Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower secondary education, female (%) by country
Number of female teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the lower secondary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female teachers at the lower secondary level.
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower secondary education, female (%) is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Cambodia; the lowest is 14.8% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 91.9%, and the mean is 83.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 105.3%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 50.7%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in low: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine, State of | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | up 97.8% | rising |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2007 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2020 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2017 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2003 | — | flat |
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2016 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 99.6% | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 98.7% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 20 | Belarus | 98.7% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 98.1% | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 22 | Cabo Verde | 97.3% | 2018 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 97.0% | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 24 | Gambia | 95.9% | 2019 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 25 | El Salvador | 94.6% | 2018 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 26 | Panama | 94.2% | 2017 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 27 | Macau (China) | 92.7% | 2019 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 28 | Maldives | 91.2% | 2019 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 29 | Brunei Darussalam | 90.5% | 2019 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 30 | Myanmar | 89.6% | 2018 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 31 | Eritrea | 89.0% | 2013 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 88.1% | 2015 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 33 | Kiribati | 86.0% | 2014 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 34 | Bahamas | 84.6% | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 35 | Mauritania | 84.5% | 2019 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 36 | Kuwait | 82.1% | 2012 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 81.7% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 38 | Ghana | 81.7% | 2018 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 39 | Nepal | 81.2% | 2019 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 40 | Ecuador | 76.8% | 2007 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 41 | Saint Lucia | 76.7% | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 42 | Mali | 63.9% | 2018 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 43 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.7% | 2010 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 63.2% | 2008 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 45 | Liberia | 61.6% | 2015 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 58.0% | 2019 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55.0% | 2012 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 48 | Barbados | 53.0% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 49 | Pakistan | 51.8% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 50 | Dominica | 51.0% | 2016 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 51 | Grenada | 46.1% | 2018 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41.7% | 2009 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 53 | Belize | 29.3% | 2019 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 54 | Niger | 14.8% | 2010 | down 50.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 86.5%
- Arab World 85.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 85.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 85.0%
- Middle income 83.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 80.3%
- Lower middle income 76.2%
- Pacific island small states 75.1%
- South Asia 71.9%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 71.9%
- IDA only 68.2%
- IDA total 66.8%
About this data
Number of female teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the lower secondary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female teachers at the lower secondary level.