Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
86
Highest
1.33 GPIA
Panama
Lowest
0.3169 GPIA
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
Median
0.991 GPIA
Years covered
44
1981–2024
Data points
878

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 1.33 GPIA in Panama; the lowest is 0.3169 GPIA in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.991 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9332 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 108.3%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 11.8%).

Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Panama 1.33 GPIA 2024 up 8.7% rising
2 Iceland 1.31 GPIA 2023 up 12.3% rising
3 Uruguay 1.29 GPIA 2024 up 13.1% rising
4 Brunei Darussalam 1.28 GPIA 2023 up 21.5% rising
5 Latvia 1.27 GPIA 2023 down 3.3% flat
6 Norway 1.25 GPIA 2022 up 1.9% flat
7 Mongolia 1.24 GPIA 2024 up 6.6% rising
8 Bulgaria 1.24 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% rising
9 Paraguay 1.23 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
10 Sweden 1.22 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
11 Denmark 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 6.9% rising
12 Thailand 1.2 GPIA 2022 up 7.3% rising
13 Portugal 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% rising
14 Lithuania 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 4.3% flat
15 Slovenia 1.18 GPIA 2022 up 5.8% flat
16 Spain 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 10.2% rising
17 South Africa 1.17 GPIA 2024 up 32.9% rising
18 Philippines 1.16 GPIA 2022 up 0.9% flat
19 Malta 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 29.4% rising
20 Italy 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 8.5% rising
21 Poland 1.15 GPIA 2020 up 3.0% flat
22 Finland 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 3.8% flat
23 Croatia 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 13.1% rising
24 Moldova, Republic of 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% rising
25 Palestine, State of 1.12 GPIA 2022 up 38.3% rising
26 Hungary 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% rising
27 Bolivia 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 46.3% rising
28 Australia 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% rising
29 Belgium 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 7.2% rising
30 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
31 Serbia, Republic of 1.08 GPIA 2022 up 29.6% rising
32 United States 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 6.4% rising
33 Costa Rica 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 11.6% rising
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 29.1% rising
35 United Kingdom 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 4.4% flat
36 Ireland 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% flat
37 Honduras 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 8.2% rising
38 Georgia 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 6.3% rising
39 Czechia 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 14.4% rising
40 Romania 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 10.1% rising
41 Indonesia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 25.2% rising
42 Cyprus 1 GPIA 2023 up 15.2% rising
43 Ecuador 0.9912 GPIA 2024 down 4.2% rising
44 Greece 0.9909 GPIA 2024 up 14.6% rising
45 France 0.988 GPIA 2023 up 13.2% rising
46 Austria 0.9872 GPIA 2021 up 15.9% rising
47 Armenia, Republic of 0.9825 GPIA 2023 down 2.7% rising
48 Colombia 0.9779 GPIA 2024 down 1.7% rising
49 Albania 0.974 GPIA 2017 up 34.3% rising
50 Netherlands 0.9694 GPIA 2023 up 19.1% rising
51 Malaysia 0.9689 GPIA 2022 down 11.8% rising
52 Chile 0.9283 GPIA 2024 up 10.2% rising
53 Luxembourg 0.9244 GPIA 2023 up 6.6% rising
54 El Salvador 0.9239 GPIA 2023 up 16.5% rising
55 Jordan 0.9037 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% rising
56 Vietnam 0.9015 GPIA 2023 β€” rising
57 Mexico 0.896 GPIA 2020 up 10.2% rising
58 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.8521 GPIA 2023 up 14.6% rising
59 Rwanda 0.8449 GPIA 2024 up 40.0% rising
60 Sri Lanka 0.8281 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% falling
61 Switzerland 0.8204 GPIA 2024 up 18.8% rising
62 Guatemala 0.8164 GPIA 2024 up 16.5% rising
63 Germany 0.783 GPIA 2023 up 18.0% rising
64 Kenya 0.7691 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
65 Korea 0.7635 GPIA 2024 up 14.2% rising
66 India 0.7619 GPIA 2023 up 5.5% rising
67 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.753 GPIA 2022 up 34.0% rising
68 Pakistan 0.7344 GPIA 2021 up 35.6% rising
69 Zimbabwe 0.6446 GPIA 2023 down 5.6% rising
70 Cambodia 0.6406 GPIA 2023 up 46.5% rising
71 Nigeria 0.6095 GPIA 2024 up 22.3% rising
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.6038 GPIA 2023 up 12.3% rising
73 Bangladesh 0.6036 GPIA 2023 up 19.7% rising
74 Uganda 0.5746 GPIA 2021 up 1.6% falling
75 Bhutan 0.5679 GPIA 2022 up 24.0% rising
76 Zambia 0.5676 GPIA 2024 up 20.8% rising
77 Angola 0.5674 GPIA 2023 down 11.3% rising
78 Ghana 0.5453 GPIA 2024 up 40.8% rising
79 Senegal 0.4993 GPIA 2023 up 12.3% rising
80 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4942 GPIA 2022 down 9.7% flat
81 Burkina Faso 0.4756 GPIA 2024 up 108.3% rising
82 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.4328 GPIA 2023 up 92.0% rising
83 Mali 0.4081 GPIA 2022 up 18.9% rising
84 Niger 0.3637 GPIA 2022 down 8.1% rising
85 Guinea 0.3191 GPIA 2018 up 48.9% rising
86 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.3169 GPIA 2022 up 51.8% flat

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Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, 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
86 places, 878 data points, 1981–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release