Adjusted gender parity index for the proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level (ratio) by country
Countries reporting
64
Highest
2.0%
Niue
Lowest
0.6%
Bangladesh
Median
1.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
958
What the numbers show
Adjusted gender parity index for the proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level (ratio) is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 2.0% in Niue; the lowest is 0.6% in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 1.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Niue (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 51.9%).
Adjusted gender parity index for the proportion of teachers with the: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niue | 2.0% | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 1.2% | 2008 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 3 | Dominica | 1.2% | 2016 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 4 | Belize | 1.1% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 5 | Ghana | 1.1% | 2021 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 6 | Mongolia | 1.1% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 1.1% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 8 | Mali | 1.1% | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.1% | 2009 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.1% | 2012 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 11 | Ecuador | 1.1% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 1.1% | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 13 | Barbados | 1.1% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 14 | Kiribati | 1.1% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 1.0% | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 16 | Eritrea | 1.0% | 2013 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 1.0% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 18 | Egypt | 1.0% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 21 | Myanmar | 1.0% | 2018 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 22 | Panama | 1.0% | 2017 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 23 | El Salvador | 1.0% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 24 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.0% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 25 | Grenada | 1.0% | 2018 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 26 | Philippines | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Bahrain | 1.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Bermuda | 1.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Bhutan | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | San Marino | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 26 | Morocco | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Cyprus | 1.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 26 | Cuba | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 1.0% | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 26 | Spain | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Gibraltar | 1.0% | 2017 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 26 | Jordan | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Cambodia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Kuwait | 1.0% | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 26 | Latvia | 1.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Andorra | 1.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Qatar | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Cayman Islands | 1.0% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 26 | Oman | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Belarus | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 51 | India | 1.0% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 53 | Niger | 1.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 54 | Solomon Islands | 1.0% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 55 | Liberia | 1.0% | 2015 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 56 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.0% | 2010 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 57 | Bahamas | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 58 | Nepal | 1.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 59 | Maldives | 0.9% | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritania | 0.9% | 2020 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 61 | Gambia | 0.8% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 62 | Monaco | 0.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 63 | Pakistan | 0.7% | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 0.6% | 2024 | down 51.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.1%
- South-Eastern Asia 1.1%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 1.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.1%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.1%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1.0%
- Viet Nam 1.0%
- Cabo Verde 1.0%
- World 1.0%
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0%
- Northern Africa 1.0%
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.0%
- Republic of Moldova 1.0%
- State of Palestine 1.0%
- Central Asia 1.0%
- United States of America 1.0%
- Northern America 1.0%
- Western Asia 1.0%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.0%
- Central and Southern Asia 1.0%
- Southern Asia 0.9%