Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
97
Highest
1.06 GPIA
Dominican Republic
Lowest
0.3941 GPIA
Afghanistan
Median
0.9725 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,307

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 1.06 GPIA in Dominican Republic; the lowest is 0.3941 GPIA in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9725 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9032 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 163.9%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 32.0%).

Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Dominican Republic 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 6.6% rising
2 Uruguay 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% rising
3 Honduras 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% rising
4 State of Palestine 1.04 GPIA 2022 up 12.1% rising
5 Philippines 1.02 GPIA 2022 down 0.5% rising
6 Namibia 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 1.9% flat
7 Costa Rica 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% rising
8 Brazil 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% rising
9 Panama 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% flat
10 Mongolia 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
11 Sweden 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
12 United States 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% flat
13 Iceland 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
14 Czechia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
15 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
16 Estonia 1 GPIA 2023 flat
17 Uzbekistan 0.9997 GPIA 2022 down 0.0% flat
18 Georgia 0.9995 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
19 United Kingdom 0.9993 GPIA 2021 up 0.0% flat
20 Ireland 0.9992 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% flat
21 Slovenia 0.9974 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
22 Finland 0.9967 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% flat
23 Germany 0.9959 GPIA 2020 up 0.4% flat
24 South Africa 0.9956 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% falling
25 Bulgaria 0.9949 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
26 Hungary 0.9946 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
27 Republic of Moldova 0.9942 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
28 Lithuania 0.9942 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% flat
29 Switzerland 0.9939 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
30 Azerbaijan 0.9938 GPIA 2023 up 2.8% flat
31 Austria 0.9931 GPIA 2021 down 0.0% flat
32 Latvia 0.9911 GPIA 2022 down 0.9% flat
33 Norway 0.9901 GPIA 2022 down 0.9% flat
34 Luxembourg 0.9891 GPIA 2023 up 2.5% flat
35 Tonga 0.988 GPIA 2021 up 1.3% rising
36 Kazakhstan 0.9876 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
37 Portugal 0.9869 GPIA 2023 up 3.9% rising
38 Denmark 0.9859 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% flat
39 Ecuador 0.9846 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% rising
40 Netherlands 0.9843 GPIA 2022 up 1.9% flat
41 Brunei Darussalam 0.9843 GPIA 2023 up 3.2% flat
42 Australia 0.98 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% flat
43 Romania 0.9789 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% rising
44 Belgium 0.9782 GPIA 2023 up 3.5% rising
45 Cyprus 0.9772 GPIA 2023 up 4.3% rising
46 France 0.9764 GPIA 2023 up 4.7% rising
47 Croatia 0.9754 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% rising
48 Serbia 0.9727 GPIA 2022 up 4.9% rising
49 Malta 0.9725 GPIA 2023 up 9.6% rising
50 Israel 0.9707 GPIA 2015 up 1.1% flat
51 Zimbabwe 0.9672 GPIA 2023 up 7.5% rising
52 Colombia 0.9669 GPIA 2024 down 1.7% rising
53 Chile 0.9667 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
54 Poland 0.9629 GPIA 2020 up 2.8% rising
55 Sri Lanka 0.9618 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
56 Malaysia 0.9613 GPIA 2022 up 5.6% rising
57 Mexico 0.9607 GPIA 2022 up 5.5% rising
58 Paraguay 0.9587 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% rising
59 Spain 0.9519 GPIA 2023 up 2.7% flat
60 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.9511 GPIA 2016 up 0.8% flat
61 Greece 0.9343 GPIA 2024 up 3.7% flat
62 Italy 0.9307 GPIA 2023 up 3.9% rising
63 Kenya 0.9296 GPIA 2024 up 6.6% rising
64 Republic of Korea 0.9246 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% rising
65 Bangladesh 0.9205 GPIA 2023 up 14.1% rising
66 Viet Nam 0.9125 GPIA 2023 up 3.8% flat
67 Indonesia 0.9109 GPIA 2023 up 6.3% rising
68 Thailand 0.9077 GPIA 2022 up 2.5% flat
69 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.9029 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% rising
70 Rwanda 0.8951 GPIA 2022 up 4.3% rising
71 El Salvador 0.8825 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% rising
72 Tunisia 0.867 GPIA 2023 up 5.0% rising
73 Jordan 0.8598 GPIA 2023 down 5.0% flat
74 Peru 0.8571 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% rising
75 Nigeria 0.8342 GPIA 2024 up 10.6% rising
76 Guatemala 0.8316 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
77 Bhutan 0.8237 GPIA 2022 up 56.4% rising
78 India 0.8138 GPIA 2023 up 9.5% rising
79 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.797 GPIA 2023 up 19.1% rising
80 Ghana 0.79 GPIA 2024 up 11.8% rising
81 Pakistan 0.7425 GPIA 2021 up 29.5% rising
82 United Republic of Tanzania 0.7197 GPIA 2022 up 1.9% rising
83 Türkiye 0.7037 GPIA 2015 up 18.5% rising
84 Niger 0.7025 GPIA 2022 up 31.7% rising
85 Uganda 0.7016 GPIA 2016 down 32.0% falling
86 Malawi 0.693 GPIA 2020 up 4.8% rising
87 Mozambique 0.6498 GPIA 2022 up 9.9% flat
88 Mali 0.6475 GPIA 2022 up 163.9% rising
89 Nepal 0.6444 GPIA 2021 up 3.3% rising
90 Angola 0.6392 GPIA 2023 down 3.6% rising
91 Senegal 0.6238 GPIA 2023 up 5.0% rising
92 Burkina Faso 0.6202 GPIA 2024 down 4.5% falling
93 Ethiopia 0.5886 GPIA 2022 up 2.6% flat
94 Cambodia 0.5791 GPIA 2021 up 5.1% rising
95 Guinea 0.4719 GPIA 2018 down 1.4% falling
96 Benin 0.4526 GPIA 2022 up 16.5% falling
97 Afghanistan 0.3941 GPIA 2022 up 32.2% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary 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
97 places, 1,307 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release