Adjusted gender parity index for the proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level (ratio) by country
Countries reporting
76
Highest
2.0%
Niue
Lowest
0.6%
Bangladesh
Median
1.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,043
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 76 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 14 countries rose and 37 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: 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 | Viet Nam | 1.0% | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 16 | Vietnam | 1.0% | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 18 | Eritrea | 1.0% | 2013 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 1.0% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 20 | Cabo Verde | 1.0% | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 21 | Egypt | 1.0% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 23 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 24 | Myanmar | 1.0% | 2018 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 25 | Panama | 1.0% | 2017 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 26 | El Salvador | 1.0% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 27 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.0% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 27 | Brunei | 1.0% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 29 | Grenada | 1.0% | 2018 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 30 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.0% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 30 | Laos | 1.0% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 32 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Latvia | 1.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Gibraltar | 1.0% | 2017 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 32 | Spain | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 1.0% | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 32 | Cyprus | 1.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 32 | Cayman Islands | 1.0% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 32 | Cuba | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | United States | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Republic of Moldova | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | State of Palestine | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Bhutan | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Bermuda | 1.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Bahrain | 1.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 32 | Jordan | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | San Marino | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Morocco | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Cambodia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Moldova | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | South Korea | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Qatar | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Philippines | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Andorra | 1.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Oman | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Kuwait | 1.0% | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 61 | Belarus | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 63 | India | 1.0% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 65 | Niger | 1.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 66 | Solomon Islands | 1.0% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 67 | Liberia | 1.0% | 2015 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 68 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.0% | 2010 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 69 | Bahamas | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 70 | Nepal | 1.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 71 | Maldives | 0.9% | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritania | 0.9% | 2020 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 73 | Gambia | 0.8% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 74 | Monaco | 0.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 75 | Pakistan | 0.7% | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 76 | 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%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 1.1%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.1%
- South-eastern Asia 1.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.1%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1.0%
- World 1.0%
- Northern Africa 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%