Proportion of qualified teachers in secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
84
Highest
1.43 GPIA
Dominica
Lowest
0.587 GPIA
Tuvalu
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
2,418
What the numbers show
Proportion of qualified teachers in secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 1.43 GPIA in Dominica; the lowest is 0.587 GPIA in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 46.8%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 43.3%).
Proportion of qualified teachers in secondary education, adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominica | 1.43 GPIA | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 2 | Eswatini | 1.42 GPIA | 2022 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 3 | Grenada | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 4 | Peru | 1.12 GPIA | 2023 | — | flat |
| 5 | San Marino | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.1 GPIA | 2018 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 7 | Moldova | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 8 | Burundi | 1.08 GPIA | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 9 | Chad | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 10 | Palestine | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 11 | Eritrea | 1.06 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 12 | Cuba | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 13 | Brunei | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Lithuania | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 16 | Monaco | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | — | flat |
| 17 | Mongolia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 18 | Niger | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 19 | Ecuador | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 20 | China | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 21 | Benin | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 22 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 23 | India | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Albania | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 25 | Malaysia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 26 | Bhutan | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 27 | Tanzania | 1.01 GPIA | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 28 | Panama | 1.01 GPIA | 2017 | — | flat |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 30 | Colombia | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 31 | Armenia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 33 | Andorra | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 33 | Bahrain | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 33 | Belarus | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Barbados | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Cayman Islands | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Cyprus | 1 GPIA | 2021 | — | flat |
| 33 | Djibouti | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 33 | Egypt | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Spain | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Gibraltar | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Iran | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 33 | Jamaica | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 33 | Jordan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | South Korea | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Macao | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Morocco | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Mauritius | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 33 | Oman | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Philippines | 1 GPIA | 2020 | 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 | United States | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 0.9999 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 0.9982 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 70 | Senegal | 0.9928 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 71 | Seychelles | 0.9916 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 0.9902 GPIA | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 73 | Bahamas | 0.9836 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 74 | Rwanda | 0.9793 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 75 | Cape Verde | 0.9629 GPIA | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 76 | Nauru | 0.9412 GPIA | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 77 | Tunisia | 0.9284 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 78 | Ghana | 0.9262 GPIA | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 79 | Gambia | 0.8324 GPIA | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 80 | Cameroon | 0.8285 GPIA | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 81 | Cook Islands | 0.7988 GPIA | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 82 | Belize | 0.7544 GPIA | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 83 | British Virgin Islands | 0.6548 GPIA | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 84 | Tuvalu | 0.587 GPIA | 2023 | down 43.3% | 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 1.17 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.15 GPIA
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 1.15 GPIA
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 1.12 GPIA
- GPE: Region 1 1.12 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 1.11 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 1.11 GPIA
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 1.1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 1.1 GPIA
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 1.09 GPIA
- WB: Ida Only 1.08 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.08 GPIA
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 1.07 GPIA
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.07 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.07 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.07 GPIA
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 1.06 GPIA
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 1.05 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.05 GPIA
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 1.05 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.04 GPIA
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.04 GPIA
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.04 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.04 GPIA
- ALECSO: Member Countries 1.03 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Arab World 1.03 GPIA
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Ida Total 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 1.03 GPIA
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 1.03 GPIA
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 1.03 GPIA
- MDG: Developing Regions 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 1.02 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release