Soft/Human Capital/Foundational Education

Teaching Workforce

The capacity to attract, develop, deploy and retain an effective teaching profession.
pending/cap/teaching-workforce
World mean
9.6
of 20 · median 10.0
Range
1–19
middle half 7.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.32
round 1 ±1.00 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Singapore

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2
Advanced 20
Established 44
Transitional 50
Foundational 51
Nascent 29
Inception 1

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇫🇮Finland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
5 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
16 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇫🇷France Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
21 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇺🇸United States Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
23 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
24 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
25 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
27 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.50
28 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
29 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 14 Established ±0.50
30 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
31 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 13 Established ±0.50
33 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
35 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 13 Established ±0.50
36 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
37 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.50
38 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.50
39 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
40 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 13 Established ±0.00
41 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
42 🇲🇹Malta Europe 13 Established ±0.00
43 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 13 Established ±0.43
44 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
45 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 13 Established ±0.50
46 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
47 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.00
48 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 12 Established ±0.43
49 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 12 Established ±0.43
50 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.83
51 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 12 Established ±0.43
52 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 12 Established ±0.00
53 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.00
54 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.43
55 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 12 Established ±0.50
56 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
57 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
58 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
59 🇷🇺Russia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
60 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 12 Established ±0.43
61 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
62 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
63 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
64 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
65 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
66 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
67 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
73 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
77 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
80 🇦🇱Albania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
83 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
84 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
85 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
86 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
87 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
88 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
89 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
90 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
91 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
92 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
93 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
94 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
95 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
96 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
97 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
98 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
99 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
100 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
101 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
102 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
103 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
104 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
105 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
106 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
107 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
108 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
109 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
110 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
111 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
112 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.83
113 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
114 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
115 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
116 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
117 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
118 🇧🇿Belize Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
122 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
124 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.71
125 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
129 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
130 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
132 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
133 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
134 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
135 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
136 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
137 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
138 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
139 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
140 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
141 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
142 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
143 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
144 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
145 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
146 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
147 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
148 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
149 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
150 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
151 🇧🇯Benin Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
152 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
153 🇨🇬Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
154 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
155 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
156 🇱🇾Libya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
157 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
158 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
159 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
160 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
161 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
162 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
163 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
164 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
165 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
166 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
167 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
168 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
170 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
173 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
175 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
177 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
182 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
183 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇹🇩Chad Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
185 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
186 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
187 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
188 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
190 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
191 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
192 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
193 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
194 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
195 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±0.50

Others in Foundational Education

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Universal Schooling11.00–18Canada, Finland, Japan
Foundational Learning9.50–19Singapore
Inclusive Reach9.70–17Finland, Norway