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Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
1.6%
Palestine, State of
Lowest
0.9%
Seychelles
Median
1.0%
Years covered
14
2007–2020
Data points
522

What the numbers show

Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 1.6% in Palestine, State of; the lowest is 0.9% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 1.0%.

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

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 32.3%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 29.6%).

Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palestine, State of 1.6% 2019 up 32.3% rising
2 Mongolia 1.3% 2018 up 27.1% rising
3 Bahamas 1.2% 2018 down 0.3% falling
4 Chad 1.1% 2019 — falling
5 Peru 1.1% 2019 up 13.7% rising
6 Belize 1.1% 2019 up 4.9% falling
7 Ecuador 1.0% 2018 up 2.1% flat
8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0% 2018 down 4.6% flat
9 Burkina Faso 1.0% 2019 down 3.8% flat
10 Gambia 1.0% 2019 up 1.8% flat
11 Eswatini 1.0% 2018 down 9.6% falling
12 Colombia 1.0% 2017 — falling
13 Niger 1.0% 2019 up 0.3% flat
14 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2018 up 0.1% flat
15 Madagascar 1.0% 2019 up 0.1% flat
16 Mozambique 1.0% 2019 down 5.4% falling
16 Mauritius 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Andorra 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Tunisia 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
16 Qatar 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Saudi Arabia 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Senegal 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Singapore 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
16 Serbia 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Morocco 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Macao 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Brunei Darussalam 1.0% 2019 — flat
16 Barbados 1.0% 2019 — flat
16 Bhutan 1.0% 2020 unchanged flat
16 Belarus 1.0% 2018 — flat
16 Côte d'Ivoire 1.0% 2019 down 4.7% falling
16 Bahrain 1.0% 2019 up 3.1% flat
16 Djibouti 1.0% 2018 — rising
16 Benin 1.0% 2019 up 5.9% flat
16 Algeria 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Burundi 1.0% 2019 up 0.0% flat
16 Hong Kong 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Iran 1.0% 2017 — flat
16 Jamaica 1.0% 2019 down 6.6% falling
16 Jordan 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Kazakhstan 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
16 Cambodia 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
43 Philippines 1.0% 2018 — flat
44 Costa Rica 1.0% 2019 down 0.0% flat
45 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.0% 2019 down 0.4% flat
46 Albania 1.0% 2019 down 29.6% falling
47 Malaysia 1.0% 2019 down 0.3% flat
48 China 1.0% 2019 — flat
49 Nepal 1.0% 2019 down 2.9% flat
50 Solomon Islands 1.0% 2018 down 1.6% flat
51 Maldives 0.9% 2019 down 1.5% flat
52 Seychelles 0.9% 2019 down 20.6% 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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Indicator
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
82 places, 522 data points, 2007–2020
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The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/