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Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers)

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.

📅 2025📏 % of total teachers13 entries
  1. 🇩🇿Algeria100.0%
  2. 🇰🇿Kazakhstan100.0%
  3. 🇳🇷Nauru100.0%
  4. 🇹🇭Thailand100.0%
  5. 🇺🇿Uzbekistan100.0%
  6. 🇳🇵Nepal95.8%
  7. 🇧🇮Burundi95.8%
  8. 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan95.7%
  9. 🇮🇳India91.4%
  10. 🇬🇲Gambia89.0%
  11. 🇱🇦Laos65.2%
  12. 🇹🇻Tuvalu57.9%
Stems start at zero, so the length of each stem is the entry’s value.
1
🇩🇿Algeria
100.0%
2
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
100.0%
3
🇳🇷Nauru
100.0%
4
🇹🇭Thailand
100.0%
5
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
100.0%
6
🇳🇵Nepal
95.8%
7
🇧🇮Burundi
95.8%
8
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
95.7%
9
🇮🇳India
91.4%
10
🇬🇲Gambia
89.0%
11
🇱🇦Laos
65.2%
12
🇹🇻Tuvalu
57.9%
13
🇮🇩Indonesia
34.7%

Highlights

As of 2025, Algeria ranks first with 100.0%, followed by Kazakhstan (100.0%) and Nauru (100.0%).

The top two are virtually level: Algeria and Kazakhstan differ by less than 1%.

Across 13 countries and territories, values run from 100.0% (Algeria) to 34.7% (Indonesia), with a median of 95.8%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia, 3 from Africa and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers), 2025. Unit: % of total teachers.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026