.46	64.37	67.29	52.89	57.12	54.75	64.84	60.13	65.15	70.17	65.29	60.22	55.15	52.82
Azerbaijan		99.98	99.93	99.94	100.00	99.63	99.82	99.98	99.98	100.00	99.94	99.92	99.98	99.99	99.99	99.57	99.35	99.28	98.66	98.04	99.52	99.83
Burundi								87.51	87.46	87.42	89.30	91.19	92.69	94.18	94.99	93.57	92.15	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Benin		57.70	65.00	69.33	73.67	78.00	72.18	65.82	59.47	53.11	46.75	40.40	42.63	46.89	53.79	60.69	67.59	69.10	70.42	68.27	70.43	71.22
Burkina Faso				80.42	83.63	86.85	89.49	88.26	86.94	87.67	87.66	86.11	89.02	91.93	94.83	85.59	84.36	85.42	73.19	85.84	87.58	88.59
Bangladesh								53.40	51.43	56.00	54.36	58.41	58.07	57.73	55.20	52.66	50.12	47.58	50.43	50.43
Bahrain														80.34	82.06	82.19	82.77	82.48	83.69	83.74	100.00	100.00
Bahamas		58.44	70.67	82.89	95.12	93.33	91.53	90.18	88.82	94.46	91.08	84.42	91.55	94.29	94.43	87.41	81.47	89.65	90.07	89.65	89.78
Belarus					97.90	97.74	98.53	99.80	99.63	99.81	99.77	99.87	99.76	99.88	99.64	99.63	99.44	99.39	99.47	99.65	99.55
Belize			54.09	40.90	40.94	40.99	51.45	45.41	39.38	45.46	42.76	42.54	45.20	47.51	54.34	48.78	60.75	67.50	72.84	76.04	79.23	17.73
Bermuda				100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Bolivia																82.85	85.62	86.61	86.72	87.80	90.38
Barbados								73.25	71.81	70.38	60.95	58.06	58.50	55.41	59.86	64.31	68.77	65.83	69.03	79.81	76.47	75.11
Brunei								84.45	84.60	82.83	84.28	84.14	87.09	88.27	88.04	85.19	87.44	82.32	84.91	85.35	86.41	86.65
Bhutan	93.71	100.00	94.83	91.58	92.14	92.70	93.26	93.82	92.01	91.74	91.47	92.69	93.91	95.12	96.34	97.56	98.78	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Botswana	91.83	90.24	89.16	89.48	89.08	89.72	92.47	92.59	94.29	97.39	98.85	100.00	99.84	99.69	99.53	98.64
Ivory Coast			99.44	99.06	99.53	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	99.38	82.81	84.94	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Cameroon						68.06	68.53	62.74	61.77	60.68	59.58	58.49	57.39	67.15	78.78	79.27	79.76	80.25	80.75	81.24
Congo (Kinshasa)										96.02	93.27	93.39	91.67	89.85	91.44	93.03	94.62	93.97	93.31	92.66	92.00
Congo (Brazzaville)			64.55	62.07	59.59	57.11	62.17	75.58	89.00	88.44	87.89	87.33	86.78	79.32	80.32
Colombia										100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	97.28	98.23	94.03	94.85	94.72
Comoros											57.42	56.67	55.91	55.15
Cape Verde					67.16	69.38	72.70	77.81	81.46	82.93	84.71	86.46	90.03	92.09	94.59	95.30	96.02	94.64	93.26	93.44	98.55
Costa Rica		87.18	88.36	89.54	88.21	92.82	97.43	96.79	88.04	89.47	86.05	87.60	89.48	91.45	92.71	93.98	93.98	93.91	93.76	93.53	94.36	94.53
Cuba		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Cayman Islands		98.09	97.89	99.15	99.17	99.38	99.60	98.81	97.20	95.82	95.79	95.48	95.16	94.85	97.03	88.12	90.50	92.87	95.25	97.62	100.00
Djibouti									79.10	79.71	80.33	100.00	100.00	100.00	98.00	96.00	98.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Dominica		63.98	64.62	61.10	60.10	60.36	63.58	59.92	64.22	61.12	59.40	57.84	60.83	57.73	60.66	65.22	64.81	64.50	65.71	64.76	63.81	62.86
Dominican Republic		73.91	75.71	77.51	79.31	82.30	85.28	88.27	88.33	88.27	89.21	83.61	84.86	84.85	85.05	81.27	81.27	87.30	87.30	94.86	94.85
