Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
95
Highest
1.28 GPIA
Suriname
Lowest
0.4991 GPIA
Chad
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
1,083

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 1.28 GPIA in Suriname; the lowest is 0.4991 GPIA in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9943 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 107.6%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 20.0%).

Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 1.28 GPIA 2022 down 2.7% rising
2 Gambia 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 25.5% rising
3 Lesotho 1.17 GPIA 2024 down 20.0% falling
4 Haiti 1.17 GPIA 2017 up 33.1% rising
5 Bangladesh 1.14 GPIA 2022 up 8.6% rising
6 Dominican Republic 1.13 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% falling
7 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.13 GPIA 2014 down 6.3% falling
8 Philippines 1.12 GPIA 2022 down 10.4% falling
9 Rwanda 1.11 GPIA 2022 up 11.6% rising
10 Guyana 1.11 GPIA 2019 up 2.6% flat
11 Honduras 1.11 GPIA 2024 down 12.3% falling
12 Colombia 1.1 GPIA 2024 down 3.4% flat
13 China 1.09 GPIA 2018 up 6.7% rising
14 Cambodia 1.08 GPIA 2021 up 26.3% rising
15 Thailand 1.07 GPIA 2022 down 6.2% flat
16 Viet Nam 1.06 GPIA 2021 up 1.4% rising
17 South Africa 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
18 Kenya 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 5.4% falling
19 Ghana 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 5.9% rising
20 Uganda 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 22.1% rising
21 Paraguay 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
22 Costa Rica 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 6.8% falling
23 El Salvador 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 1.8% flat
24 Brazil 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 5.5% falling
25 Madagascar 1.04 GPIA 2021 down 1.2% rising
26 Liberia 1.04 GPIA 2019 up 28.6% flat
27 Uruguay 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 11.8% flat
28 Mexico 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
29 Indonesia 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 3.6% rising
30 Jamaica 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 3.4% flat
31 Jordan 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% flat
32 Panama 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 7.9% falling
33 Nigeria 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 36.5% rising
34 Ecuador 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% falling
35 Egypt 1.02 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% rising
36 Romania 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 1.1% flat
37 Greece 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 0.6% flat
38 Germany 1.02 GPIA 2021 down 1.7% flat
39 Kyrgyzstan 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
40 Zimbabwe 1.02 GPIA 2019 down 2.3% rising
41 Spain 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 3.2% falling
42 Senegal 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 47.1% rising
43 Latvia 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 1.0% flat
44 Poland 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 0.0% flat
45 Estonia 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 2.1% flat
46 Sweden 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.6% flat
47 Luxembourg 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.5% flat
48 France 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 1.0% flat
49 Cyprus 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 4.7% flat
50 Georgia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
51 Austria 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.1% flat
52 Denmark 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.7% flat
53 Zambia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 13.9% rising
54 Bulgaria 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 2.0% flat
55 Switzerland 1 GPIA 2021 down 0.3% flat
56 Peru 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% flat
57 Kazakhstan 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
58 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% rising
59 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 GPIA 2019 down 0.2% flat
60 Lithuania 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.4% flat
61 Portugal 1 GPIA 2021 down 5.0% falling
62 United States of America 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
63 Italy 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.0% flat
64 Hungary 1 GPIA 2021 down 0.4% flat
65 Croatia 1 GPIA 2021 up 2.8% flat
66 Belgium 1 GPIA 2021 down 4.7% flat
67 Norway 1 GPIA 2021 unchanged flat
67 Russian Federation 1 GPIA 2022 down 0.5% flat
69 Armenia 0.9995 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% flat
70 Mongolia 0.9988 GPIA 2024 down 5.1% falling
71 Chile 0.998 GPIA 2022 down 3.2% flat
72 Slovenia 0.9978 GPIA 2021 down 1.5% flat
73 Türkiye 0.9974 GPIA 2022 up 4.3% rising
74 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9969 GPIA 2023 up 16.0% rising
75 Finland 0.9917 GPIA 2021 down 1.2% flat
76 India 0.9894 GPIA 2019 up 3.1% rising
77 Tajikistan 0.9839 GPIA 2023 up 9.0% rising
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.982 GPIA 2022 up 30.8% rising
79 Malawi 0.9729 GPIA 2020 up 20.6% rising
80 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.9638 GPIA 2023 up 15.3% rising
81 Nepal 0.9617 GPIA 2021 up 15.9% rising
82 Guatemala 0.9486 GPIA 2024 down 1.8% rising
83 Guinea-Bissau 0.883 GPIA 2022 up 28.1% rising
84 Sierra Leone 0.8587 GPIA 2019 up 42.1% rising
85 Cameroon 0.8216 GPIA 2018 up 3.9% flat
86 Togo 0.7933 GPIA 2022 up 48.8% rising
87 Mali 0.79 GPIA 2024 up 40.2% rising
88 Ethiopia 0.7844 GPIA 2022 down 19.6% rising
89 Burkina Faso 0.765 GPIA 2021 up 82.6% rising
90 Côte d'Ivoire 0.7306 GPIA 2021 up 38.6% rising
91 Mozambique 0.7255 GPIA 2022 up 10.0% rising
92 Benin 0.7237 GPIA 2022 up 40.5% rising
93 Niger 0.6781 GPIA 2022 up 52.3% rising
94 Guinea 0.6126 GPIA 2018 up 107.6% rising
95 Chad 0.4991 GPIA 2019 up 26.4% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
95 places, 1,083 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release