Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, female (%) by country
Number of female teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the upper secondary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female teachers at the upper secondary level.
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, female (%) is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Gibraltar; the lowest is 35.0% in Belize.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.0%, and the mean is 85.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 207.7%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 14.7%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2006 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia, Republic of | 100.0% | 2003 | β | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 100.0% | 2019 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2018 | β | flat |
| 15 | Kenya | 99.7% | 2012 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 16 | Colombia | 99.2% | 2017 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 17 | Panama | 98.6% | 2014 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 18 | Cabo Verde | 97.5% | 2018 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 19 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 97.5% | 2019 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 20 | Gambia, The | 97.2% | 2019 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 97.0% | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 22 | Macau (China) | 94.7% | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 93.2% | 2018 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 24 | Belarus, Republic of | 92.5% | 2018 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 25 | Brunei Darussalam | 91.6% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Bahamas, The | 88.2% | 2018 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 27 | Myanmar | 88.1% | 2018 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 28 | Ghana | 87.3% | 2019 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 83.8% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 30 | Eritrea, The State of | 83.7% | 2013 | up 23.0% | flat |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 79.3% | 2015 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 77.7% | 2019 | up 106.4% | rising |
| 33 | Ecuador | 76.6% | 2007 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 34 | St. Lucia | 73.9% | 2019 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 35 | Nepal | 73.4% | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 36 | Niger | 68.7% | 2018 | up 207.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Sudan | 68.6% | 2017 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 68.1% | 2008 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 39 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.1% | 2010 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 40 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 55.8% | 2012 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 41 | Barbados | 52.9% | 2019 | β | falling |
| 42 | Dominica | 51.7% | 2016 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 43 | Grenada | 46.4% | 2018 | up 99.1% | rising |
| 44 | Belize | 35.0% | 2019 | up 1.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA total 89.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 49.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 86.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 86.6%
- Arab World 85.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 83.8%
- IDA only 72.0%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 67.9%
- Caribbean Small States 62.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 49.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 49.1%
About this data
Number of female teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the upper secondary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female teachers at the upper secondary level.