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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
164
Highest
1.39 modelled data
Lesotho, Kingdom of
Lowest
0.379 modelled data
Niger
Median
1.02 modelled data
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,240

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 1.39 modelled data in Lesotho, Kingdom of; the lowest is 0.379 modelled data in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.02 modelled data, and the mean is 1.03 modelled data.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 37.8%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 15.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho, Kingdom of 1.39 modelled data 2025 down 1.8% rising
2 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1.32 modelled data 2025 up 15.6% rising
3 Belize 1.3 modelled data 2025 rising
4 Namibia 1.29 modelled data 2025 up 4.5% rising
5 Haiti 1.28 modelled data 2025 up 6.3% rising
6 Comoros, Union of the 1.28 modelled data 2025 up 9.2% rising
7 Nicaragua 1.27 modelled data 2025 up 1.8% rising
8 Algeria 1.26 modelled data 2025 up 0.8% rising
9 Suriname 1.26 modelled data 2025 up 1.5% rising
10 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.26 modelled data 2025 up 1.0% rising
11 Papua New Guinea 1.23 modelled data 2025 up 10.1% rising
12 Kiribati 1.23 modelled data 2025 up 0.5% rising
13 Tuvalu 1.22 modelled data 2025 down 1.2% rising
14 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 1.21 modelled data 2025 up 5.1% rising
15 Gabon 1.2 modelled data 2025 up 3.1% rising
16 Tunisia 1.2 modelled data 2025 rising
17 Syrian Arab Republic 1.19 modelled data 2025 up 4.9% rising
18 Bangladesh 1.19 modelled data 2025 up 6.8% rising
19 Senegal 1.19 modelled data 2025 up 35.8% volatile
20 Honduras 1.18 modelled data 2025 down 2.8% rising
21 Malawi 1.18 modelled data 2025 up 18.6% rising
22 Kenya 1.17 modelled data 2025 up 0.6% rising
23 Cambodia 1.16 modelled data 2025 up 11.9% rising
24 Naoero, Republic of 1.16 modelled data 2025 up 4.1% rising
25 Philippines 1.16 modelled data 2025 down 1.7% rising
26 Gambia, The 1.15 modelled data 2025 up 12.3% rising
27 Rwanda 1.14 modelled data 2025 down 1.4% rising
28 Liberia 1.14 modelled data 2025 up 13.5% rising
29 Eswatini, Kingdom of 1.13 modelled data 2025 rising
30 Zimbabwe 1.12 modelled data 2025 up 3.4% rising
31 Myanmar 1.12 modelled data 2025 up 3.8% rising
32 Argentina 1.12 modelled data 2025 up 0.9% rising
33 Uruguay 1.12 modelled data 2025 down 1.0% flat
34 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.12 modelled data 2025 up 23.6% rising
35 Paraguay 1.11 modelled data 2025 up 0.9% rising
36 Costa Rica 1.11 modelled data 2025 down 0.3% rising
37 Tonga 1.11 modelled data 2025 down 0.8% rising
38 Dominican Republic 1.11 modelled data 2025 down 1.3% flat
39 Iraq 1.1 modelled data 2025 up 4.4% rising
40 Zambia 1.1 modelled data 2025 up 8.6% rising
41 Palestine, State of 1.1 modelled data 2025 down 3.4% rising
42 Vanuatu 1.09 modelled data 2025 up 5.0% rising
43 Panama 1.09 modelled data 2025 down 0.1% flat
44 Bhutan 1.09 modelled data 2025 up 3.4% volatile
45 El Salvador 1.09 modelled data 2025 up 4.4% rising
46 Ghana 1.09 modelled data 2025 up 3.1% rising
47 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.08 modelled data 2025 up 16.6% rising
48 Vietnam 1.07 modelled data 2025 down 0.3% rising
49 China (People’s Republic of) 1.07 modelled data 2025 up 0.2% rising
50 Sudan 1.07 modelled data 2025 up 2.1% rising
51 Brazil 1.07 modelled data 2025 down 3.8% falling
52 Mauritius 1.07 modelled data 2025 down 1.0% rising
53 Colombia 1.06 modelled data 2025 down 1.7% falling
54 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.06 modelled data 2025 up 3.0% rising
55 South Africa 1.06 modelled data 2025 down 0.8% rising
56 Thailand 1.06 modelled data 2025 down 5.1% rising
57 Cameroon 1.06 modelled data 2025 up 11.4% rising
58 Trinidad and Tobago 1.05 modelled data 2025 down 1.1% rising
59 Madagascar, Republic of 1.05 modelled data 2025 up 3.9% rising
60 Guinea-Bissau 1.05 modelled data 2025 up 33.4% rising
61 Botswana 1.05 modelled data 2025 down 0.5% rising
62 Netherlands 1.04 modelled data 2025 up 0.9% rising
63 Maldives 1.04 modelled data 2025 down 5.3% volatile
64 Indonesia 1.04 modelled data 2025 down 1.3% rising
65 Nepal 1.04 modelled data 2025 up 8.5% rising
66 Samoa 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 0.8% flat
67 Guyana 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 2.2% flat
68 Spain 1.03 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% flat
69 Cyprus 1.03 modelled data 2025 up 0.9% flat
70 St. Lucia 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 4.0% rising
71 Uganda 1.03 modelled data 2025 up 17.5% rising
72 Fiji, Republic of 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 1.9% falling
73 Mexico 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 0.8% rising
74 Estonia 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% flat
75 Portugal 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 1.1% falling
76 Luxembourg 1.02 modelled data 2025 down 0.1% flat
77 Cuba 1.02 modelled data 2025 up 0.8% flat
78 Belgium 1.02 modelled data 2025 down 0.4% flat
79 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.02 modelled data 2025 up 3.4% rising
80 Jamaica 1.02 modelled data 2025 down 0.3% flat
81 India 1.02 modelled data 2025 up 4.8% rising
82 Chile 1.02 modelled data 2025 down 0.1% flat
83 Hungary 1.02 modelled data 2025 up 0.8% flat
84 Pakistan 1.02 modelled data 2025 up 17.0% rising
85 Latvia 1.02 modelled data 2025 down 0.2% flat
86 Israel 1.02 modelled data 2025 up 0.3% flat
87 Montenegro 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.4% rising
