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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 1.25 GPIA
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 1.22 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 1.21 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.2 GPIA
- GPE: Region 1 1.17 GPIA
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 1.17 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 1.11 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.1 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 1.1 GPIA
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 1.08 GPIA
- WB: Ida Only 1.08 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.07 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.06 GPIA
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 1.05 GPIA
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 1.05 GPIA
- UNICEF: Africa 1.05 GPIA
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.04 GPIA
- MDG: Eastern Asia 1.04 GPIA
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 1.03 GPIA
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 1.03 GPIA
- SDG: Eastern Asia 1.03 GPIA
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 1.03 GPIA
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 1.03 GPIA
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.02 GPIA
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 1.02 GPIA
- MDG: Developing Regions 1.02 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 1.02 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 1.02 GPIA
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 1.02 GPIA
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 1.02 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 1.02 GPIA
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 1.02 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release