Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, male (%) 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, male (%) is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 45.4% in Palestine, State of.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.3%, and the mean is 91.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 180.2%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 8.1%).
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | up 1.3% | 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 | 99.5% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 99.2% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Gambia | 97.0% | 2019 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 14 | Albania | 96.6% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 15 | Brunei Darussalam | 93.5% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | Ecuador | 92.0% | 2018 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 17 | China | 87.2% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 81.6% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 19 | Eritrea | 78.7% | 2018 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 20 | Bahamas | 78.0% | 2018 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 21 | Belize | 64.7% | 2019 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 22 | Palestine, State of | 45.4% | 2019 | up 180.2% | 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) 105.1%
- World 91.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 104.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 103.1%
- Arab World 102.6%
- Other small states 99.1%
- Small states 96.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 89.8%
- IDA only 89.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 89.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 89.1%
- Least developed countries 88.8%
- IBRD only 88.7%
- Late-demographic dividend 88.2%
- Low & middle income 87.9%
- Middle income 87.9%
- Upper middle income 86.8%
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/