Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
41
Highest
1.24 GPIA
Lesotho
Lowest
0.3566 GPIA
Guinea
Median
1.03 GPIA
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
450
What the numbers show
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 1.24 GPIA in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.3566 GPIA in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.03 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9806 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 169.9%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 35.5%).
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted gender: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 1.24 GPIA | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 2 | Honduras | 1.22 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 1.21 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 4 | Rwanda | 1.17 GPIA | 2022 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 5 | Gambia | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 1.14 GPIA | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 8 | Cambodia | 1.11 GPIA | 2021 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 9 | Ghana | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 10 | South Africa | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 11 | Colombia | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 12 | Panama | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 13 | Thailand | 1.08 GPIA | 2022 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 14 | Paraguay | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.06 GPIA | 2022 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 17 | Kenya | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 18 | Ecuador | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 19 | Uruguay | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 20 | Mexico | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 21 | El Salvador | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 22 | Nigeria | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 24 | Mongolia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 25 | Armenia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 26 | Chile | 0.998 GPIA | 2022 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 27 | Peru | 0.987 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 28 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.9737 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 29 | Zambia | 0.9703 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 30 | Nepal | 0.9697 GPIA | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 31 | Guatemala | 0.9033 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 32 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.8855 GPIA | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 33 | Senegal | 0.8798 GPIA | 2023 | up 135.9% | rising |
| 34 | Malawi | 0.8745 GPIA | 2020 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 35 | Mali | 0.7906 GPIA | 2024 | up 106.4% | rising |
| 36 | Togo | 0.6993 GPIA | 2022 | up 104.2% | rising |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 0.6946 GPIA | 2019 | up 169.9% | rising |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 0.6925 GPIA | 2022 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 39 | Cameroon | 0.6794 GPIA | 2018 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 40 | Benin | 0.5959 GPIA | 2022 | up 106.5% | rising |
| 41 | Guinea | 0.3566 GPIA | 2018 | up 96.8% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release