Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
99
Highest
2 GPIA
Niue
Lowest
0.3135 GPIA
Algeria
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
3,116
What the numbers show
Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 2 GPIA in Niue; the lowest is 0.3135 GPIA in Algeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1.01 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Nauru (up 93.8%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 68.6%).
Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niue | 2 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Madagascar | 1.33 GPIA | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 3 | British Virgin Islands | 1.32 GPIA | 2024 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 1.3 GPIA | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 5 | Lithuania | 1.22 GPIA | 2020 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 6 | Chad | 1.21 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 7 | Cuba | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 8 | Bahamas | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 9 | Eswatini | 1.13 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 10 | Togo | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 11 | Dominica | 1.1 GPIA | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 14 | Mongolia | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Gambia | 1.06 GPIA | 2021 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 16 | Laos | 1.04 GPIA | 2018 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 17 | Colombia | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Benin | 1.03 GPIA | 2021 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 19 | Burundi | 1.03 GPIA | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 20 | Grenada | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 22 | Palestine | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 23 | Ecuador | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Seychelles | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 25 | Indonesia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 26 | India | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 27 | Ghana | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 28 | Armenia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Tanzania | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Rwanda | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Albania | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 33 | Andorra | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Bahrain | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 33 | Belarus | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Barbados | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Bhutan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 33 | Cape Verde | 1 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 33 | Cayman Islands | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 33 | Cyprus | 1 GPIA | 2021 | — | flat |
| 33 | Djibouti | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 33 | Egypt | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Spain | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Gibraltar | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Iran | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Jamaica | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 33 | Jordan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Cambodia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | South Korea | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Saint Lucia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 33 | Lesotho | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 33 | Macao | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Morocco | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Mozambique | 1 GPIA | 2022 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 33 | Mauritius | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Niger | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Oman | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Portugal | 1 GPIA | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Qatar | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Singapore | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | El Salvador | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Serbia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Thailand | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Tunisia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | United States | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 76 | Senegal | 0.9999 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 0.9999 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 78 | Philippines | 0.9996 GPIA | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 0.9991 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 80 | China | 0.9989 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 81 | Nepal | 0.9935 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 82 | Kiribati | 0.9925 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 83 | Moldova | 0.9922 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 84 | Afghanistan | 0.9921 GPIA | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 85 | Lebanon | 0.9898 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 86 | Brunei | 0.9874 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 87 | Tonga | 0.9864 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 0.9781 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 89 | Maldives | 0.9685 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 90 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.941 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 91 | Monaco | 0.9267 GPIA | 2024 | — | falling |
| 92 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.9131 GPIA | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 93 | Nauru | 0.8905 GPIA | 2024 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.8423 GPIA | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 95 | Cameroon | 0.7399 GPIA | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 96 | San Marino | 0.7121 GPIA | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 97 | Belize | 0.6124 GPIA | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 98 | Tuvalu | 0.5678 GPIA | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 99 | Algeria | 0.3135 GPIA | 2024 | down 68.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.31 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.27 GPIA
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.19 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.19 GPIA
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 1.18 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 1.17 GPIA
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.12 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 1.07 GPIA
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 1.07 GPIA
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 1.06 GPIA
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 1.06 GPIA
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.06 GPIA
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 1.05 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 1.04 GPIA
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 1.04 GPIA
- WB: Ida Only 1.04 GPIA
- WB: Pacific Island Small States 1.04 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.04 GPIA
- WB: Caribbean Small States 1.04 GPIA
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 1.04 GPIA
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 1.04 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 1.04 GPIA
- GPE: Region 1 1.04 GPIA
- MDG: Western Asia 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 1.03 GPIA
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 1.03 GPIA
- GPE: Region 3 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 1.02 GPIA
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: World 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 1.02 GPIA
- MDG: World 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: World 1.02 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release