Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
80
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
6.5%
Burundi
Median
94.8%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
2,251
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, female (%) is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 6.5% in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.8%, and the mean is 83.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (country) (up 1,546.2%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 87.7%).
Proportion of teachers … teachers upper female secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 100.0% | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 100.0% | 2015 | up 110.6% | rising |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2003 | — | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2006 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Philippines | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Maldives | 98.9% | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 30 | Colombia | 98.8% | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 31 | Panama | 98.6% | 2014 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 32 | Cook Islands | 98.5% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 98.4% | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 97.5% | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 35 | Bhutan | 96.8% | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 96.6% | 2020 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 37 | Namibia | 96.4% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 38 | Nepal | 95.2% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 39 | Belarus | 95.1% | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 40 | Macao | 94.8% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 41 | El Salvador | 94.8% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 42 | Laos | 94.0% | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 43 | India | 93.5% | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 44 | Brunei | 92.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 45 | Bahamas | 90.3% | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | 89.9% | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 47 | Myanmar | 88.1% | 2018 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 48 | Armenia | 87.0% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 49 | Egypt | 86.4% | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 50 | Eritrea | 83.7% | 2013 | up 23.0% | flat |
| 51 | Monaco | 82.4% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 52 | Marshall Islands | 80.6% | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 53 | Ghana | 80.2% | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 79.7% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 55 | Ecuador | 79.5% | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 56 | Fiji | 76.7% | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 57 | Liberia | 76.4% | 2020 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 58 | Gambia | 71.7% | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 59 | Sudan | 70.7% | 2018 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 60 | Tuvalu | 70.0% | 2025 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 61 | Saint Lucia | 69.2% | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 68.1% | 2008 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 66.2% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 64 | Mauritania | 65.7% | 2020 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 65 | Belize | 64.2% | 2024 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 66 | Pakistan | 62.0% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 67 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.1% | 2010 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 68 | Rwanda | 60.3% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 69 | Niue | 56.2% | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55.8% | 2012 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 71 | Barbados | 54.8% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 72 | Dominica | 51.7% | 2016 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 49.4% | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 74 | Grenada | 46.4% | 2018 | up 99.1% | rising |
| 75 | Bangladesh | 38.1% | 2024 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 76 | Kiribati | 37.5% | 2024 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 77 | Syria | 35.2% | 2024 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 78 | Suriname | 34.4% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 79 | Micronesia (country) | 31.9% | 2021 | up 1,546.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Burundi | 6.5% | 2020 | down 87.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 99.5%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 99.0%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 97.6%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 96.9%
- SDG: Northern America 96.9%
- WB: North America 96.9%
- UNICEF: North America 96.9%
- UNESCO: Sids 95.3%
- WB: Oecd Members 94.8%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 93.3%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 93.2%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 93.2%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 93.1%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 92.8%
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 90.8%
- WB: South Asia 90.2%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 90.2%
- MDG: Northern Africa 87.5%
- SDG: Northern Africa 87.3%
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 87.3%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 87.2%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 86.8%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 86.4%
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 86.3%
- SDG: Western Asia 86.0%
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 85.8%
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 85.6%
- UIS: Arab States 85.5%
- ALECSO: Member Countries 85.5%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 85.5%
- WB: Arab World 85.5%
- WB: Other Small States 85.1%
- WB: Ibrd Only 84.8%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 84.1%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 84.1%
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 83.4%
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 83.3%
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 82.6%
- MDG: Caribbean 82.2%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 81.8%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release