Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
96
Highest
1.83 GPIA
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
0.621 GPIA
Bangladesh
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
3,409
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 1.83 GPIA in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.621 GPIA in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1.05 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 78.4%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 46.8%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.83 GPIA | 2017 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 2 | Montserrat | 1.75 GPIA | 2019 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 3 | Dominica | 1.52 GPIA | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 4 | Eswatini | 1.42 GPIA | 2022 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 1.35 GPIA | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 6 | Gibraltar | 1.3 GPIA | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 7 | Benin | 1.24 GPIA | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.23 GPIA | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 9 | Malawi | 1.22 GPIA | 2013 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 1.19 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 11 | Saint Lucia | 1.16 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 12 | Guyana | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 13 | Grenada | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 14 | British Virgin Islands | 1.14 GPIA | 2023 | up 36.6% | flat |
| 15 | Bahamas | 1.13 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 16 | Belize | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 17 | Ecuador | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 18 | Armenia | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 19 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.08 GPIA | 2015 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 20 | Burundi | 1.08 GPIA | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 21 | Rwanda | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 22 | Senegal | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 23 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.07 GPIA | 2018 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 25 | Barbados | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 27 | Eritrea | 1.05 GPIA | 2013 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 28 | Aruba | 1.04 GPIA | 2012 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 29 | Hong Kong, China | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 30 | Mongolia | 1.04 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 31 | Lithuania | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 32 | Egypt | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 33 | Malaysia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 34 | Macau, China | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 35 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 37 | Myanmar | 1.01 GPIA | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 38 | Mozambique | 1.01 GPIA | 2015 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 39 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 40 | Lesotho | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 41 | Mexico | 1.01 GPIA | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 42 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Bhutan | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 44 | Panama | 1.01 GPIA | 2014 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 45 | Belarus | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 46 | India | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 47 | Colombia | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 49 | Cape Verde | 1 GPIA | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 50 | El Salvador | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 51 | Botswana | 1 GPIA | 2007 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 52 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1 GPIA | 2020 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 53 | Andorra | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Bahrain | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 53 | Bermuda | 1 GPIA | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Cuba | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Cayman Islands | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 53 | Cyprus | 1 GPIA | 2021 | — | flat |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 1 GPIA | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 53 | Spain | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Croatia | 1 GPIA | 2003 | — | flat |
| 53 | Jamaica | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 53 | Jordan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Republic of Korea | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Kuwait | 1 GPIA | 2021 | — | flat |
| 53 | Latvia | 1 GPIA | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Morocco | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Republic of Moldova | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Oman | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Philippines | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Portugal | 1 GPIA | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Palestine, State of | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Qatar | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | San Marino | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Thailand | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | United States of America | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 0.9993 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 83 | Seychelles | 0.9932 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 84 | Nepal | 0.9906 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 85 | Cook Islands | 0.9892 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 86 | Singapore | 0.9883 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 87 | Mauritius | 0.9833 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 88 | Niger | 0.9832 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 89 | Brazil | 0.9816 GPIA | 2023 | — | falling |
| 90 | Ukraine | 0.9545 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 91 | Tunisia | 0.9284 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 92 | Ghana | 0.9262 GPIA | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 93 | Monaco | 0.8446 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 94 | Gambia | 0.8324 GPIA | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 95 | Mauritania | 0.7981 GPIA | 2020 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 0.621 GPIA | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.33 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.26 GPIA
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 1.21 GPIA
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 1.21 GPIA
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 1.19 GPIA
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 1.17 GPIA
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 1.17 GPIA
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 1.15 GPIA
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 1.15 GPIA
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 1.15 GPIA
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.15 GPIA
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 1.15 GPIA
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 1.15 GPIA
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 1.14 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.13 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 1.12 GPIA
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 1.12 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.1 GPIA
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 1.1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 1.1 GPIA
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 1.1 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.1 GPIA
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.1 GPIA
- GPE: Region 1 1.09 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 1.09 GPIA
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 1.09 GPIA
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 1.09 GPIA
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.08 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 1.08 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.08 GPIA
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.08 GPIA
- UNICEF: Association of South East Asian Nations (asean) 1.08 GPIA
- ESCAP: Asean (asean) (unsdcode:98406) 1.07 GPIA
- ESCAP: South-east Asia (sea) (unsdcode:98419) 1.07 GPIA
- MDG: South-eastern Asia 1.07 GPIA
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 1.07 GPIA
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 1.07 GPIA
- WB: Ida Only 1.07 GPIA
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 1.07 GPIA
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 1.06 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release