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
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 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 … teachers upper adjusted gender: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahamas | 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 | Saint 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 | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 11 | Syria | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 12 | Barbados | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 13 | Eritrea | 1.05 GPIA | 2013 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 14 | Rwanda | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 15 | Cape Verde | 1.04 GPIA | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 17 | Azerbaijan | 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 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 GPIA | 2010 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 21 | Belarus | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 23 | Macao | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 24 | Brunei | 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 | Laos | 1 GPIA | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Bahrain | 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 | — | flat |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 1 GPIA | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Croatia | 1 GPIA | 2003 | — | flat |
| 32 | Jordan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | South Korea | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Kuwait | 1 GPIA | 2021 | — | flat |
| 32 | Latvia | 1 GPIA | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Morocco | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Moldova | 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 | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Qatar | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | San Marino | 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 | — | flat |
| 61 | Niger | 0.9516 GPIA | 2024 | down 43.5% | flat |
| 62 | Monaco | 0.8878 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 63 | Gambia | 0.8777 GPIA | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 64 | Mauritania | 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.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.43 GPIA
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.43 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 1.32 GPIA
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 1.27 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 1.24 GPIA
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 1.23 GPIA
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.22 GPIA
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 1.21 GPIA
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 1.21 GPIA
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 1.21 GPIA
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 1.21 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.19 GPIA
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 1.19 GPIA
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 1.17 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.15 GPIA
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 1.15 GPIA
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 1.15 GPIA
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 1.12 GPIA
- GPE: Region 1 1.1 GPIA
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 1.09 GPIA
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 1.09 GPIA
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 1.09 GPIA
- UNICEF: Africa 1.09 GPIA
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 1.09 GPIA
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 1.09 GPIA
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 1.09 GPIA
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 1.09 GPIA
- WB: Ida Only 1.09 GPIA
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 1.09 GPIA
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 1.09 GPIA
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 1.08 GPIA
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 1.08 GPIA
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 1.08 GPIA
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.08 GPIA
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 1.07 GPIA
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 1.07 GPIA
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.07 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 1.05 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.05 GPIA
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 1.04 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release