Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, both sexes (%) by country
Number of 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 teachers at the upper secondary level.
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bhutan; the lowest is 13.0% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.6%, and the mean is 83.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 96.3%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 48.3%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2018 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2008 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2018 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Croatia, Republic of | 100.0% | 2003 | β | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2019 | β | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2006 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 100.0% | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Kenya | 99.6% | 2012 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 16 | Colombia | 98.7% | 2017 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 17 | Panama | 98.1% | 2014 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 18 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 97.6% | 2019 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 19 | Gambia, The | 97.0% | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 97.0% | 2019 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 21 | Gibraltar | 96.7% | 2017 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 22 | Cabo Verde | 96.3% | 2018 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 23 | Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 93.9% | 2019 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 93.5% | 2012 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 25 | Syrian Arab Republic | 91.7% | 2013 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 26 | Belarus, Republic of | 91.5% | 2018 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 27 | El Salvador | 91.5% | 2018 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 28 | Brunei Darussalam | 90.6% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 29 | Myanmar | 87.7% | 2018 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 30 | Ghana | 85.1% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 31 | Bahamas, The | 85.1% | 2018 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 32 | Nepal | 81.3% | 2019 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 33 | Eritrea, The State of | 80.0% | 2013 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 79.4% | 2015 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 75.1% | 2019 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 36 | St. Lucia | 70.8% | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 37 | Ecuador | 70.4% | 2007 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 66.3% | 2019 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 39 | Sudan | 64.7% | 2017 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 62.5% | 2008 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 41 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 60.7% | 2010 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 42 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 52.9% | 2012 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 43 | Barbados | 51.9% | 2019 | β | falling |
| 44 | Suriname | 50.2% | 2015 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 45 | Dominica | 48.7% | 2016 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 46 | Grenada | 46.5% | 2018 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 47 | Belize | 34.9% | 2019 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 48 | Niger | 13.0% | 2017 | down 48.3% | 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) 85.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 43.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 85.2%
- Arab World 85.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 84.1%
- Caribbean Small States 75.0%
- IDA total 66.6%
- IDA only 57.0%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 52.4%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 49.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 43.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 43.7%
About this data
Number of 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 teachers at the upper secondary level.