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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
42
Highest
1.2 GPIA
Gambia
Lowest
0.7874 GPIA
Mali
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
477

What the numbers show

Completion rate, primary education, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 1.2 GPIA in Gambia; the lowest is 0.7874 GPIA in Mali.

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

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

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 29.3%), and the largest decrease in Nigeria (down 9.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gambia 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 29.3% rising
2 Senegal 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 16.8% rising
3 Bangladesh 1.12 GPIA 2022 up 3.0% flat
4 Cambodia 1.09 GPIA 2021 up 12.2% rising
5 Malawi 1.09 GPIA 2020 up 2.4% rising
6 Rwanda 1.07 GPIA 2022 down 6.7% flat
7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 5.2% rising
8 Lesotho 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 7.3% falling
9 El Salvador 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 5.1% flat
10 Honduras 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 5.3% flat
11 Dominican Republic 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% falling
12 Sierra Leone 1.02 GPIA 2019 up 9.4% rising
13 Ethiopia 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 4.6% rising
14 Zimbabwe 1.02 GPIA 2019 up 4.5% flat
15 Colombia 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% flat
16 Ghana 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
17 Kenya 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% flat
18 South Africa 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% flat
19 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 0.3% flat
20 Zambia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 3.9% flat
21 Peru 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
21 Mexico 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 0.5% flat
21 Panama 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.7% flat
24 Brazil 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% falling
25 Thailand 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 1.4% flat
26 Ecuador 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
27 Costa Rica 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% flat
28 Paraguay 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.4% flat
29 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% flat
30 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
31 Argentina 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
31 Chile 1 GPIA 2022 down 0.9% flat
33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.998 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
34 Cameroon 0.9974 GPIA 2018 down 2.6% flat
35 Guatemala 0.9963 GPIA 2024 down 1.3% rising
36 Kyrgyzstan 0.9946 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
37 Nepal 0.9726 GPIA 2021 down 0.6% flat
38 Benin 0.9677 GPIA 2022 up 6.3% rising
39 Togo 0.9565 GPIA 2022 up 4.2% rising
40 Nigeria 0.9107 GPIA 2024 down 9.2% falling
41 Guinea 0.7902 GPIA 2018 up 18.3% rising
42 Mali 0.7874 GPIA 2024 up 9.7% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, primary 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, 477 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release