Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
42
Highest
1.21 GPIA
Honduras
Lowest
0.6259 GPIA
Guinea
Median
1.04 GPIA
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
478
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 1.21 GPIA in Honduras; the lowest is 0.6259 GPIA in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.04 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9884 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 Sierra Leone (up 51.9%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 14.6%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, adjusted gender: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 1.21 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 2 | Uruguay | 1.19 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 3 | Argentina | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Gambia | 1.14 GPIA | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 6 | Cambodia | 1.12 GPIA | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 8 | Thailand | 1.11 GPIA | 2022 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 9 | Rwanda | 1.11 GPIA | 2022 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 10 | Paraguay | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 11 | Panama | 1.09 GPIA | 2023 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 12 | Guatemala | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 13 | Brazil | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 15 | Colombia | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 1.07 GPIA | 2022 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 17 | El Salvador | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 1.06 GPIA | 2022 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 19 | Malawi | 1.04 GPIA | 2020 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 20 | Ecuador | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Chile | 1.04 GPIA | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 24 | Mongolia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 25 | Nigeria | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 26 | Lesotho | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 27 | Peru | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.9967 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 29 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.9916 GPIA | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 30 | Senegal | 0.968 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 31 | Ghana | 0.9516 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 0.95 GPIA | 2022 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 33 | Kenya | 0.9381 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 0.8441 GPIA | 2019 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 35 | Cameroon | 0.8433 GPIA | 2018 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 36 | Zambia | 0.8203 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 37 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.7619 GPIA | 2022 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 38 | Togo | 0.6671 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 39 | Mali | 0.6635 GPIA | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 40 | Benin | 0.6533 GPIA | 2022 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 0.6361 GPIA | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 42 | Guinea | 0.6259 GPIA | 2018 | up 39.4% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release