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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
42
Highest
1.19 GPIA
Gambia
Lowest
0.7813 GPIA
Guinea
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
480

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 1.19 GPIA in Gambia; the lowest is 0.7813 GPIA in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 1 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 84.5%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 19.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gambia 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 12.8% rising
2 Senegal 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 58.1% rising
3 Bangladesh 1.12 GPIA 2022 up 12.0% rising
4 Malawi 1.11 GPIA 2020 up 15.6% rising
5 Dominican Republic 1.11 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
6 Colombia 1.1 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% flat
7 Lesotho 1.08 GPIA 2024 down 19.6% rising
8 El Salvador 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% rising
9 Thailand 1.05 GPIA 2022 down 2.4% flat
10 South Africa 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% flat
11 Honduras 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 15.3% falling
12 Kenya 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% flat
13 Argentina 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 5.9% flat
14 Uruguay 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 11.3% falling
15 Costa Rica 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 5.4% falling
16 Mexico 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 0.6% flat
17 Paraguay 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% flat
18 Brazil 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 5.4% falling
19 Cambodia 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 19.8% rising
20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% rising
21 Rwanda 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 5.0% falling
22 Peru 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
23 Ecuador 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% flat
24 Nigeria 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 10.2% rising
25 Ghana 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 3.9% rising
26 Armenia 0.9991 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
27 Panama 0.9989 GPIA 2023 down 8.9% flat
28 Chile 0.997 GPIA 2022 down 3.2% flat
29 Kazakhstan 0.9969 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
30 Guatemala 0.9931 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
31 Mongolia 0.9911 GPIA 2024 down 2.6% falling
32 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.9776 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% rising
33 Zambia 0.9654 GPIA 2024 up 9.6% rising
34 Nepal 0.9623 GPIA 2021 down 2.1% rising
35 Ethiopia 0.9561 GPIA 2022 up 22.7% rising
36 Sierra Leone 0.9196 GPIA 2019 up 14.9% rising
37 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9016 GPIA 2022 up 12.8% flat
38 Cameroon 0.8966 GPIA 2018 up 1.1% rising
39 Togo 0.863 GPIA 2022 up 51.9% rising
40 Benin 0.8297 GPIA 2022 up 31.6% rising
41 Mali 0.8109 GPIA 2024 up 16.3% rising
42 Guinea 0.7813 GPIA 2018 up 84.5% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
42 places, 480 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release