Percentage of qualified teachers in upper 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 upper secondary education, female (%) is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 55.5% in Palestine, State of.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.7%, and the mean is 93.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 188.8%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 5.3%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Niger | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 100.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Belarus | 99.8% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 11 | Colombia | 99.8% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 12 | Albania | 99.6% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 99.2% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 14 | Gambia | 97.2% | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 15 | Ecuador | 95.0% | 2018 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 16 | Brunei Darussalam | 94.5% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 17 | China | 89.1% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 18 | Bahamas | 88.2% | 2018 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 19 | Eritrea | 85.2% | 2018 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 20 | Panama | 84.1% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 21 | Belize | 65.0% | 2019 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 22 | Palestine, State of | 55.5% | 2019 | up 188.8% | 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) 104.0%
- World 96.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 102.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 101.7%
- Arab World 100.7%
- IDA only 94.0%
- Least developed countries 93.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 91.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 90.9%
- Other small states 90.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 90.8%
- Small states 90.7%
- IBRD only 90.7%
- Low & middle income 90.6%
- Middle income 90.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 90.5%
- Upper middle income 89.0%
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/