Algeria		93.73	94.64	95.68	97.13	97.92	98.35	98.53	99.27	98.86	99.02	99.18	99.35	99.51	99.67	99.84	100.00	100.00
Ecuador			86.97	86.93	68.60	69.91	70.89	71.05	71.06	71.65
Egypt																			74.07	78.39	82.72	84.64
Eritrea		72.78	71.97	70.47	72.62	80.52	83.09	83.61	87.52	87.11	80.93	92.25	93.82	90.98	89.55	79.86	70.69	74.13	77.57	81.02	84.46
Ethiopia											89.72	84.61
Fiji											97.79	98.53	99.26	100.00	100.00
Micronesia																						34.80
Gabon				95.26	97.63	100.00
Georgia			94.70	94.68	96.02	97.36	96.88	96.41	95.94	95.46	94.99	94.59
Ghana		71.80	69.09	68.61	64.94	62.11	67.96	57.88	61.48	53.01	49.07	47.57	50.60	50.60	52.27	53.30	52.40	54.69	56.04	55.37	60.41	61.54
Gibraltar		98.91	99.05	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	99.51	97.48	95.45	93.42	91.39	89.36	87.32	85.29	100.00
Guinea								68.08	67.70	74.92	82.15	81.56	80.97	80.38	74.51	74.12	75.00	75.69	75.36
Gambia			74.74	76.11	77.47	78.83	80.20	81.56	82.92	84.29	85.65	87.02	88.38	89.74	63.49	81.92	90.65	85.81	86.78	87.75	100.00	87.84
Guinea Bissau			35.12	35.51	35.89	36.27	36.65	37.03	37.41	37.79	38.17	38.55	38.93
Equatorial Guinea											50.97	42.70	45.26	48.83	45.93	43.03	40.13	37.23
Grenada			67.21	70.07	69.04	68.02	71.68	75.35	72.40	69.46	73.50	68.80	65.33	61.46	57.59	53.71	62.97	63.59	63.00	64.06	62.95
Guyana		51.74	51.43	53.07	55.27	57.47	57.34	57.20	57.24	57.27	58.49	63.70	66.06	67.70	69.65
Hong Kong	84.90	86.39	87.55	89.40	90.63	91.14	91.85	93.16	94.83	94.56	95.12	95.12	95.61	95.79	95.79	96.01	96.41	96.17	96.61	96.89	96.55	95.98
Honduras							87.21
Croatia		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
India																			69.50	69.83	71.48	73.13
Iran				98.40	99.20	100.00	98.61	97.23	95.84	98.66	98.44	98.75	99.06	99.38	99.69	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Iraq			100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Jamaica																	95.66	93.38	96.21	98.10	100.00	100.00
Jordan																	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Kazakhstan																	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Kenya						98.69	98.80	98.91	99.43	98.70	98.42	96.81
Kyrgyzstan						52.02	54.82	57.96	61.26	62.36	64.38	65.75	68.41	69.66	71.97	92.15	93.03	92.78	94.99	95.43
Cambodia				95.91	96.02	94.75	96.50	97.69	98.31	98.41	98.22	99.48	99.06	98.93	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Kiribati								93.88	84.32	90.45	85.43	83.84	82.25	80.66	79.07	77.48	75.89	74.30	72.71
Saint Kitts and Nevis	62.50	61.87	61.24	55.77	54.40	55.71	55.04	58.33	60.08	61.83	63.59	61.63	61.63	63.62	64.68	64.68	68.33	71.82	72.01
Kuwait		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	88.81	77.62	77.74	77.16	79.49	78.93
Laos		75.72	76.69	76.24	76.15	77.52	79.35	83.38	85.76	89.67	96.89	91.99	95.40	93.77	97.24	97.98	98.28	98.43	97.50	97.02	97.02	96.91
Liberia									39.58	39.84	40.11	47.77	52.07	56.37	56.37	56.38	56.39	60.98	65.58	70.17
Saint Lucia				72.15	74.74	77.33	77.81	79.96	79.84	82.15	87.83	87.64	86.77	86.74	87.76	88.64	78.78	82.31	85.84	89.37	88.95	88.07
Sri Lanka													82.11	82.39	81.32	80.24	83.23	86.23	85.04	85.48	83.05
Lesotho		78.07	74.19	74.85	72.59	67.33	65.48	63.68	66.70	71.81	57.02	57.60	63.38	66.45	67.54	72.03	75.79	79.16	86.53
