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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
89
Highest
1.22 GPIA
Uganda
Lowest
0.7465 GPIA
Guinea
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
970

What the numbers show

Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 89 countries. The highest value is 1.22 GPIA in Uganda; the lowest is 0.7465 GPIA in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 1.02 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 39.1%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho, Kingdom of (down 14.4%).

Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 13.0% rising
2 Gambia, The 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 29.0% rising
3 Rwanda 1.19 GPIA 2022 down 0.0% rising
4 Senegal 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 18.7% rising
5 Malawi 1.17 GPIA 2020 up 2.9% rising
6 Haiti 1.17 GPIA 2017 down 1.2% flat
7 Madagascar, Republic of 1.14 GPIA 2021 down 2.4% flat
8 Lesotho, Kingdom of 1.14 GPIA 2024 down 14.4% falling
9 Liberia 1.12 GPIA 2019 up 11.0% falling
10 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.11 GPIA 2022 up 7.1% rising
11 Cambodia 1.11 GPIA 2021 up 8.0% rising
12 Bangladesh 1.1 GPIA 2022 down 1.7% flat
13 Burkina Faso 1.06 GPIA 2021 up 15.3% rising
14 Zimbabwe 1.06 GPIA 2019 down 3.0% flat
15 El Salvador 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 3.3% flat
16 Zambia 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% rising
17 Suriname 1.05 GPIA 2022 down 2.9% flat
18 Kenya 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% falling
19 Honduras 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% falling
20 Philippines 1.04 GPIA 2022 down 7.1% flat
21 Ghana 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 2.2% flat
22 Sierra Leone 1.03 GPIA 2019 up 8.6% rising
23 Dominican Republic 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 3.3% falling
24 Guinea-Bissau 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 29.1% rising
25 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.03 GPIA 2014 down 3.9% falling
26 Colombia 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 2.5% flat
27 Guyana 1.02 GPIA 2019 up 3.5% flat
28 Cyprus 1.02 GPIA 2018 up 0.3% flat
29 Guatemala 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% rising
30 South Africa 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% flat
31 Thailand 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% flat
32 Paraguay 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 3.8% flat
33 Romania 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.6% flat
34 Jordan 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
35 Greece 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.3% flat
36 Brazil 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 3.6% falling
37 Jamaica 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 0.6% flat
38 Mozambique, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 11.9% rising
39 Tajikistan, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% flat
40 Poland, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2020 up 0.1% flat
41 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 2.4% rising
42 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 7.7% rising
43 Latvia, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 0.5% flat
44 India 1.01 GPIA 2019 up 1.5% rising
45 Estonia, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 1.1% flat
46 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2020 down 1.7% falling
47 Sweden 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.3% flat
48 Vietnam 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.1% flat
49 Russian Federation 1 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% flat
50 Mexico 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
51 Indonesia 1 GPIA 2022 down 1.5% flat
52 France 1 GPIA 2021 down 0.5% flat
53 Austria 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.0% flat
54 Denmark 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.3% flat
55 Bulgaria 1 GPIA 2021 up 1.0% flat
56 Costa Rica 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
57 Switzerland 1 GPIA 2021 down 0.2% flat
58 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1 GPIA 2022 down 1.2% rising
59 United Kingdom 1 GPIA 2019 down 0.1% flat
60 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
61 Lithuania, Republic of 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.2% flat
62 Italy 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.0% flat
63 Hungary 1 GPIA 2021 down 0.2% flat
64 Croatia, Republic of 1 GPIA 2021 up 1.4% flat
65 Armenia, Republic of 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
66 Ecuador 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% flat
67 United States 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
68 Norway 1 GPIA 2021 unchanged flat
68 Israel 1 GPIA 2018 down 0.1% flat
70 Bolivia 0.9994 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
71 Chile 0.999 GPIA 2022 down 1.2% flat
72 Slovenia, Republic of 0.9989 GPIA 2021 down 0.8% flat
73 Türkiye, Republic of 0.9987 GPIA 2022 up 1.2% rising
74 Peru 0.9984 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% flat
75 Kyrgyz Republic 0.9979 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
76 Panama 0.9959 GPIA 2023 down 1.9% flat
77 Finland 0.9959 GPIA 2021 down 0.6% flat
78 China, People's Republic of 0.9929 GPIA 2018 down 1.5% flat
79 Nepal 0.9825 GPIA 2021 up 8.1% rising
80 Nigeria 0.9799 GPIA 2024 up 5.5% rising
81 Cameroon 0.9772 GPIA 2018 down 7.0% flat
82 Côte d'Ivoire 0.9657 GPIA 2021 up 27.1% rising
83 Benin 0.9608 GPIA 2022 up 5.8% rising
84 Mali 0.9464 GPIA 2024 up 14.1% rising
85 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.9422 GPIA 2022 down 11.5% rising
86 Togo 0.9286 GPIA 2022 up 5.5% rising
87 Niger 0.8193 GPIA 2022 up 24.4% rising
88 Chad 0.7615 GPIA 2019 up 1.5% rising
89 Guinea 0.7465 GPIA 2018 up 39.1% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, primary 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
89 places, 970 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release