Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes (%) by country
Percentage of teachers by level of education taught (pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required for teaching their subjects at the relevant level in a given country, in a given academic year. A high value indicates that...
What the numbers show
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Barbados; the lowest is 53.0% in Palestine.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.3%, and the mean is 91.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 119.9%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 29.5%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2019 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niger | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2019 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 19 | Philippines | 99.8% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 20 | Colombia | 99.6% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 99.1% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 98.9% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 23 | Burundi | 98.9% | 2019 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 24 | Albania | 96.5% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 25 | Gambia | 95.9% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 26 | Seychelles | 94.6% | 2019 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 27 | China | 93.8% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | Ecuador | 92.7% | 2018 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 29 | Brunei | 92.3% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 30 | Tanzania | 91.0% | 2019 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 31 | Nepal | 88.9% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 32 | Panama | 83.5% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 33 | Bahamas | 83.1% | 2018 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 34 | Laos | 81.1% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 35 | Cuba | 73.9% | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 36 | Belize | 65.8% | 2019 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 37 | Suriname | 59.7% | 2015 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 38 | Peru | 59.2% | 2019 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53.9% | 2018 | up 119.9% | rising |
| 40 | Palestine | 53.0% | 2019 | up 109.6% | rising |
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 (IDA & IBRD) 97.3%
- World 91.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 96.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 96.2%
- Arab World 95.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 94.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 94.0%
- Upper middle income 92.8%
- IBRD only 91.7%
- Middle income 90.5%
- Low & middle income 90.1%
- Other small states 89.1%
- Small states 88.6%
- Lower middle income 87.5%
- Caribbean Small States 86.9%
- IDA only 85.1%
- Least developed countries 83.7%
- Pre-demographic dividend 79.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 77.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 77.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 77.6%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 77.6%
About this data
Percentage of teachers by level of education taught (pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required for teaching their subjects at the relevant level in a given country, in a given academic year. A high value indicates that students are being taught by teachers who are academically well qualified in the subjects they teach. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/