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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
108
Highest
1.48 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.2341 GPIA
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
Median
1.07 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,168

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 1.48 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.2341 GPIA in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.07 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9795 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 102.2%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 12.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.48 GPIA 2024 down 3.9% flat
2 Grenada 1.46 GPIA 2023 up 8.5% rising
3 Kuwait 1.44 GPIA 2018 up 1.2% flat
4 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1.36 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% rising
5 Panama 1.36 GPIA 2024 up 5.9% rising
6 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.35 GPIA 2017 up 2.6% flat
7 Iceland 1.35 GPIA 2023 up 12.4% rising
8 Norway 1.32 GPIA 2022 up 3.8% flat
9 Puerto Rico 1.31 GPIA 2024 up 6.5% flat
10 Latvia 1.31 GPIA 2023 down 2.6% flat
11 Uruguay 1.3 GPIA 2024 up 12.4% rising
12 Mongolia 1.29 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% rising
13 Brunei Darussalam 1.28 GPIA 2023 up 16.6% rising
14 Bulgaria 1.27 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% rising
15 Paraguay 1.26 GPIA 2024 down 2.4% flat
16 Denmark 1.26 GPIA 2023 up 72.9% rising
17 Slovenia 1.25 GPIA 2022 up 4.9% flat
18 Sweden 1.25 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
19 Palestine, State of 1.25 GPIA 2024 up 38.8% rising
20 Poland 1.24 GPIA 2021 up 4.7% flat
20 Thailand 1.24 GPIA 2022 up 8.2% rising
22 Lithuania 1.24 GPIA 2023 up 5.0% flat
23 Portugal 1.23 GPIA 2024 down 2.2% rising
24 Philippines 1.21 GPIA 2022 down 2.1% flat
25 Moldova, Republic of 1.2 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% rising
26 Spain 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 7.7% rising
27 Israel 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 5.3% rising
28 Croatia 1.18 GPIA 2022 up 16.4% rising
29 Italy 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 7.0% rising
30 Belize 1.17 GPIA 2022 up 23.8% rising
31 Finland 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 5.5% rising
32 Albania 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 23.1% rising
33 Hungary 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% rising
34 Tonga 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 53.2% rising
35 Slovak Republic 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 16.8% rising
36 Malta 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 27.0% rising
37 South Africa 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 33.5% rising
38 Australia 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% rising
39 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.14 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% rising
40 Serbia, Republic of 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 14.2% rising
41 North Macedonia, Republic of 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
42 United Arab Emirates 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 24.0% rising
43 Ireland 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% flat
44 Costa Rica 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 11.2% rising
45 Belgium 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 7.4% rising
46 Canada 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% rising
47 Sri Lanka 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 55.8% falling
48 Montenegro 1.09 GPIA 2020 up 6.4% flat
49 Honduras 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% rising
50 Bolivia 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 44.1% rising
51 Andorra, Principality of 1.08 GPIA 2022 up 5.2% rising
52 Czechia 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 16.1% rising
53 Romania 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 12.3% rising
54 United States 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 6.8% rising
55 Georgia 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 6.5% rising
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 25.1% rising
57 United Kingdom 1.07 GPIA 2021 up 5.1% rising
58 Indonesia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 28.6% rising
59 France 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 13.5% rising
60 Colombia 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% rising
61 Cyprus 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 13.7% flat
62 Malaysia 1.02 GPIA 2022 down 12.2% rising
63 Armenia, Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% rising
64 Ecuador 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 3.8% rising
65 Saudi Arabia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 2.6% rising
66 Greece 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 14.3% rising
67 El Salvador 0.9734 GPIA 2023 up 17.6% rising
68 Austria 0.9724 GPIA 2021 up 17.7% rising
69 Netherlands 0.9677 GPIA 2023 up 18.1% rising
70 Chile 0.9498 GPIA 2024 up 10.0% rising
71 Luxembourg 0.9411 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% flat
72 Vietnam 0.9344 GPIA 2023 rising
73 Mexico 0.9216 GPIA 2024 up 9.2% rising
74 Jordan 0.9191 GPIA 2023 up 4.5% rising
75 Botswana 0.9114 GPIA 2023 rising
76 Singapore 0.9013 GPIA 2022 up 7.9% rising
77 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8965 GPIA 2023 down 8.7% falling
78 Mauritius 0.8659 GPIA 2023 up 20.5% rising
79 Guatemala 0.8494 GPIA 2024 up 3.7% rising
80 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.8482 GPIA 2023 up 27.9% rising
81 Kiribati 0.8095 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
82 Switzerland 0.8094 GPIA 2024 up 18.8% rising
83 Germany 0.7688 GPIA 2023 up 18.9% rising
84 Korea 0.7557 GPIA 2024 up 15.0% rising
85 Pakistan 0.7249 GPIA 2021 up 58.8% rising
86 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.7132 GPIA 2022 down 2.6% falling
87 Rwanda 0.6503 GPIA 2024 up 43.6% rising
88 Kenya 0.6496 GPIA 2024 up 5.2% rising
89 India 0.6478 GPIA 2023 up 10.6% rising
90 Mozambique, Republic of 0.6042 GPIA 2022 up 40.0% volatile
91 Zimbabwe 0.5986 GPIA 2023 up 2.5% rising
92 Cambodia 0.5936 GPIA 2023 up 15.8% falling
93 Zambia 0.5926 GPIA 2024 up 9.4% rising
94 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.592 GPIA 2023 up 13.5% rising
95 Uganda 0.5653 GPIA 2024 up 95.6% falling
96 Angola 0.5452 GPIA 2023 down 8.9% rising
97 Ghana 0.5372 GPIA 2024 up 40.6% rising
98 Nigeria 0.5254 GPIA 2024 up 21.9% flat
99 Bangladesh 0.5133 GPIA 2023 up 29.2% rising
100 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.4362 GPIA 2022 up 51.3% rising
101 Senegal 0.4197 GPIA 2023 up 5.8% rising
102 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.3972 GPIA 2023 up 86.3% rising
103 Mali 0.3841 GPIA 2022 up 58.0% rising
104 Burkina Faso 0.3834 GPIA 2024 up 88.9% rising
105 Niger 0.3299 GPIA 2022 down 6.7% rising
106 Benin 0.2761 GPIA 2022 down 12.1% falling
107 Guinea 0.2578 GPIA 2018 up 102.2% rising
108 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.2341 GPIA 2022 up 53.4% rising

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Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
108 places, 1,168 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release