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Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary 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
69
Highest
2 GPIA
Jordan
Lowest
0.6916 GPIA
Belize
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
937

What the numbers show

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 2 GPIA in Jordan; the lowest is 0.6916 GPIA in Belize.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 1.23 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 236.4%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 56.9%).

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 2 GPIA 2019 up 100.0% rising
1 Kuwait 2 GPIA 2015 up 100.0% rising
1 Palestine 2 GPIA 2019 unchanged rising
1 Antigua and Barbuda 2 GPIA 2015 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 2 GPIA 2019 up 76.6% falling
1 Dominica 2 GPIA 2019 — flat
1 Qatar 2 GPIA 2019 — rising
1 Bahamas 2 GPIA 2018 up 61.1% rising
1 Saudi Arabia 2 GPIA 2019 unchanged flat
1 Cape Verde 2 GPIA 2018 unchanged flat
1 Bermuda 2 GPIA 2016 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 2 GPIA 2018 unchanged flat
13 Ethiopia 1.89 GPIA 2008 up 32.0% rising
14 Uzbekistan 1.8 GPIA 2019 up 79.9% rising
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.76 GPIA 2015 down 1.1% flat
16 Nepal 1.51 GPIA 2019 up 27.5% rising
17 Barbados 1.4 GPIA 2019 down 7.0% falling
18 Niger 1.33 GPIA 2018 up 2.5% rising
19 Mexico 1.32 GPIA 2018 down 8.6% falling
20 Cameroon 1.31 GPIA 2017 up 17.3% rising
21 Tanzania 1.27 GPIA 2016 down 18.8% falling
22 Burundi 1.27 GPIA 2019 down 25.9% falling
23 Ecuador 1.19 GPIA 2007 up 4.0% rising
24 El Salvador 1.17 GPIA 2018 down 7.2% falling
25 Hong Kong 1.16 GPIA 2019 down 8.0% falling
26 Sierra Leone 1.15 GPIA 2019 down 11.5% rising
27 Laos 1.13 GPIA 2019 down 28.5% falling
28 Guyana 1.08 GPIA 2012 down 38.4% falling
29 Belarus 1.07 GPIA 2018 up 7.3% falling
30 Sri Lanka 1.05 GPIA 2018 up 4.7% flat
31 Colombia 1.05 GPIA 2014 up 4.8% flat
32 Macao 1.04 GPIA 2019 up 8.0% falling
33 Nicaragua 1.03 GPIA 2010 down 36.4% falling
34 Ghana 1.02 GPIA 2019 up 2.6% falling
35 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.9% flat
36 Dominican Republic 1.01 GPIA 2018 down 27.5% flat
37 Oman 1 GPIA 2019 unchanged flat
37 Cambodia 1 GPIA 2018 unchanged flat
37 Panama 1 GPIA 2017 down 44.7% falling
37 Tajikistan 1 GPIA 2016 down 50.0% falling
37 Samoa 1 GPIA 2018 — flat
37 Cote d'Ivoire 1 GPIA 2019 unchanged flat
37 Andorra 1 GPIA 2019 unchanged flat
37 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA 2016 up 59.7% rising
37 Bahrain 1 GPIA 2019 down 50.0% falling
37 Bhutan 1 GPIA 2020 unchanged rising
37 Morocco 1 GPIA 2012 unchanged flat
37 Mauritius 1 GPIA 2019 up 2.5% falling
37 Moldova 1 GPIA 2019 down 50.0% falling
37 Aruba 1 GPIA 2012 unchanged falling
51 Vietnam 0.9998 GPIA 2019 down 11.4% falling
52 Costa Rica 0.9968 GPIA 2019 down 16.8% falling
53 Malaysia 0.9855 GPIA 2018 down 0.3% flat
54 Botswana 0.9808 GPIA 2013 down 15.6% falling
55 Maldives 0.9756 GPIA 2018 down 32.3% flat
56 Kyrgyzstan 0.9614 GPIA 2011 down 51.9% falling
57 Bolivia 0.9482 GPIA 2018 down 14.8% falling
58 Togo 0.9434 GPIA 2019 down 25.5% falling
59 Rwanda 0.943 GPIA 2019 down 19.1% falling
60 Kenya 0.8889 GPIA 2014 down 29.0% falling
61 Eritrea 0.8671 GPIA 2018 down 13.8% falling
62 Seychelles 0.8615 GPIA 2019 down 56.9% falling
63 Croatia 0.8379 GPIA 2003 — falling
64 Brunei 0.8285 GPIA 2019 up 6.0% flat
65 Armenia 0.8194 GPIA 2017 down 45.0% falling
66 Cayman Islands 0.746 GPIA 2012 down 22.7% falling
67 Benin 0.7168 GPIA 2019 up 36.1% rising
68 Senegal 0.6927 GPIA 2019 up 11.7% rising
69 Belize 0.6916 GPIA 2019 up 236.4% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 937 data points, 1998–2020
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/