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Qualified Primary Teachers by African country

2025

Share of primary-school teachers with the minimum required qualifications.

Africa, 20253 of 54 countries
98.6%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Algeria · 100.0%Lowest in 2025Gambia · 89.0%Reported in 20253 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — no dataSudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — no dataLesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — no dataCameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — no dataEswatini — no dataAngola — no dataBurundi — 95.8%Madagascar — no dataGambia — 89.0%Tunisia — no dataAlgeria — 100.0%Eritrea — no dataMorocco — no dataEgypt — no dataLibya — no dataEthiopia — no dataDjibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeriaNigeriaEthiopiaEthiopiaKenyaKenyaSouth AfricaSouth Africa2025HIGHEST IN 2025Algeria100.0%Burundi95.8%Gambia89.0%LOWEST IN 2025Gambia89.0%Burundi95.8%Algeria100.0%PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenyano dataNigeriano dataSouth Africano dataOTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno data% of teachers · quintiles of the observed range89%89%89%95.8%95.8%100%no record
20142025
UNESCO UIS · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Northern Africa1 of 6 countries100.0%
Eastern Africa1 of 18 countries95.8%
Western Africa1 of 16 countries89.0%
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Southern Africa0 of 5 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 3 with a 2025 figure98.6%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
51 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde and 46 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Qualified Primary TeachersShare of primary-school teachers with the minimum required qualifications.
SourceUNESCO UIS, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of teachers
Last updated10 May 2026
Next expected updateMay 2027
Date range1998–2025
Coverage3 of 54 countries · 3 reported, 0 modelled, 51 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 3 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Qualified Primary Teachers". Data adapted from UNESCO UIS. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/qualified-primary-teachers
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=primary_teachers_minimum_qualifications_pct&year=2025&limit=100

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Qualified Primary Teachers: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

26 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryQualified Primary TeachersPeriod
1Algeria100%2025
2Cote d'Ivoire100%2024
3Kenya100%2023
4Mauritius100%2024
5Morocco100%2024
6Tunisia100%2023
7Lesotho99.5%2023
8Niger98.8%2024
9Zimbabwe97.9%2024
10Burundi95.8%2025
11Namibia95.4%2024
12Malawi94.8%2024
13Burkina Faso91%2024
14Seychelles89.7%2024
15Ghana89.3%2024
16Gambia89%2025
17Egypt87.1%2024
18Angola82.4%2023
19Togo81%2024
20Senegal77.1%2024
21Cameroon72.3%2023
22Sierra Leone69.8%2024
23Rwanda67.6%2024
24Djibouti66%2023
25Mali37.4%2023
26Chad29.4%2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 26 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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