Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper 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 upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 1.21 GPIA in Dominica; the lowest is 0.8825 GPIA in Nepal.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 1.04 GPIA.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 85.3%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 22.5%).
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominica | 1.21 GPIA | 2016 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 1.18 GPIA | 2019 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 1.18 GPIA | 2008 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 4 | Ecuador | 1.16 GPIA | 2007 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 5 | Saint Lucia | 1.14 GPIA | 2019 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 6 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.14 GPIA | 2012 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 7 | Bahamas | 1.12 GPIA | 2018 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 1.11 GPIA | 2019 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 9 | Sudan | 1.11 GPIA | 2017 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 10 | Gibraltar | 1.1 GPIA | 2017 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 11 | Eritrea | 1.05 GPIA | 2013 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 12 | Barbados | 1.05 GPIA | 2019 | — | falling |
| 13 | Belarus | 1.04 GPIA | 2018 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 14 | El Salvador | 1.04 GPIA | 2018 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 15 | Brunei | 1.03 GPIA | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 16 | Ghana | 1.03 GPIA | 2019 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 17 | Niger | 1.03 GPIA | 2017 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 18 | Cape Verde | 1.02 GPIA | 2018 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 19 | Myanmar | 1.02 GPIA | 2018 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 20 | Macao | 1.02 GPIA | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 21 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 GPIA | 2010 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 22 | Panama | 1.01 GPIA | 2014 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 23 | Colombia | 1.01 GPIA | 2017 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Belize | 1 GPIA | 2019 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 25 | Gambia | 1 GPIA | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 26 | Kenya | 1 GPIA | 2012 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 27 | Bahrain | 1 GPIA | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 27 | Bermuda | 1 GPIA | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Bhutan | 1 GPIA | 2018 | — | flat |
| 27 | Cuba | 1 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Cayman Islands | 1 GPIA | 2018 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 1 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Qatar | 1 GPIA | 2019 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 27 | Palestine | 1 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Oman | 1 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Mongolia | 1 GPIA | 2006 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Croatia | 1 GPIA | 2003 | — | flat |
| 27 | Jordan | 1 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Kuwait | 1 GPIA | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 0.9997 GPIA | 2019 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 41 | Laos | 0.9981 GPIA | 2019 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 0.9971 GPIA | 2015 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 43 | Grenada | 0.9892 GPIA | 2018 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 44 | Nepal | 0.8825 GPIA | 2019 | down 12.8% | 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 1.29 GPIA
- IDA only 1.27 GPIA
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.16 GPIA
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.16 GPIA
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.16 GPIA
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.03 GPIA
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 1.03 GPIA
- Arab World 1.02 GPIA
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.9934 GPIA
- Caribbean Small States 0.9046 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/