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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
81
Highest
1.55 GPIA
Norway
Lowest
0.1394 GPIA
Guinea
Median
1.13 GPIA
Years covered
44
1981–2024
Data points
831

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 81 countries. The highest value is 1.55 GPIA in Norway; the lowest is 0.1394 GPIA in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.13 GPIA, and the mean is 1.02 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 270.1%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 48.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Norway 1.55 GPIA 2023 up 5.4% flat
2 Iceland 1.54 GPIA 2023 up 10.7% rising
3 Uruguay 1.51 GPIA 2024 up 8.3% flat
4 Mongolia 1.44 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% rising
5 Panama 1.42 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% rising
6 Slovenia 1.4 GPIA 2023 up 7.2% flat
7 Denmark 1.38 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% flat
8 Spain 1.38 GPIA 2023 up 7.4% flat
9 Bulgaria 1.37 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% rising
10 Malaysia 1.37 GPIA 2022 down 12.7% rising
11 Sweden 1.36 GPIA 2023 down 3.4% flat
12 Latvia 1.36 GPIA 2023 down 2.6% flat
13 Portugal 1.35 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% rising
14 Hungary 1.35 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% rising
15 Lithuania, Republic of 1.35 GPIA 2023 up 6.6% flat
16 Croatia, Republic of 1.34 GPIA 2022 up 30.3% rising
17 Moldova, Republic of 1.34 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% rising
18 Poland 1.34 GPIA 2020 down 0.3% flat
19 Colombia 1.33 GPIA 2024 up 28.0% rising
20 Paraguay 1.31 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% flat
21 Thailand 1.31 GPIA 2022 up 8.9% rising
22 Brunei Darussalam 1.31 GPIA 2022 up 3.8% rising
23 Australia 1.3 GPIA 2024 down 7.2% rising
24 Finland 1.29 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% flat
25 Italy 1.28 GPIA 2022 up 3.8% flat
26 Philippines 1.28 GPIA 2022 down 4.8% flat
27 Costa Rica 1.27 GPIA 2024 up 9.3% rising
28 France 1.23 GPIA 2023 up 12.5% rising
29 Ireland 1.22 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% falling
30 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.21 GPIA 2024 down 4.2% rising
31 Sri Lanka 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 41.9% falling
32 Belgium 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 2.9% flat
33 Czech Republic 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 15.5% rising
34 Palestine, State of 1.19 GPIA 2022 up 36.6% rising
35 United Kingdom 1.16 GPIA 2021 up 9.8% rising
36 Belize 1.15 GPIA 2022 up 16.7% rising
37 United States 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 5.2% rising
38 El Salvador 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 27.8% rising
39 Indonesia 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 35.7% rising
40 Cyprus 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 15.3% rising
41 Malta 1.13 GPIA 2020 up 2.0% flat
42 South Africa 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% rising
43 Serbia, Republic of 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 13.9% rising
44 Jordan 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 5.2% flat
45 Ecuador 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% rising
46 Romania 1.07 GPIA 2022 up 11.1% flat
47 Chile 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 38.4% flat
48 Austria 1.03 GPIA 2021 up 7.8% rising
49 Georgia 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 5.9% rising
50 Bolivia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 49.1% rising
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9995 GPIA 2023 up 12.4% rising
52 Armenia, Republic of 0.9978 GPIA 2023 up 15.0% rising
53 Honduras 0.9927 GPIA 2024 down 17.7% rising
54 Guatemala 0.9912 GPIA 2024 down 48.8% falling
55 Luxembourg 0.9781 GPIA 2023 up 11.1% rising
56 Greece 0.9779 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
57 Vietnam 0.9739 GPIA 2023 β€” rising
58 Mexico 0.9595 GPIA 2020 up 16.8% rising
59 Netherlands 0.9362 GPIA 2023 up 7.1% rising
60 Albania 0.8516 GPIA 2017 up 110.3% rising
61 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.8178 GPIA 2023 up 157.9% rising
62 Switzerland 0.7371 GPIA 2024 up 20.4% rising
63 Germany 0.6917 GPIA 2023 up 17.4% rising
64 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.6366 GPIA 2022 up 4.9% flat
65 Korea 0.6101 GPIA 2023 up 13.8% rising
66 India 0.5157 GPIA 2023 up 41.9% rising
67 Cambodia 0.5088 GPIA 2023 up 114.3% rising
68 Kenya 0.4958 GPIA 2024 up 27.6% rising
69 Pakistan 0.4903 GPIA 2019 up 66.5% rising
70 Zimbabwe 0.4852 GPIA 2022 up 11.8% rising
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.4495 GPIA 2023 up 25.0% rising
72 Ghana 0.4378 GPIA 2024 up 53.6% rising
73 Bangladesh 0.4264 GPIA 2023 up 43.8% rising
74 Nigeria 0.4259 GPIA 2024 up 32.6% flat
75 Mali 0.4156 GPIA 2022 up 270.1% volatile
76 Rwanda 0.4002 GPIA 2024 up 72.6% rising
77 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.318 GPIA 2022 down 3.3% falling
78 Burkina Faso 0.3067 GPIA 2022 up 226.6% volatile
79 Uganda 0.3037 GPIA 2021 down 11.5% volatile
80 Senegal 0.2365 GPIA 2023 up 36.4% rising
81 Guinea 0.1394 GPIA 2018 up 234.8% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, 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
81 places, 831 data points, 1981–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release