Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary 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
22
Highest
1.2%
Palestine, State of
Lowest
1.0%
Costa Rica
Median
1.0%
Years covered
11
2009–2019
Data points
232

What the numbers show

Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 1.2% in Palestine, State of; the lowest is 1.0% in Costa Rica.

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

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 2.5%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 0.2%).

Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palestine, State of 1.2% 2019 up 2.2% flat
2 Bahamas 1.1% 2018 up 2.5% rising
3 Eritrea 1.1% 2018 up 2.2% flat
4 Ecuador 1.0% 2018 down 0.2% flat
5 Albania 1.0% 2017 flat
6 Panama 1.0% 2017 flat
7 China 1.0% 2019 flat
8 Brunei Darussalam 1.0% 2019 flat
9 Belize 1.0% 2019 up 1.8% rising
10 Colombia 1.0% 2017 flat
11 Gambia 1.0% 2019 up 0.2% flat
12 Belarus 1.0% 2018 flat
13 Saudi Arabia 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
13 Qatar 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
13 Jordan 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
13 Serbia 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
13 Niger 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
13 Macau, China 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
13 Djibouti 1.0% 2019 flat
13 Barbados 1.0% 2019 flat
13 Bahrain 1.0% 2019 up 2.4% flat
22 Costa Rica 1.0% 2019 down 0.0% flat

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 upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
39 places, 232 data points, 2009–2019
Last refreshed

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/