Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, male (%) by country
Number of male 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 male teachers at the upper secondary level.
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, male (%) is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Qatar; the lowest is 12.9% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 89.6%, and the mean is 81.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 117.8%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 49.4%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | up 117.8% | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 100.0% | 2019 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 1 | Palestine, State of | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2006 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2018 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2018 | β | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2003 | β | flat |
| 8 | Least developed countries | 48.5% | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 14 | Kenya | 99.5% | 2012 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 98.3% | 2017 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 16 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 97.7% | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 97.4% | 2014 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 18 | Gambia, The | 97.0% | 2019 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 97.0% | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 20 | Cabo Verde | 95.3% | 2018 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 21 | Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 92.9% | 2019 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 22 | Gibraltar | 90.5% | 2017 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 23 | El Salvador | 89.6% | 2018 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 24 | Brunei Darussalam | 88.6% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | Belarus, Republic of | 88.5% | 2018 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 26 | Myanmar | 86.4% | 2018 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 27 | Ghana | 84.5% | 2019 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 28 | Nepal | 83.1% | 2019 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 79.5% | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 30 | Eritrea, The State of | 79.2% | 2013 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 31 | Bahamas, The | 78.0% | 2018 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 74.3% | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 33 | Ecuador | 64.3% | 2007 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 34 | St. Lucia | 63.6% | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 63.4% | 2019 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 36 | Sudan | 61.3% | 2017 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 37 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 60.0% | 2010 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 55.6% | 2008 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 39 | Barbados | 50.3% | 2019 | β | flat |
| 40 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 48.1% | 2012 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 41 | Grenada | 46.9% | 2018 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 42 | Dominica | 40.8% | 2016 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 43 | Belize | 34.9% | 2019 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 44 | Niger | 12.9% | 2017 | down 49.4% | 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 (excluding high income) 84.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 41.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 84.4%
- Arab World 84.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 84.2%
- Caribbean Small States 69.4%
- IDA total 57.4%
- IDA only 52.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 41.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 41.2%
About this data
Number of male 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 male teachers at the upper secondary level.