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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
95
Highest
1.44 GPIA
Suriname
Lowest
0.3911 GPIA
Chad
Median
1.04 GPIA
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
1,083

What the numbers show

Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 1.44 GPIA in Suriname; the lowest is 0.3911 GPIA in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.04 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9903 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 130.9%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 16.5%).

Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 1.44 GPIA 2022 up 17.3% flat
2 Lesotho, Kingdom of 1.26 GPIA 2024 down 4.6% rising
3 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1.26 GPIA 2022 up 31.7% rising
4 Honduras 1.26 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
5 Vietnam 1.23 GPIA 2021 up 11.7% rising
6 Guyana 1.21 GPIA 2019 up 3.8% flat
7 Jordan 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
8 Uruguay 1.19 GPIA 2024 down 8.5% flat
9 Philippines 1.18 GPIA 2022 down 2.9% flat
10 South Africa 1.18 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% flat
11 Dominican Republic 1.16 GPIA 2024 down 8.8% flat
12 Thailand 1.15 GPIA 2022 up 0.8% flat
13 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.15 GPIA 2014 down 6.5% falling
14 Luxembourg 1.15 GPIA 2021 up 2.1% flat
15 Rwanda 1.12 GPIA 2022 up 22.6% rising
16 Panama 1.12 GPIA 2023 down 8.6% flat
17 Denmark 1.11 GPIA 2021 down 1.6% flat
18 Spain 1.11 GPIA 2021 down 6.0% falling
19 Latvia 1.11 GPIA 2021 down 0.7% falling
20 Paraguay 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
21 Cambodia 1.1 GPIA 2021 up 31.5% rising
22 Sweden 1.1 GPIA 2021 up 7.3% flat
23 Brazil 1.1 GPIA 2024 down 7.1% falling
24 Germany 1.08 GPIA 2021 up 4.7% rising
25 Italy 1.08 GPIA 2021 up 0.0% flat
26 Austria 1.07 GPIA 2021 up 2.6% flat
27 China (People’s Republic of) 1.07 GPIA 2018 up 11.9% rising
28 Colombia 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 4.5% flat
29 Lithuania 1.07 GPIA 2021 up 0.3% flat
30 Mexico 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 5.5% flat
31 Costa Rica 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 10.7% falling
32 Jamaica 1.07 GPIA 2022 up 3.7% flat
33 United Kingdom 1.07 GPIA 2019 up 1.0% flat
34 El Salvador 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
35 Gambia, The 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 24.9% rising
36 Belgium 1.06 GPIA 2021 down 2.9% flat
37 Portugal 1.06 GPIA 2021 down 11.1% falling
38 Bolivia 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% rising
39 Mongolia 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 16.5% falling
40 Guatemala 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 4.6% flat
41 Norway 1.05 GPIA 2021 down 6.1% falling
42 Slovenia 1.05 GPIA 2021 down 2.9% flat
43 Russian Federation 1.04 GPIA 2022 up 4.6% flat
44 Cyprus 1.04 GPIA 2021 down 0.6% falling
45 Chile 1.04 GPIA 2022 down 1.5% flat
46 Ecuador 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% falling
47 Georgia 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 3.6% flat
48 Estonia 1.04 GPIA 2021 down 5.0% falling
49 Hungary 1.04 GPIA 2021 up 1.7% flat
50 Nigeria 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 38.2% rising
51 United States 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
52 Poland 1.03 GPIA 2021 down 2.4% flat
53 France 1.03 GPIA 2021 down 3.3% flat
54 Türkiye 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 0.7% rising
55 Peru 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
56 Greece 1.02 GPIA 2021 down 5.3% falling
57 Croatia 1.02 GPIA 2021 down 0.3% flat
58 Indonesia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 7.0% rising
59 Armenia, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 6.1% flat
60 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
61 Bulgaria 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 3.3% flat
62 Switzerland 0.9986 GPIA 2021 down 3.4% flat
63 Romania 0.9984 GPIA 2021 down 2.2% flat
64 Kyrgyz Republic 0.9967 GPIA 2023 down 5.0% falling
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9943 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% rising
66 Kenya 0.9912 GPIA 2024 up 16.8% rising
67 Pakistan 0.9909 GPIA 2021 up 17.1% rising
68 Finland 0.9825 GPIA 2021 down 3.9% flat
69 Haiti 0.9699 GPIA 2017 up 20.6% rising
70 Malawi 0.9672 GPIA 2020 up 46.7% rising
71 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.957 GPIA 2022 up 0.0% rising
72 Uganda 0.9507 GPIA 2024 up 18.0% rising
73 Ghana 0.9496 GPIA 2024 up 3.7% rising
74 Nepal 0.9173 GPIA 2021 up 5.9% rising
75 Madagascar, Republic of 0.9093 GPIA 2021 down 15.0% falling
76 Zambia 0.8982 GPIA 2024 up 32.0% rising
77 India 0.8885 GPIA 2019 down 3.9% rising
78 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8775 GPIA 2023 up 25.4% rising
79 Bangladesh 0.8668 GPIA 2022 up 45.6% rising
80 Liberia 0.8613 GPIA 2019 up 26.5% falling
81 Senegal 0.8156 GPIA 2023 up 130.9% rising
82 Cameroon 0.7892 GPIA 2018 down 2.5% rising
83 Sierra Leone 0.7768 GPIA 2019 up 71.5% rising
84 Guinea-Bissau 0.7398 GPIA 2022 up 43.2% rising
85 Zimbabwe 0.7069 GPIA 2019 up 10.3% rising
86 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7054 GPIA 2022 up 25.2% falling
87 Mozambique, Republic of 0.6643 GPIA 2022 up 10.4% rising
88 Togo 0.6135 GPIA 2022 up 5.5% rising
89 Benin 0.6051 GPIA 2022 up 54.1% rising
90 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5943 GPIA 2021 down 12.2% rising
91 Mali 0.5527 GPIA 2024 up 29.1% rising
92 Burkina Faso 0.5111 GPIA 2021 up 37.5% rising
93 Guinea 0.5059 GPIA 2018 up 66.5% rising
94 Niger 0.4322 GPIA 2022 up 43.3% volatile
95 Chad 0.3911 GPIA 2019 up 9.0% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, upper secondary 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
95 places, 1,083 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release