Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower secondary education, male (%) by country
Number of male 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 male teachers at the lower secondary level.
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower secondary education, male (%) is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Cambodia; the lowest is 13.4% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.5%, and the mean is 81.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 188.8%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 55.3%).
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 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2007 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | — | 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 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2017 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2020 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2003 | — | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2016 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 99.6% | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | Belarus | 98.7% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 20 | Maldives | 98.2% | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 21 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 98.1% | 2019 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 22 | Colombia | 97.6% | 2017 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 97.0% | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 24 | Gambia | 95.1% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 94.5% | 2018 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 26 | Mauritania | 94.1% | 2019 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 93.8% | 2017 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 91.2% | 2018 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 29 | Macau (China) | 89.4% | 2019 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 89.2% | 2018 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 88.3% | 2015 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 32 | Kiribati | 87.7% | 2014 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 33 | Nepal | 87.2% | 2019 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 34 | Brunei Darussalam | 87.2% | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 35 | Eritrea | 85.1% | 2013 | up 188.8% | rising |
| 36 | Kuwait | 75.7% | 2012 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 37 | Pakistan | 72.4% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 70.2% | 2019 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 39 | Ghana | 70.1% | 2018 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 40 | Bahamas | 68.6% | 2018 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65.4% | 2010 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 65.2% | 2019 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 43 | Ecuador | 64.5% | 2007 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 44 | Liberia | 62.5% | 2015 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 54.1% | 2019 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 46 | Mali | 53.8% | 2018 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 47 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.6% | 2012 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 48 | Barbados | 50.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 49.6% | 2008 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 50 | Grenada | 46.1% | 2018 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 51 | Dominica | 41.3% | 2016 | up 109.0% | rising |
| 52 | Belize | 38.9% | 2019 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.2% | 2009 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 54 | Niger | 13.4% | 2010 | down 55.3% | 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 87.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 86.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 86.0%
- Arab World 86.0%
- Middle income 80.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 78.6%
- South Asia 73.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 73.2%
- Pacific island small states 72.7%
- Lower middle income 71.3%
- IDA total 61.0%
- IDA blend 60.4%
About this data
Number of male 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 male teachers at the lower secondary level.