Proportion of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
55
Highest
1.22 GPIA
San Marino
Lowest
0.8777 GPIA
Gambia
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,605

What the numbers show

Proportion of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 55 countries. The highest value is 1.22 GPIA in San Marino; the lowest is 0.8777 GPIA in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1.01 GPIA.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 22.1%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 18.5%).

Proportion of qualified teachers in upper secondary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 San Marino 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 21.6% rising
2 Moldova 1.2 GPIA 2024 up 22.1% rising
3 Palestine 1.12 GPIA 2023 down 3.1% flat
4 Cuba 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% flat
5 Sri Lanka 1.08 GPIA 2023 down 6.7% falling
6 Brunei 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 5.5% rising
7 Eritrea 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 0.8% flat
8 Niger 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 4.5% rising
9 China 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
10 Monaco 1.04 GPIA 2024 flat
11 Albania 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% flat
12 Panama 1.03 GPIA 2017 flat
13 Ecuador 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 2.3% flat
14 India 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
15 Bhutan 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% flat
16 Kiribati 1.01 GPIA 2024 falling
17 Indonesia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
18 Burkina Faso 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
19 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 0.7% flat
20 Armenia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
21 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
22 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
22 Bangladesh 1 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% flat
22 Bahrain 1 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% flat
22 Belarus 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
22 Barbados 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Cape Verde 1 GPIA 2022 down 14.5% falling
22 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Cyprus 1 GPIA 2021 flat
22 Djibouti 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
22 Egypt 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Spain 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
22 Iran 1 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% flat
22 Jordan 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 South Korea 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Macao 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Morocco 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Oman 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
22 Philippines 1 GPIA 2020 flat
22 Qatar 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Saudi Arabia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Sudan 1 GPIA 2018 flat
22 El Salvador 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Serbia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 Thailand 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
22 United States 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
47 Costa Rica 0.9999 GPIA 2020 down 0.0% flat
48 Saint Lucia 0.9956 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% falling
49 Ghana 0.9947 GPIA 2021 down 5.8% falling
50 Belize 0.9944 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% rising
51 Bahamas 0.9941 GPIA 2024 down 9.1% flat
52 Afghanistan 0.9911 GPIA 2023 down 18.5% falling
53 Rwanda 0.9216 GPIA 2024 up 4.7% flat
54 Nauru 0.9167 GPIA 2024 down 8.3% falling
55 Gambia 0.8777 GPIA 2021 down 12.2% 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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Indicator
Proportion of qualified teachers in upper 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
178 places, 1,605 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release