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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

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About this data

Indicator
Proportion of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
217 places, 2,165 data points, 1999–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release