88 Bolivia 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.4% rising
89 Mongolia 1.01 modelled data 2025 down 3.7% falling
90 Greece 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.6% flat
91 France 1.01 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% flat
92 Albania 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
93 Peru 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 1.3% rising
94 Malaysia 1.01 modelled data 2025 down 1.2% flat
95 Jordan 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.5% flat
96 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 1.01 modelled data 2025 down 8.0% rising
97 North Macedonia 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.8% rising
98 Poland 1.01 modelled data 2025 down 0.5% falling
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.4% rising
100 Türkiye 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 3.2% rising
101 Moldova 1.01 modelled data 2025 down 0.4% flat
102 Armenia, Republic of 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
103 Kyrgyz Republic 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.3% flat
104 Georgia 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.2% flat
105 Uzbekistan, Republic of 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.6% flat
106 Germany 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.4% rising
107 Switzerland 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% flat
108 Canada 1.01 modelled data 2025 down 0.1% flat
109 Australia 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.1% flat
110 Ukraine 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
111 Ireland 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% flat
112 Lithuania 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.1% flat
113 Austria 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
114 Italy 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.2% flat
115 Sweden 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.2% flat
116 Sierra Leone 1 modelled data 2025 up 4.0% rising
117 Croatia 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.4% flat
118 United States 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.2% flat
119 Romania 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.4% flat
120 Czechia 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% flat
121 Belarus, Republic of 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
122 United Kingdom 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% flat
123 Slovenia 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.4% flat
124 Russia 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.1% flat
125 Finland 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% flat
126 Denmark 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% flat
127 Qatar 1 modelled data 2025 up 3.3% rising
128 Turkmenistan 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
129 Norway 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
130 Korea 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% flat
130 Serbia 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
132 Slovak Republic 0.9998 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% flat
133 Malta 0.9997 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
134 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.9994 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% flat
135 Barbados 0.9983 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% flat
136 Iceland 0.9972 modelled data 2025 down 0.1% flat
137 Ecuador 0.9934 modelled data 2025 down 4.0% flat
138 Bulgaria 0.9926 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% flat
139 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.9901 modelled data 2025 up 2.0% flat
140 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.9891 modelled data 2025 up 4.2% rising
141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9856 modelled data 2025 up 8.0% rising
142 Guatemala 0.9842 modelled data 2025 up 5.0% rising
143 Morocco 0.9642 modelled data 2025 up 9.4% rising
144 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0.9549 modelled data 2025 up 19.8% rising
145 Angola 0.9209 modelled data 2025 up 14.5% rising
146 Djibouti 0.9179 modelled data 2025 up 18.3% rising
147 Nigeria 0.9133 modelled data 2025 up 3.2% rising
148 Burkina Faso 0.8932 modelled data 2025 up 23.7% rising
149 Yemen, Republic of 0.8805 modelled data 2025 up 30.6% volatile
150 Togo 0.8728 modelled data 2025 up 27.7% rising
151 Mali 0.8434 modelled data 2025 up 37.6% rising
152 Guinea 0.8247 modelled data 2025 up 37.8% volatile
153 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8018 modelled data 2025 up 27.9% rising
154 Burundi 0.7391 modelled data 2025 up 15.2% rising
155 Congo, Republic of 0.6872 modelled data 2025 down 13.3% rising
156 Central African Republic 0.6752 modelled data 2025 up 14.2% rising
157 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0.66 modelled data 2025 up 13.7% rising
158 Benin 0.6583 modelled data 2025 up 14.6% rising
159 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.6411 modelled data 2025 volatile
160 Mozambique, Republic of 0.6214 modelled data 2025 up 0.8% rising
161 Chad 0.556 modelled data 2025 up 26.3% rising
162 South Sudan, Republic of 0.5112 modelled data 2025 up 11.7% rising
163 Somalia 0.4334 modelled data 2025 up 7.5% rising
164 Niger 0.379 modelled data 2025 down 15.1% flat

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Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data)
Unit
modelled data
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
164 places, 7,240 data points, 1981–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release