Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
67
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
31.3%
Palestine, State of
Median
98.1%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
1,708
What the numbers show
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, male (%) is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 31.3% in Palestine, State of.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.1%, and the mean is 89.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 93.4%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 51.1%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bangladesh | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 100.0% | 2022 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 100.0% | 2022 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 1 | Egypt | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 100.0% | 2021 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 1 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 100.0% | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 100.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macau, China | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Naoero | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Philippines | 100.0% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sudan | 100.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 1 | El Salvador | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States of America | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Armenia | 99.3% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 99.3% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 34 | Colombia | 98.1% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 35 | Nepal | 97.8% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 36 | Indonesia | 97.4% | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 37 | Kiribati | 97.3% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 38 | Ecuador | 96.5% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 39 | Namibia | 95.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 40 | Bhutan | 95.4% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 41 | India | 94.9% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 42 | Burundi | 94.1% | 2020 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 43 | Monaco | 91.3% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 44 | Bahamas | 90.9% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 45 | Albania | 90.3% | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 46 | China | 88.4% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 47 | Eritrea | 87.7% | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 86.4% | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 49 | Rwanda | 86.1% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 50 | Brunei Darussalam | 85.6% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 84.8% | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 52 | Marshall Islands | 83.7% | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 53 | Gambia | 81.7% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 54 | Panama | 81.6% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 55 | Ghana | 80.7% | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 56 | Niger | 80.6% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 57 | Cuba | 78.4% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Moldova | 74.7% | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 74.7% | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 60 | San Marino | 74.2% | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 61 | Niue | 69.2% | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 57.5% | 2024 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 63 | Suriname | 51.5% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 64 | Sierra Leone | 50.3% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 65 | Tuvalu | 46.7% | 2025 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 66 | Belize | 35.7% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 67 | Palestine, State of | 31.3% | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 99.9%
- AIMS: Central Asia 99.9%
- SDG: Central Asia 99.9%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 99.9%
- UIS: Central Asia 99.7%
- UNICEF: North America 99.2%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 99.2%
- SDG: Northern America 99.2%
- WB: North America 99.2%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 98.2%
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 97.2%
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 96.1%
- WB: South Asia 95.4%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 95.4%
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 94.9%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 94.4%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 94.1%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 94.1%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 93.7%
- MDG: Southern Asia 93.7%
- SDG: Southern Asia 93.7%
- UIS: South and West Asia 93.7%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 93.7%
- UNICEF: South Asia 93.7%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 93.0%
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 92.8%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 92.5%
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 92.1%
- AIMS: East Asia 91.6%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 91.6%
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 91.5%
- GPE: Region 3 91.4%
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 91.3%
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 91.1%
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 91.1%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 91.1%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 91.1%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 91.0%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 90.5%
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 90.5%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release