Macau		81.00	83.52	87.23	89.67	90.40	90.93	90.80	88.93	88.88	86.30	85.99	84.72	85.83	87.98	88.16	88.20	96.17	97.59	98.19	98.52	98.92
Morocco								100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Monaco																						63.53	75.00
Moldova																	93.82	100.00	99.17	99.09	98.98	100.00
Madagascar															20.99	18.91	16.66	15.07	14.87	14.84	14.71	15.27
Maldives	68.88	66.67	66.45	66.94	63.82	60.81	62.55	64.30	67.60	65.87	67.92	74.09	76.96	80.76	77.47	90.12	86.06	82.80	85.72	90.13	91.86	88.83
Mexico							94.50	94.93	95.15	95.37	95.05	95.59	95.59	96.00	96.00	92.96	93.28	93.94	94.59	94.81	95.34
Mali											50.14	49.98	51.20	52.42
Burma (Myanmar)		59.58	62.70	60.43	72.48	73.67	76.39	87.33	98.27	99.00	99.00	98.87	99.86	99.78	99.70	99.63	99.55	98.50	97.44	96.39	95.34
Mongolia	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	97.57	98.54	99.36	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	96.64	93.27
Mozambique								59.83	64.57	63.19	66.97	71.16	75.94	80.10	83.64	87.33	89.96	93.24	95.14	97.19	97.25	97.96
Mauritania							100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	95.61	91.22	89.88	88.54	87.20	91.20	96.86
Mauritius	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Malawi		53.54	57.90	62.25	66.61	70.96	75.32	79.67	84.03	88.38	87.17	91.54	95.91	88.45	91.63	90.81
Malaysia		97.11	97.85	97.46	94.91	91.03	91.05	91.89	95.08	93.55	93.26	94.59	95.36	96.12	96.43	96.71	98.65	99.93	99.73	98.91	97.30	96.73
Namibia	76.33	80.93	85.40	87.11	87.22	90.05	91.75	92.43	92.90	94.81	95.00	95.58	96.39
Niger		97.75	97.35	79.89	69.63	72.46	75.75	85.00	91.91	98.24	98.44	98.01	84.97	71.93	58.89	45.84	50.08	55.52	55.64	58.63	61.61	97.75
Nigeria						76.16	49.24	49.97	51.22	54.96	58.69	62.42	66.15
Nicaragua	73.60	79.20	72.90	72.85	74.23	74.42	74.62	76.94	73.57	72.25	72.74	73.80	74.86
Nepal		15.00	15.19	15.37	14.68	16.23	17.39	30.51	45.94	61.36	66.44	70.05	73.66	80.73	92.56	92.19	93.58	94.42	97.01	97.28	97.28	97.29
Nauru										74.19	77.06	79.93	82.80	85.66	88.53	91.40	94.27	97.13	100.00
Oman		99.56	99.60	99.81	99.83	99.84	99.85	99.86	99.87	99.88	99.90	99.91	99.92	99.93	99.94	99.95	99.97	99.98	99.99	100.00	100.00	100.00
Pakistan							78.04	85.51	84.58	84.04	85.06	85.19	84.23	82.81	83.91	84.90	84.01	82.47	80.96	79.46	77.96	76.87
Panama		78.98	74.89	75.67	75.31	74.82	74.34	89.65	91.13	90.81	91.34	91.54	91.63	91.52	90.40	86.80	83.19	99.24	99.24	99.24
Peru																				97.38	94.74	14.40
Philippines																	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Puerto Rico																	94.00	94.69	92.58
Paraguay															92.08
West Bank and Gaza		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Qatar											52.34	48.89	57.41	65.92	74.44	82.96	91.48	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Rwanda		48.63	52.58	62.70	81.17	85.18	81.71	93.73	98.30	98.07	94.16	93.87	91.48	98.43	95.56	95.20	95.57	93.92	93.26	92.59	94.40	95.06
Saudi Arabia										91.50	92.91	94.33	95.75	97.17	98.58	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Senegal						55.38	50.84	45.70	49.70	46.04	46.18	42.56	47.85	63.10	64.72	72.38	69.97	68.34	70.09	71.84	73.59	75.34
Singapore										99.16	98.89	98.56	98.62	98.68	98.75	98.81	98.87	98.93	99.00	99.00	98.26
