Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth quintile and education level by country
Countries reporting
102
Highest
1.28
Suriname
Lowest
0.4991
Chad
Median
1.01
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,806
What the numbers show
Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth quintile and education level is currently reported for 102 countries. The highest value is 1.28 in Suriname; the lowest is 0.4991 in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.01, and the mean is 0.9975.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 82.6%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 20.0%).
Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 1.28 | 2022 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 2 | Gambia | 1.2 | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 3 | Lesotho | 1.17 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 4 | Haiti | 1.17 | 2017 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 1.14 | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 1.13 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.13 | 2014 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 8 | Philippines | 1.12 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 9 | Rwanda | 1.11 | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 10 | Guyana | 1.11 | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 11 | Honduras | 1.11 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 12 | Caribbean | 1.11 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 13 | Colombia | 1.1 | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 14 | China | 1.09 | 2018 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 15 | Cambodia | 1.08 | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 16 | Thailand | 1.07 | 2022 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 17 | Vietnam | 1.06 | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 1.06 | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 19 | South Africa | 1.06 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Kenya | 1.06 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 1.05 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 22 | Uganda | 1.05 | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 23 | Paraguay | 1.04 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 1.04 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 25 | El Salvador | 1.04 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 26 | Brazil | 1.04 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 27 | Madagascar | 1.04 | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 28 | Liberia | 1.04 | 2019 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 29 | Uruguay | 1.04 | 2024 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 30 | Mexico | 1.03 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 31 | Indonesia | 1.03 | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 32 | Jamaica | 1.03 | 2022 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 33 | Jordan | 1.03 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 34 | Panama | 1.02 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 35 | Nigeria | 1.02 | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 36 | Ecuador | 1.02 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 37 | Egypt | 1.02 | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 38 | Romania | 1.02 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 39 | Greece | 1.02 | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 40 | Germany | 1.02 | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.02 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 1.02 | 2019 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 43 | Spain | 1.01 | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 44 | Senegal | 1.01 | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 45 | Latvia | 1.01 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 46 | Poland | 1.01 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 47 | Estonia | 1.01 | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 48 | Sweden | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 50 | France | 1.01 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 51 | Cyprus | 1.01 | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 52 | Georgia | 1.01 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 53 | Austria | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 54 | Denmark | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 55 | Zambia | 1.01 | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 1.01 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 57 | Switzerland | 1 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 58 | Peru | 1 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 60 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 61 | Australia and New Zealand | 1 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 62 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 62 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 64 | Lithuania | 1 | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 65 | Portugal | 1 | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 66 | United States | 1 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | Italy | 1 | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 68 | Hungary | 1 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 69 | Croatia | 1 | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 70 | Belgium | 1 | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 71 | Norway | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Russia | 1 | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 71 | Russian Federation | 1 | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 74 | Armenia | 0.9995 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 75 | Mongolia | 0.9988 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 76 | Chile | 0.998 | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 77 | Slovenia | 0.9978 | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 78 | Turkey | 0.9974 | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 78 | Türkiye | 0.9974 | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 80 | Laos | 0.9969 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 80 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.9969 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 82 | Finland | 0.9917 | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 83 | India | 0.9894 | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 0.9839 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 85 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.982 | 2022 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 86 | Malawi | 0.9729 | 2020 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 87 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.9638 | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 88 | Nepal | 0.9617 | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 89 | Guatemala | 0.9486 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 90 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.883 | 2022 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 0.8587 | 2019 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 92 | Cameroon | 0.8216 | 2018 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 93 | Togo | 0.7933 | 2022 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 94 | Mali | 0.79 | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 95 | Ethiopia | 0.7844 | 2022 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 0.765 | 2021 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 97 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.7306 | 2021 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 97 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.7306 | 2021 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 99 | Mozambique | 0.7255 | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 100 | Benin | 0.7237 | 2022 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 101 | Niger | 0.6781 | 2022 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 102 | Chad | 0.4991 | 2019 | up 26.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 1.2
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 1.13
- Northern Africa 1.09
- South America 1.08
- South-eastern Asia 1.08
- Eastern Asia 1.07
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 1.07
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.07
- Oceania 1.06
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.06
- Americas 1.05
- Central America 1.04
- Asia 1.04
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.04
- World 1.03
- Southern Asia 1.02
- Central and Southern Asia 1.02
- Western Asia 1.02
- Africa 1.01
- Europe 1.01
- Europe and Northern America 1.01
- Northern America 1
- United States of America 1
- Central Asia 1
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.9893
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 0.9828