Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower secondary education, both sexes (%) by country
Number of 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 teachers at the lower secondary level.
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower secondary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bhutan; the lowest is 13.7% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.2%, and the mean is 82.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 172.9%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 54.4%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in low: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2020 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 1 | State of Palestine | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | β | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2017 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2007 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2003 | β | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2019 | β | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2018 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2016 | up 103.1% | rising |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 100.0% | 2019 | β | flat |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 99.6% | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 19 | Least developed countries | 58.7% | 2019 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 20 | Belarus | 98.7% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Colombia | 98.2% | 2017 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 22 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 98.1% | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 97.0% | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 24 | Kenya | 96.8% | 2009 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 95.8% | 2018 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 26 | Gambia | 95.3% | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 27 | Maldives | 94.1% | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 28 | Panama | 94.0% | 2017 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 29 | El Salvador | 93.2% | 2018 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 30 | Mauritania | 93.0% | 2019 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 31 | Macau, China | 91.4% | 2019 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 32 | Mexico | 90.6% | 2012 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 33 | Myanmar | 89.5% | 2018 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 34 | Brunei Darussalam | 89.5% | 2019 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 88.1% | 2015 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 36 | Kiribati | 86.7% | 2014 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 37 | Suriname | 86.6% | 2018 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 38 | Eritrea | 85.7% | 2013 | up 172.9% | rising |
| 39 | Nepal | 85.4% | 2019 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 81.5% | 2018 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 41 | Bahamas | 81.0% | 2018 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 42 | Kuwait | 79.1% | 2012 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 73.3% | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 44 | Ghana | 73.1% | 2018 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 72.0% | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 46 | Ecuador | 70.6% | 2007 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 47 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.3% | 2010 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 48 | Liberia | 62.5% | 2015 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 49 | Pakistan | 57.5% | 2019 | β | flat |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 57.2% | 2008 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 51 | Mali | 55.4% | 2018 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 55.0% | 2019 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53.3% | 2012 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 54 | Barbados | 51.9% | 2019 | β | falling |
| 55 | Dominica | 48.4% | 2016 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 56 | Grenada | 46.1% | 2018 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40.4% | 2009 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 58 | Belize | 32.6% | 2019 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 59 | Niger | 13.7% | 2010 | down 54.4% | 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 86.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 59.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 85.9%
- Arab World 85.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 85.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 84.0%
- Middle income 82.0%
- Early-demographic dividend 79.5%
- Pacific island small states 74.0%
- Lower middle income 73.9%
- South Asia 72.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 72.6%
About this data
Number of 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 teachers at the lower secondary level.