Solomon Islands													57.97	53.54	54.31	63.34	64.61	59.20	65.58	74.15	76.07
Sierra Leone														48.02	54.60	57.12	55.47	53.82	56.19	58.55	60.92	63.65
El Salvador						96.25	95.71	94.87	94.04	93.31	93.16	92.67	94.12	95.57	95.58	95.59	95.60	95.61	95.74	95.42	95.45
San Marino																					90.20	90.12
Serbia										100.00	97.11	94.22	82.32	70.42	55.73
South Sudan														44.03
Saint Thomas and Principe												48.10	45.09	42.07	39.05	36.03	33.02	34.35	31.10	27.41
Suriname											100.00	100.00	95.75	96.37	97.59	97.24	97.40	97.98	98.19	98.38	98.95
Swaziland		91.13	90.38	91.12	90.58	90.55	90.53	90.77	92.18	94.04	89.11	84.19	79.34	77.56	67.58	79.15	81.65	82.08	69.97	87.71
Seychelles	83.69	82.26	81.14	77.67	77.80	77.93	81.50	85.07	88.64	92.21	95.79	99.36	93.05	86.74	76.48	69.44	71.30	83.64	82.92	84.01	84.98	84.28
Syria		81.10	89.21	87.95	88.39
Turks and Caicos		79.80	78.11	76.42	84.03	84.03	84.50	84.96	85.42	85.88	86.35	86.81	87.27	87.73	88.20	88.66	89.12	77.54	65.96	54.37	42.79
Chad												67.98	70.17	68.48	65.97	64.98
Togo		31.12	35.27	39.41	43.56	47.70	51.84	55.99	60.13	64.27	68.42	72.56	76.70	70.80	82.14	76.07	74.70	73.33	74.17	75.02	75.86	76.71
Thailand																	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Tajikistan				81.59	81.57	81.98	84.06	88.55	93.05	87.41	88.30	89.52	92.94	93.66	93.91	94.08	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Turkmenistan																						99.20
Tonga	87.23	88.06	88.88	89.70	90.52	91.34	92.16	92.98	93.80	94.63	95.45	96.27	97.09	97.91	98.73	99.55	97.06	92.48
Trinidad and Tobago		71.45	76.08	78.15	79.96	83.30	81.01	83.52	86.04	88.56	86.59	88.00
Tunisia															100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Tuvalu																			76.62	78.31	80.00	78.30
Tanzania				100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	94.50	96.00	97.49	98.99	99.06	99.13	99.20
Uganda																				79.59
Ukraine		99.87	98.57	99.82	99.67	99.70	99.73	99.69	99.63	99.80	99.82	99.86	99.86	99.87	99.89	96.42	92.96	89.49	86.03	86.76	87.30	89.11
Uruguay																100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Uzbekistan									100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	99.82	99.65	99.47	99.30	99.12	98.94	99.03	99.98
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	59.28	66.14	68.92	71.71	69.21	73.14	72.20	74.00	75.80	77.60	82.97	79.64	84.10	84.70	85.29	82.70	76.05	84.28	75.40	66.52	61.07
British Virgin Islands		71.90	89.02	85.55	82.08	78.61	77.15	75.69	74.23	71.63	72.86	74.10	75.34	76.58	77.81	79.05	80.29	91.61	81.21	80.14	95.14
Vietnam		77.65	80.05	84.95	87.01	89.13	91.25	93.37	95.64	97.79	98.63	99.64	98.33	99.30	99.59	99.79	100.00	99.48	99.77	99.72	99.87	99.52
Vanuatu										100.00
South Africa		63.26	67.94	67.62	77.92
Zambia	89.93	94.18	94.06	93.95	93.83	93.71	93.59	93.48	93.36	93.24	93.13	93.01	92.89	92.77	92.66	93.87	95.09	96.31	97.53	98.75
Zimbabwe	79.29	79.92	80.55	81.19	81.82	82.45	83.09	83.72	84.35	84.99	85.62	86.25	86.89	87.52	88.15	85.86

Trained teachers in primary education are the percentage of primary school teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching in a given country.

Source: World Bank

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