Proportion of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
60
Highest
1.12 GPIA
Ghana
Lowest
0.6734 GPIA
Belize
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
26
1999–2024
Data points
2,165
What the numbers show
Proportion of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 1.12 GPIA in Ghana; the lowest is 0.6734 GPIA in Belize.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9962 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 5.7%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 33.6%).
Proportion of qualified teachers in lower secondary education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 1.12 GPIA | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 1.1 GPIA | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 3 | Eritrea | 1.05 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 4 | Monaco | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | — | flat |
| 5 | Palestine, State of | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.03 GPIA | 2018 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 8 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Ecuador | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 10 | India | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 11 | Rwanda | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 12 | Niger | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Colombia | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Armenia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 16 | Kiribati | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 17 | Cuba | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | Azerbaijan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Albania | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 20 | Bahrain | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 20 | Belarus | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | Barbados | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Bhutan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Cayman Islands | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Cyprus | 1 GPIA | 2021 | — | flat |
| 20 | Djibouti | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 1 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | Egypt | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Spain | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Iran | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | Jordan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Cambodia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Republic of Korea | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Saint Lucia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 20 | Macao | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Morocco | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Oman | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Philippines | 1 GPIA | 2020 | — | flat |
| 20 | Qatar | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | El Salvador | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | San Marino | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 20 | Serbia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Thailand | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | United States | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Niue | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 0.9999 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 51 | China | 0.9964 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Panama | 0.9917 GPIA | 2017 | — | flat |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 0.9888 GPIA | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 54 | Naoero | 0.975 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 55 | Bahamas | 0.9643 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 56 | Nepal | 0.9394 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 57 | Cape Verde | 0.9378 GPIA | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 58 | Maldives | 0.9286 GPIA | 2019 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 59 | Gambia | 0.8446 GPIA | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 60 | Belize | 0.6734 GPIA | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 1.12 GPIA
- WB: Ida Only 1.09 GPIA
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 1.09 GPIA
- GPE: Region 1 1.09 GPIA
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 1.08 GPIA
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 1.08 GPIA
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.08 GPIA
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 1.08 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.08 GPIA
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.08 GPIA
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 1.07 GPIA
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 1.07 GPIA
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.07 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Ida Total 1.06 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 1.06 GPIA
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.05 GPIA
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 1.04 GPIA
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.04 GPIA
- WB: Ida Blend 1.04 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 1.04 GPIA
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 1.04 GPIA
- SDG: Western Asia 1.04 GPIA
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 1.04 GPIA
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 1.03 GPIA
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 1.03 GPIA
- UNICEF: World 1.03 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.03 GPIA
- MDG: World 1.03 GPIA
- SDG: World 1.03 GPIA
- UIS: World 1.03 GPIA
- WB: World 1.03 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release