Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
95
Highest
1.01 LPIA
Canada
Lowest
0.222 LPIA
Guinea
Median
0.9768 LPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,204

What the numbers show

Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 1.01 LPIA in Canada; the lowest is 0.222 LPIA in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9768 LPIA, and the mean is 0.8886 LPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 244.5%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 83.4%).

Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Canada 1.01 LPIA 2001 up 0.7% flat
2 Jordan 1.01 LPIA 2023 up 19.6% rising
3 Uruguay 1 LPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
4 Hungary 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Denmark 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Sweden 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Slovenia 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Spain 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 France 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 LPIA 2021 down 0.2% flat
4 Romania 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged rising
4 Greece 1 LPIA 2024 up 4.6% rising
4 Portugal 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Croatia 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Finland 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Ireland 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Iceland 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Italy 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Norway 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Netherlands 1 LPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
4 Lithuania 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Luxembourg 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Latvia 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Malta 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged rising
4 Germany 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 Australia 1 LPIA 2024 unchanged flat
4 Austria 1 LPIA 2021 unchanged flat
4 Belgium 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged flat
4 United States of America 1 LPIA 2024 down 0.2% flat
4 Bulgaria 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged rising
4 Switzerland 1 LPIA 2024 unchanged flat
4 Czechia 1 LPIA 2023 flat
33 Azerbaijan 0.9998 LPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
34 Republic of Moldova 0.9987 LPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
35 Brunei Darussalam 0.9985 LPIA 2023 up 3.5% flat
36 Armenia 0.9983 LPIA 2023 down 0.0% flat
37 Poland 0.9974 LPIA 2020 up 0.3% rising
38 Namibia 0.9969 LPIA 2023 up 21.3% rising
39 Georgia 0.9925 LPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
40 Kazakhstan 0.9913 LPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
41 Tonga 0.9868 LPIA 2023 down 1.3% flat
42 Albania 0.9865 LPIA 2017 up 5.9% flat
43 Philippines 0.986 LPIA 2022 up 1.2% rising
44 Serbia 0.9845 LPIA 2022 up 4.3% rising
45 Thailand 0.9821 LPIA 2022 up 1.0% flat
46 Sri Lanka 0.9806 LPIA 2024 up 0.2% rising
47 Chile 0.9803 LPIA 2024 up 1.5% flat
48 Costa Rica 0.9768 LPIA 2024 up 1.7% rising
49 Palestine, State of 0.9766 LPIA 2022 up 1.3% rising
50 Israel 0.9752 LPIA 2015 down 0.0% flat
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9746 LPIA 2023 up 12.2% rising
52 Indonesia 0.9742 LPIA 2023 up 6.4% rising
53 Paraguay 0.9718 LPIA 2024 up 2.6% rising
54 Cyprus 0.9661 LPIA 2023 down 2.7% flat
55 Viet Nam 0.9629 LPIA 2023 up 3.5% flat
56 Belize 0.954 LPIA 2022 down 4.7% flat
57 Brazil 0.9469 LPIA 2024 up 11.4% rising
58 Dominican Republic 0.9438 LPIA 2024 up 3.9% rising
59 Republic of Korea 0.9351 LPIA 2024 up 4.9% rising
60 Zimbabwe 0.9338 LPIA 2023 down 5.6% rising
61 Mongolia 0.9335 LPIA 2024 down 2.0% flat
62 South Africa 0.9273 LPIA 2024 up 5.8% rising
63 Panama 0.9224 LPIA 2024 up 10.4% rising
64 Colombia 0.9092 LPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
65 Türkiye 0.9052 LPIA 2015 up 10.5% rising
66 Honduras 0.8964 LPIA 2024 up 6.6% rising
67 Ecuador 0.8949 LPIA 2024 down 2.6% rising
68 Mexico 0.8908 LPIA 2020 up 5.4% rising
69 Rwanda 0.8663 LPIA 2024 up 7.6% rising
70 Uganda 0.8583 LPIA 2021 up 14.7% rising
71 Cambodia 0.8582 LPIA 2023 up 16.9% rising
72 El Salvador 0.8582 LPIA 2023 up 10.0% rising
73 Kenya 0.8564 LPIA 2024 up 11.5% rising
74 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.8519 LPIA 2024 up 18.6% rising
75 Bangladesh 0.8408 LPIA 2023 up 14.4% rising
76 Peru 0.8316 LPIA 2018 up 12.0% rising
77 Malawi 0.8005 LPIA 2020 up 20.6% rising
78 Guatemala 0.7865 LPIA 2024 up 10.5% rising
79 Ghana 0.7725 LPIA 2024 up 18.4% rising
80 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7636 LPIA 2022 up 9.0% rising
81 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7604 LPIA 2023 up 0.6% rising
82 Egypt 0.7558 LPIA 2023 rising
83 India 0.7303 LPIA 2023 up 35.0% rising
84 Tunisia 0.719 LPIA 2023 up 24.4% rising
85 Nepal 0.7099 LPIA 2021 up 86.3% rising
86 Nigeria 0.7026 LPIA 2024 up 17.2% rising
87 Angola 0.5773 LPIA 2023 up 32.9% rising
88 Togo 0.524 LPIA 2022 up 20.6% rising
89 Pakistan 0.4659 LPIA 2021 up 70.2% rising
90 Ethiopia 0.3887 LPIA 2022 up 244.5% rising
91 Senegal 0.3701 LPIA 2023 up 51.2% rising
92 Afghanistan 0.3364 LPIA 2022 up 147.6% rising
93 Burkina Faso 0.3345 LPIA 2024 up 182.1% falling
94 Mali 0.2283 LPIA 2022 down 83.4% volatile
95 Guinea 0.222 LPIA 2018 up 179.5% rising

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Indicator
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA)
Unit
LPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
95 places, 1,204 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release