Percentage of qualified teachers in upper 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 upper secondary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 50.7% in Palestine.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.9%, and the mean is 89.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 187.4%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 6.2%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2017 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niger | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Belarus | 99.8% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 13 | Colombia | 99.6% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 99.2% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 15 | Albania | 98.6% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 16 | Gambia | 97.0% | 2019 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 17 | Brunei | 94.2% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 18 | Ecuador | 93.7% | 2018 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 19 | Nepal | 88.6% | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 20 | China | 88.2% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 21 | Bahamas | 85.1% | 2018 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 22 | Panama | 83.0% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 23 | Eritrea | 80.3% | 2018 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 24 | Cuba | 70.8% | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 25 | Belize | 64.9% | 2019 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 26 | Laos | 63.6% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 27 | Suriname | 53.4% | 2015 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 28 | Palestine | 50.7% | 2019 | up 187.4% | 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) 104.7%
- World 94.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 103.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 102.5%
- Arab World 101.8%
- Other small states 94.8%
- Small states 93.4%
- IDA only 90.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 90.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 90.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 90.0%
- Least developed countries 89.9%
- IBRD only 89.8%
- Late-demographic dividend 89.6%
- Middle income 89.2%
- Low & middle income 89.2%
- Upper middle income 88.1%
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/