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
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; 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 … modelled data gender: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 1.39 modelled data | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 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 | 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 | 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 | East Timor | 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 | Syria | 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 | Nauru | 1.16 modelled data | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 1.16 modelled data | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 26 | Gambia | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.08 modelled data | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 48 | Vietnam | 1.07 modelled data | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 49 | China | 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 | 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 | 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 | Saint Lucia | 1.03 modelled data | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 71 | Uganda | 1.03 modelled data | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 72 | Fiji | 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 | 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 | Sao Tome and Principe | 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 | Turkey | 1.01 modelled data | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 101 | Moldova | 1.01 modelled data | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 102 | Armenia | 1.01 modelled data | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.01 modelled data | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 104 | Georgia | 1.01 modelled data | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 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 | 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 | South Korea | 1 modelled data | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 130 | Serbia | 1 modelled data | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 132 | Slovakia | 0.9998 modelled data | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 133 | Malta | 0.9997 modelled data | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 134 | Kazakhstan | 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 | 0.9901 modelled data | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 0.9891 modelled data | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 141 | Laos | 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 | 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 | 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 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.8018 modelled data | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 154 | Burundi | 0.7391 modelled data | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 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 | 0.66 modelled data | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 158 | Benin | 0.6583 modelled data | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 0.6411 modelled data | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Mozambique | 0.6214 modelled data | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 161 | Chad | 0.556 modelled data | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 162 | South Sudan | 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 |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release