Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, female (%) 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, female (%) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Niger; the lowest is 55.6% in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.7%, and the mean is 93.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 102.4%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 23.0%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 17 | Philippines | 99.8% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 18 | Colombia | 99.7% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 99.2% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 99.1% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 21 | Seychelles | 98.7% | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 22 | Albania | 97.7% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 23 | Burundi | 96.7% | 2019 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 24 | Gambia | 96.2% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 94.1% | 2018 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 26 | China | 94.1% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 27 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 93.5% | 2019 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 28 | Brunei Darussalam | 92.6% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 29 | Bahamas | 86.3% | 2018 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 30 | Panama | 83.8% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 31 | Belize | 68.8% | 2019 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 32 | Peru | 65.2% | 2019 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 33 | Palestine, State of | 57.8% | 2019 | up 102.4% | rising |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.6% | 2018 | up 99.2% | 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) 97.4%
- World 93.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 96.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 96.2%
- Arab World 95.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 95.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 95.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 94.3%
- Upper middle income 93.4%
- IBRD only 92.6%
- Middle income 91.8%
- Low & middle income 91.7%
- Other small states 91.6%
- Small states 90.2%
- IDA only 88.6%
- Least developed countries 87.2%
- Caribbean Small States 87.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 82.2%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 80.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 79.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 79.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 79.7%
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/