Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 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...
What the numbers show
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 1.83 GPIA in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.7675 GPIA in Peru.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 1.04 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 78.4%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 36.4%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in sec: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.83 GPIA | 2017 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 2 | Gibraltar | 1.43 GPIA | 2019 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 1.24 GPIA | 2010 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 4 | Dominica | 1.24 GPIA | 2019 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 1.22 GPIA | 2013 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 6 | Senegal | 1.19 GPIA | 2015 | — | falling |
| 7 | Guyana | 1.19 GPIA | 2010 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 8 | Ecuador | 1.16 GPIA | 2007 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 9 | Saint Lucia | 1.15 GPIA | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 10 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.14 GPIA | 2016 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 11 | Bahamas | 1.14 GPIA | 2018 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 1.13 GPIA | 2019 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 13 | Ghana | 1.11 GPIA | 2018 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 14 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.08 GPIA | 2015 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.07 GPIA | 2018 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 16 | Lesotho | 1.06 GPIA | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Barbados | 1.05 GPIA | 2019 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 18 | Mongolia | 1.05 GPIA | 2018 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 19 | Eritrea | 1.05 GPIA | 2013 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 20 | Aruba | 1.04 GPIA | 2012 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 21 | El Salvador | 1.04 GPIA | 2018 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 22 | Bolivia | 1.04 GPIA | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Brunei | 1.03 GPIA | 2019 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 24 | Cape Verde | 1.03 GPIA | 2018 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 25 | Macao | 1.02 GPIA | 2019 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 26 | Seychelles | 1.02 GPIA | 2019 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 27 | Belarus | 1.02 GPIA | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 1.02 GPIA | 2015 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 29 | Myanmar | 1.01 GPIA | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 30 | Mozambique | 1.01 GPIA | 2015 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 1.01 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 32 | Malaysia | 1.01 GPIA | 2018 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 33 | Colombia | 1.01 GPIA | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 34 | Mexico | 1.01 GPIA | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 35 | Panama | 1.01 GPIA | 2014 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 1.01 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 37 | Gambia | 1 GPIA | 2019 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 38 | Botswana | 1 GPIA | 2007 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 39 | Palestine | 1 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Qatar | 1 GPIA | 2019 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 1 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Philippines | 1 GPIA | 2018 | — | flat |
| 39 | Andorra | 1 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Burundi | 1 GPIA | 2018 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 39 | Bahrain | 1 GPIA | 2019 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 39 | Bermuda | 1 GPIA | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 1 GPIA | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Bhutan | 1 GPIA | 2018 | — | flat |
| 39 | Jamaica | 1 GPIA | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 39 | Croatia | 1 GPIA | 2003 | — | flat |
| 39 | Oman | 1 GPIA | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Cayman Islands | 1 GPIA | 2018 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 39 | Cuba | 1 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 0.9997 GPIA | 2019 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 55 | Laos | 0.9992 GPIA | 2019 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 0.9974 GPIA | 2019 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 57 | Grenada | 0.9961 GPIA | 2018 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 58 | Singapore | 0.9842 GPIA | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 59 | Eswatini | 0.9657 GPIA | 2015 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 60 | Nepal | 0.9189 GPIA | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 61 | Mauritius | 0.9013 GPIA | 2019 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 62 | Rwanda | 0.8766 GPIA | 2017 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 63 | Belize | 0.8138 GPIA | 2019 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 64 | Mauritania | 0.7981 GPIA | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 65 | Peru | 0.7675 GPIA | 2019 | down 26.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Least developed countries: UN classification 1.22 GPIA
- IDA only 1.2 GPIA
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1.17 GPIA
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.15 GPIA
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.14 GPIA
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.14 GPIA
- IDA blend 1.1 GPIA
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.09 GPIA
- Other small states 1.07 GPIA
- Small states 1.06 GPIA
- Caribbean Small States 1.05 GPIA
- Pacific island small states 1.03 GPIA
About this data
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/