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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
39
Highest
1.38 GPIA
Norway
Lowest
0.4681 GPIA
Ghana
Median
1.14 GPIA
Years covered
31
1994–2024
Data points
367

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 1.38 GPIA in Norway; the lowest is 0.4681 GPIA in Ghana.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.14 GPIA, and the mean is 1.09 GPIA.

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

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Norway 1.38 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% flat
2 Panama 1.37 GPIA 2024 β€” rising
3 Iceland 1.35 GPIA 2023 up 11.5% rising
4 Slovenia 1.3 GPIA 2023 up 9.0% flat
5 Sweden 1.3 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
6 Mongolia 1.29 GPIA 2024 up 5.1% rising
7 Brunei Darussalam 1.28 GPIA 2023 up 5.6% flat
8 Denmark 1.28 GPIA 2023 up 3.6% flat
9 Bulgaria 1.26 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
10 Lithuania 1.25 GPIA 2023 up 3.2% flat
11 Poland 1.22 GPIA 2023 up 2.5% flat
12 Slovak Republic 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 22.4% rising
13 Albania 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 55.7% rising
14 Spain 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 6.4% rising
15 Croatia 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 13.6% rising
16 Finland 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 3.7% rising
17 Hungary 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% rising
18 Serbia, Republic of 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 10.4% rising
19 Italy 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 9.7% rising
20 Honduras 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 10.6% rising
21 Costa Rica 1.13 GPIA 2024 β€” rising
22 Belgium 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% rising
23 Ireland 1.09 GPIA 2020 up 5.0% rising
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 25.6% rising
25 United States 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 7.5% rising
26 Czechia 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 10.6% rising
27 Romania 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 10.5% rising
28 Cyprus 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 2.9% flat
29 France 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 11.8% rising
30 Armenia, Republic of 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
31 Greece 1 GPIA 2024 up 3.9% flat
32 Austria 0.9819 GPIA 2021 up 22.0% rising
33 Luxembourg 0.9575 GPIA 2023 up 19.7% rising
34 Netherlands 0.9491 GPIA 2023 up 12.7% rising
35 Switzerland 0.7223 GPIA 2024 up 26.8% rising
36 Germany 0.7217 GPIA 2023 up 9.5% rising
37 Rwanda 0.6398 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% rising
38 Uganda 0.5696 GPIA 2024 up 87.8% rising
39 Ghana 0.4681 GPIA 2024 up 23.2% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
39 places, 367 data points, 1994–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release