Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
73
Highest
2 GPIA
Niue
Lowest
0.6276 GPIA
Bangladesh
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
28
1997–2024
Data points
2,641

What the numbers show

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 2 GPIA in Niue; the lowest is 0.6276 GPIA in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1.02 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Niue (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 51.9%).

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niue 2 GPIA 2024 up 100.0% rising
2 Nicaragua 1.22 GPIA 2008 down 6.3% falling
3 Dominica 1.19 GPIA 2016 down 12.4% flat
4 Belize 1.15 GPIA 2024 down 13.3% falling
5 Ghana 1.12 GPIA 2021 down 9.5% flat
6 Mongolia 1.12 GPIA 2023 rising
7 Armenia 1.11 GPIA 2024 down 2.5% flat
8 Mali 1.08 GPIA 2023 down 6.9% flat
9 Trinidad and Tobago 1.08 GPIA 2009 up 10.8% rising
10 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.08 GPIA 2012 up 13.1% rising
11 Ecuador 1.08 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% rising
12 Sierra Leone 1.08 GPIA 2021 down 16.8% falling
13 Barbados 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 2.8% flat
14 Kiribati 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 7.3% rising
15 Rwanda 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% flat
16 Viet Nam 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% flat
17 Eritrea 1.04 GPIA 2013 down 24.1% falling
18 Macau (China) 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 8.5% falling
19 Sri Lanka 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 2.1% flat
20 Cape Verde 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 7.4% falling
21 Egypt 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 9.6% falling
22 Burkina Faso 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% falling
23 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 0.8% flat
24 Myanmar 1 GPIA 2018 up 1.2% flat
25 Panama 1 GPIA 2017 down 2.5% falling
26 El Salvador 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.8% flat
27 Brunei Darussalam 1 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% flat
28 Grenada 1 GPIA 2018 down 18.7% flat
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 GPIA 2020 down 0.6% flat
30 Andorra 1 GPIA 2012 unchanged flat
30 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged falling
30 Bahrain 1 GPIA 2024 down 4.1% flat
30 Bermuda 1 GPIA 2016 unchanged flat
30 Bhutan 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
30 Cuba 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
30 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% flat
30 Cyprus 1 GPIA 2021 flat
30 Dominican Republic 1 GPIA 2021 down 7.3% falling
30 Spain 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
30 Gibraltar 1 GPIA 2017 down 11.7% flat
30 Croatia 1 GPIA 2003 flat
30 Iran 1 GPIA 2017 unchanged flat
30 Jordan 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
30 Cambodia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
30 Korea 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
30 Kuwait 1 GPIA 2021 down 7.3% flat
30 Latvia 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
30 Morocco 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
30 Republic of Moldova 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
30 Oman 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
30 Philippines 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
30 Palestine, State of 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
30 Qatar 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
30 Saudi Arabia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
30 San Marino 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
30 Thailand 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
30 United States of America 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
58 Belarus 0.9999 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
59 Costa Rica 0.9994 GPIA 2020 up 0.6% flat
60 India 0.9974 GPIA 2024 down 3.9% flat
61 Azerbaijan 0.9973 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
62 Niger 0.9939 GPIA 2024 down 9.1% flat
63 Solomon Islands 0.9916 GPIA 2019 down 0.3% flat
64 Liberia 0.9853 GPIA 2015 up 1.3% flat
65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9747 GPIA 2010 up 7.6% rising
66 Bahamas 0.9643 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% rising
67 Nepal 0.9569 GPIA 2024 down 2.3% flat
68 Maldives 0.9283 GPIA 2019 down 6.9% falling
69 Mauritania 0.8979 GPIA 2020 down 10.2% flat
70 Gambia 0.8446 GPIA 2021 down 12.2% falling
71 Monaco 0.8319 GPIA 2024 down 1.8% falling
72 Pakistan 0.7107 GPIA 2022 down 0.6% flat
73 Bangladesh 0.6276 GPIA 2024 down 51.9% 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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About this data

Indicator
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower 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
213 places, 2,641 data points, 1997–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release