Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
65
Highest
1.28 GPIA
Bahamas, The
Lowest
0.6161 GPIA
Bangladesh
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
2,112

What the numbers show

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 1.28 GPIA in Bahamas, The; the lowest is 0.6161 GPIA in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1.01 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 85.3%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 43.5%).

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahamas, The 1.28 GPIA 2024 up 17.3% rising
2 Dominica 1.21 GPIA 2016 up 14.8% flat
3 Nicaragua 1.18 GPIA 2008 down 8.7% falling
4 St. Kitts and Nevis 1.14 GPIA 2012 up 16.0% rising
5 Sudan 1.13 GPIA 2018 up 9.8% rising
6 Sierra Leone 1.11 GPIA 2019 down 4.1% falling
7 Ecuador 1.1 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% rising
8 Gibraltar 1.1 GPIA 2017 up 9.5% rising
9 Sri Lanka 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 3.1% flat
10 Armenia, Republic of 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
11 Syrian Arab Republic 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 7.3% rising
12 Barbados 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% flat
13 Eritrea, The State of 1.05 GPIA 2013 up 4.1% flat
14 Rwanda 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% flat
15 Cabo Verde 1.04 GPIA 2022 up 3.7% rising
16 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 6.5% falling
17 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
18 Myanmar 1.02 GPIA 2018 up 1.9% rising
19 India 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 3.2% flat
20 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.02 GPIA 2010 up 13.0% rising
21 Belarus, Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% flat
22 Burkina Faso 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% falling
23 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 4.1% falling
24 Brunei Darussalam 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
25 Nepal 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% falling
26 Bhutan 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% flat
27 Panama 1.01 GPIA 2014 down 10.1% falling
28 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% flat
29 El Salvador 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.8% flat
30 Kenya 1 GPIA 2012 up 3.2% flat
31 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 GPIA 2020 down 2.0% flat
32 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
32 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1 GPIA 2024 down 4.9% falling
32 Bermuda 1 GPIA 2016 unchanged flat
32 Cuba 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
32 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
32 Cyprus 1 GPIA 2021 β€” flat
32 Dominican Republic 1 GPIA 2021 down 6.3% falling
32 Spain 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
32 Croatia 1 GPIA 2003 β€” flat
32 Jordan 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
32 Korea 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
32 Kuwait 1 GPIA 2021 β€” flat
32 Latvia 1 GPIA 2022 unchanged flat
32 Morocco 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
32 Moldova, Republic of 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
32 Mongolia 1 GPIA 2006 unchanged flat
32 Oman 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged rising
32 Philippines 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
32 Palestine, State of 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
32 Qatar 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged falling
32 Saudi Arabia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
32 San Marino, Republic of 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged falling
32 Thailand 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
32 United States 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
56 Costa Rica 0.9993 GPIA 2020 up 0.6% flat
57 Ghana 0.9947 GPIA 2021 down 6.6% flat
58 Belize 0.9924 GPIA 2024 down 26.4% falling
59 Grenada 0.9892 GPIA 2018 up 85.3% rising
60 Kiribati 0.9802 GPIA 2024 β€” flat
61 Niger 0.9516 GPIA 2024 down 43.5% flat
62 Monaco 0.8878 GPIA 2024 down 2.6% falling
63 Gambia, The 0.8777 GPIA 2021 down 4.0% falling
64 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0.6898 GPIA 2020 down 31.0% falling
65 Bangladesh 0.6161 GPIA 2024 down 35.4% 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 upper 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
186 places, 2,112 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release