Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
166
Highest
1.36 GPIA
Cote d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.655 GPIA
Montserrat
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
6,816
What the numbers show
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 1.36 GPIA in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0.655 GPIA in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1.01 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 55.0%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 28.5%).
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year … net gender parity index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.36 GPIA | 2024 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.27 GPIA | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 3 | Senegal | 1.19 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 1.16 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ghana | 1.12 GPIA | 2021 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 7 | Samoa | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 8 | Gambia | 1.11 GPIA | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 9 | Bahamas | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 10 | Maldives | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Tonga | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | — | rising |
| 12 | Algeria | 1.09 GPIA | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 13 | East Timor | 1.09 GPIA | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 14 | Madagascar | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 15 | Kuwait | 1.08 GPIA | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 16 | Seychelles | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 18 | Jordan | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 21 | Cambodia | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 22 | Myanmar | 1.05 GPIA | 2018 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 23 | Bhutan | 1.04 GPIA | 2020 | — | rising |
| 24 | Ecuador | 1.04 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 1.04 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | Oman | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 27 | Palestine | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 28 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.04 GPIA | 2015 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 29 | Laos | 1.04 GPIA | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 30 | Suriname | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 31 | Kenya | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 32 | Ireland | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 33 | Dominica | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 34 | Belize | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 35 | Honduras | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 36 | Iran | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 37 | Grenada | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 38 | Burundi | 1.03 GPIA | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 39 | San Marino | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 41 | Botswana | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 42 | El Salvador | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 43 | Panama | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 44 | Brazil | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Andorra | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 46 | Tanzania | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 48 | Niger | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 49 | Namibia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 50 | Qatar | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 52 | Morocco | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 53 | Argentina | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 54 | United States | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 55 | Lebanon | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 57 | Brunei | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 58 | Israel | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 61 | Lesotho | 1.02 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 62 | Colombia | 1.02 GPIA | 2018 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 63 | Paraguay | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 64 | Montenegro | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 65 | Puerto Rico | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 66 | Syria | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 67 | Liberia | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 69 | Malta | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 70 | Austria | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 71 | Netherlands | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 72 | Comoros | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 35.7% | flat |
| 73 | Latvia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Mexico | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | — | flat |
| 75 | Mauritius | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 76 | Switzerland | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 78 | Mongolia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 79 | France | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 80 | Norway | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 81 | South Africa | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 83 | Philippines | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 84 | Peru | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 85 | Venezuela | 1 GPIA | 2017 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 86 | Canada | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 87 | Macao | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 88 | Cameroon | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 89 | Nauru | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 90 | New Zealand | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 91 | Poland | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 92 | Slovakia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 93 | Sweden | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 94 | Cyprus | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 95 | Belgium | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 96 | Greece | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 97 | Denmark | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 98 | Russia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 99 | Portugal | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 100 | South Korea | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Lithuania | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 103 | Slovenia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 104 | Cook Islands | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 106 | Australia | 0.9996 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 107 | Finland | 0.9995 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9994 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 109 | Armenia | 0.9993 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 0.9988 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 111 | Germany | 0.9986 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 112 | United Kingdom | 0.9983 GPIA | 2014 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 113 | Guatemala | 0.9979 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 114 | Cuba | 0.9978 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 115 | Angola | 0.9972 GPIA | 2023 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 116 | Estonia | 0.997 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 117 | Iceland | 0.997 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 118 | Thailand | 0.9965 GPIA | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 119 | Czechia | 0.9964 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 0.9963 GPIA | 2025 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 121 | Romania | 0.9956 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 0.9948 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 123 | Uruguay | 0.9947 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 124 | Hungary | 0.9944 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 125 | Spain | 0.9938 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 0.9935 GPIA | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 127 | Italy | 0.9931 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 128 | Bolivia | 0.9929 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 129 | Egypt | 0.991 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 0.9903 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 131 | Rwanda | 0.9902 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 132 | Malaysia | 0.9892 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 133 | Gibraltar | 0.9863 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 134 | Croatia | 0.9862 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 135 | Moldova | 0.9861 GPIA | 2015 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 136 | Chile | 0.9814 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 137 | Ukraine | 0.9811 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 138 | Hong Kong | 0.9769 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 139 | Guyana | 0.9762 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 140 | Togo | 0.9746 GPIA | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 141 | Albania | 0.974 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 142 | Barbados | 0.9628 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 143 | Liechtenstein | 0.9617 GPIA | 2021 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 144 | Micronesia (country) | 0.9611 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 145 | Belarus | 0.9606 GPIA | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 0.9605 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 147 | Ethiopia | 0.9601 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 148 | Turkey | 0.9597 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 149 | Jamaica | 0.9581 GPIA | 2023 | — | falling |
| 150 | Fiji | 0.9554 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 151 | Bahrain | 0.9548 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 152 | Indonesia | 0.9501 GPIA | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 153 | Eritrea | 0.9452 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 154 | Guinea | 0.9414 GPIA | 2020 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 155 | Iraq | 0.9329 GPIA | 2007 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 156 | Cayman Islands | 0.9278 GPIA | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 157 | Mali | 0.912 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 158 | Yemen | 0.9118 GPIA | 2016 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 159 | Chad | 0.9109 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 160 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.9081 GPIA | 2021 | — | falling |
| 161 | Nepal | 0.9017 GPIA | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 162 | Tokelau | 0.8696 GPIA | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 0.8278 GPIA | 2017 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 164 | Uzbekistan | 0.809 GPIA | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 165 | British Virgin Islands | 0.775 GPIA | 2024 | down 28.5% | flat |
| 166 | Montserrat | 0.655 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.08 GPIA
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 1.08 GPIA
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 1.07 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 1.06 GPIA
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 1.06 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 1.06 GPIA
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 1.05 GPIA
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 1.05 GPIA
- SDG: Northern Africa 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 1.05 GPIA
- UIS: Arab States 1.04 GPIA
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 1.04 GPIA
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 1.03 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 1.03 GPIA
- MDG: Northern Africa 1.03 GPIA
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1.03 GPIA
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 1.03 GPIA
- ALECSO: Member Countries 1.03 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Arab World 1.03 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: South Asia 1.03 GPIA
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.03 GPIA
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 1.03 GPIA
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 1.02 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.02 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.02 GPIA
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Northern America 1.02 GPIA
- WB: North America 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: North America 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 1.02 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release