Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth quintile and education level by country
Countries reporting
86
Highest
1.28
Suriname
Lowest
0.4991
Chad
Median
1.01
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,751
What the numbers show
Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth quintile and education level is currently reported for 86 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 0.9998.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 41 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 | Philippines | 1.12 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 8 | Rwanda | 1.11 | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 9 | Guyana | 1.11 | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 10 | Honduras | 1.11 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 11 | Colombia | 1.1 | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 12 | China (People’s Republic of) | 1.09 | 2018 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 13 | Cambodia | 1.08 | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 14 | Thailand | 1.07 | 2022 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 15 | South Africa | 1.06 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 16 | Kenya | 1.06 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 17 | Ghana | 1.05 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 18 | Uganda | 1.05 | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 19 | Paraguay | 1.04 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 1.04 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 21 | El Salvador | 1.04 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 22 | Brazil | 1.04 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 23 | Madagascar | 1.04 | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 24 | Liberia | 1.04 | 2019 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 25 | Uruguay | 1.04 | 2024 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 26 | Mexico | 1.03 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 27 | Indonesia | 1.03 | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 28 | Jamaica | 1.03 | 2022 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 29 | Jordan | 1.03 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 30 | Panama | 1.02 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 31 | Nigeria | 1.02 | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 1.02 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 33 | Egypt | 1.02 | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 34 | Romania | 1.02 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 35 | Greece | 1.02 | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 36 | Germany | 1.02 | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.02 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 1.02 | 2019 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 39 | Spain | 1.01 | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 40 | Senegal | 1.01 | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 41 | Latvia | 1.01 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 42 | Poland | 1.01 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 43 | Estonia | 1.01 | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 44 | Sweden | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 46 | France | 1.01 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 47 | Cyprus | 1.01 | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 48 | Georgia | 1.01 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 49 | Austria | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Denmark | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 51 | Zambia | 1.01 | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 1.01 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 53 | Switzerland | 1 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 54 | Peru | 1 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Australia and New Zealand | 1 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 57 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 58 | Lithuania | 1 | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 59 | Portugal | 1 | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 60 | Italy | 1 | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 61 | Hungary | 1 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 62 | Croatia | 1 | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 63 | Belgium | 1 | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 64 | Norway | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Russian Federation | 1 | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 66 | Armenia | 0.9995 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 67 | Mongolia | 0.9988 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 68 | Chile | 0.998 | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 69 | Slovenia | 0.9978 | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 70 | Finland | 0.9917 | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 71 | India | 0.9894 | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 0.9839 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 73 | Malawi | 0.9729 | 2020 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 74 | Nepal | 0.9617 | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 75 | Guatemala | 0.9486 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 76 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.883 | 2022 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 0.8587 | 2019 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 78 | Cameroon | 0.8216 | 2018 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 79 | Togo | 0.7933 | 2022 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 80 | Mali | 0.79 | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 0.7844 | 2022 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 0.765 | 2021 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 83 | Mozambique | 0.7255 | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 84 | Benin | 0.7237 | 2022 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 85 | Niger | 0.6781 | 2022 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 86 | 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
- Caribbean 1.11
- Northern Africa 1.09
- South America 1.08
- South-Eastern Asia 1.08
- Eastern Asia 1.07
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 1.07
- Türkiye 0.9974
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.07
- Oceania 1.06
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.06
- Americas 1.05