Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth quintile and education level by country
Countries reporting
85
Highest
1.07
Uruguay
Lowest
0.1491
Niger
Median
0.9379
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,002
What the numbers show
Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth quintile and education level is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 1.07 in Uruguay; the lowest is 0.1491 in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9379, and the mean is 0.8093.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 223.2%), and the largest decrease in Liberia (down 23.8%).
Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 1.07 | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 2 | Germany | 1.03 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 0.9322 | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 1.03 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 4 | Jordan | 1.02 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.5642 | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 5 | Greece | 1.02 | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 1.01 | 2021 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 7 | Latvia | 1.01 | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 8 | Poland | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Finland | 1.01 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Italy | 1 | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 12 | Denmark | 1 | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 13 | Georgia | 1 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 14 | Slovenia | 1 | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 15 | Armenia | 1 | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 16 | Norway | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 1 | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Croatia | 0.9996 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | Chile | 0.998 | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 0.9967 | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 0.9967 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 22 | Lithuania | 0.9964 | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Estonia | 0.9961 | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 24 | France | 0.9946 | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 25 | Switzerland | 0.992 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Portugal | 0.9899 | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 27 | Mongolia | 0.9896 | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.9878 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 29 | Spain | 0.9861 | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 0.9841 | 2022 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 0.9828 | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 0.9813 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 33 | Thailand | 0.9804 | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 34 | Hungary | 0.9769 | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 35 | Belgium | 0.9746 | 2021 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 36 | Cyprus | 0.9696 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 37 | Romania | 0.9609 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 38 | Peru | 0.9582 | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 39 | South Africa | 0.9568 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 40 | Egypt | 0.9546 | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 0.9464 | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 42 | India | 0.9434 | 2019 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 43 | Philippines | 0.9379 | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 44 | Indonesia | 0.924 | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 45 | Kenya | 0.9151 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 46 | Mexico | 0.9126 | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 47 | Ecuador | 0.9112 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 0.9091 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 49 | Brazil | 0.9017 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 50 | Suriname | 0.8942 | 2022 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 51 | Guyana | 0.8847 | 2019 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 0.8838 | 2021 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 53 | China | 0.8823 | 2018 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 54 | Panama | 0.8746 | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 55 | Paraguay | 0.8679 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 56 | Nigeria | 0.8385 | 2024 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 57 | El Salvador | 0.8377 | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 58 | Colombia | 0.8293 | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 59 | Cambodia | 0.7824 | 2021 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 60 | Uganda | 0.7554 | 2019 | up 129.8% | rising |
| 61 | Ghana | 0.752 | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 62 | Honduras | 0.629 | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 63 | Lesotho | 0.6175 | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 0.5956 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 65 | Rwanda | 0.5569 | 2022 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 66 | Gambia | 0.5334 | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 67 | Togo | 0.5147 | 2022 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 0.51 | 2019 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 69 | Senegal | 0.4782 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 70 | Benin | 0.4666 | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 71 | Sierra Leone | 0.452 | 2019 | up 223.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Zambia | 0.451 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 73 | Haiti | 0.4506 | 2017 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 74 | Cameroon | 0.4191 | 2018 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 0.4096 | 2021 | up 194.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Mali | 0.3281 | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 77 | Malawi | 0.2981 | 2020 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 78 | Ethiopia | 0.2736 | 2022 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2696 | 2022 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 80 | Liberia | 0.2458 | 2019 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 81 | Mozambique | 0.2399 | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 82 | Chad | 0.2018 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 83 | Niger | 0.1491 | 2022 | up 199.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.9525
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.2885
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.605
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.4241