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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
41
Highest
1.4 GPIA
Lesotho
Lowest
0.4389 GPIA
Guinea
Median
0.9959 GPIA
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
448

What the numbers show

Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 1.4 GPIA in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.4389 GPIA in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9959 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9551 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 118.1%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 46.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 1.4 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% rising
2 Ethiopia 1.36 GPIA 2022 up 66.6% rising
3 South Africa 1.32 GPIA 2024 up 11.3% flat
4 Honduras 1.3 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% falling
5 Uruguay 1.3 GPIA 2024 down 2.4% falling
6 Dominican Republic 1.28 GPIA 2024 down 5.6% flat
7 Thailand 1.22 GPIA 2022 down 3.1% flat
8 Brazil 1.22 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% falling
9 Panama 1.17 GPIA 2023 down 5.3% flat
10 Costa Rica 1.16 GPIA 2024 down 3.1% falling
11 Rwanda 1.15 GPIA 2022 up 51.8% rising
12 Mongolia 1.12 GPIA 2024 down 21.9% falling
13 Paraguay 1.12 GPIA 2024 down 3.4% flat
14 El Salvador 1.08 GPIA 2023 down 2.8% flat
15 Colombia 1.08 GPIA 2024 down 8.9% falling
16 Guatemala 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 24.2% rising
17 Chile 1.06 GPIA 2022 down 2.1% falling
18 Cambodia 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 36.7% rising
19 Mexico 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 0.5% rising
20 Ecuador 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% flat
21 Kenya 0.9959 GPIA 2024 up 35.7% rising
22 Nigeria 0.9952 GPIA 2024 up 72.2% rising
23 Kyrgyzstan 0.9907 GPIA 2023 down 5.2% flat
24 Peru 0.9785 GPIA 2023 up 11.3% rising
25 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9766 GPIA 2023 up 27.5% rising
26 Zambia 0.9417 GPIA 2024 up 55.1% rising
27 Kazakhstan 0.9375 GPIA 2024 down 6.3% falling
28 Gambia 0.9114 GPIA 2023 up 95.5% rising
29 Ghana 0.9114 GPIA 2024 up 21.5% rising
30 Malawi 0.8789 GPIA 2020 up 41.4% rising
31 Bangladesh 0.8275 GPIA 2022 up 53.2% rising
32 Zimbabwe 0.6319 GPIA 2019 down 18.3% rising
33 Cameroon 0.6164 GPIA 2018 up 4.8% rising
34 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.5909 GPIA 2023 up 68.2% rising
35 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5647 GPIA 2022 up 30.3% falling
36 Senegal 0.5541 GPIA 2023 up 51.8% rising
37 Sierra Leone 0.5334 GPIA 2019 down 46.5% falling
38 Mali 0.528 GPIA 2024 up 13.1% rising
39 Togo 0.4467 GPIA 2022 up 29.3% rising
40 Benin 0.4425 GPIA 2022 up 91.6% rising
41 Guinea 0.4389 GPIA 2018 up 118.1% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
41 places, 448 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release