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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

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About this data

Indicator
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 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
271 places, 3,409 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release