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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
94
Highest
1.24 GPIA
Uruguay
Lowest
0.1485 GPIA
Guinea
Median
0.9564 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,268

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 1.24 GPIA in Uruguay; the lowest is 0.1485 GPIA in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9564 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8502 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of (up 157.6%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 71.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uruguay 1.24 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% rising
2 Dominican Republic 1.21 GPIA 2024 up 12.6% rising
3 Brazil 1.19 GPIA 2023 down 3.2% rising
4 Colombia 1.15 GPIA 2024 down 3.9% rising
5 Honduras 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 3.9% rising
6 Costa Rica 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% rising
7 Philippines 1.1 GPIA 2022 down 4.2% rising
8 Mongolia 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% flat
9 Panama 1.08 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% rising
10 Ireland 1.05 GPIA 2022 down 2.1% flat
11 Mexico 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 12.6% rising
12 Sweden 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
13 Finland 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 2.5% flat
14 Australia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.7% flat
15 Tonga 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 1.0% rising
16 Iceland 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% flat
17 United States 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% falling
18 Estonia 1 GPIA 2023 rising
19 United Kingdom 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.0% flat
20 Germany 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
21 Czechia 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
22 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.9994 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% flat
23 Armenia, Republic of 0.9993 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
24 Switzerland 0.9991 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
25 Austria 0.9988 GPIA 2021 up 0.2% flat
26 Slovenia 0.9981 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
27 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.9966 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% rising
28 Portugal 0.9948 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% rising
29 Denmark 0.9943 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
30 Norway 0.9923 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
31 Moldova, Republic of 0.9917 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% rising
32 Latvia 0.9904 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% flat
33 Hungary 0.9902 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
34 Luxembourg 0.9879 GPIA 2022 up 2.8% flat
35 Belgium 0.9873 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% rising
36 Georgia 0.9869 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
37 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.9848 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% rising
38 Lithuania 0.9837 GPIA 2023 up 8.4% rising
39 Paraguay 0.9809 GPIA 2024 up 9.7% rising
40 Sri Lanka 0.9787 GPIA 2024 down 3.2% rising
41 Netherlands 0.9785 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
42 South Africa 0.9756 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% rising
43 France 0.9685 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% flat
44 Israel 0.9677 GPIA 2015 down 1.3% flat
45 Palestine, State of 0.964 GPIA 2022 up 21.3% rising
46 Chile 0.961 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
47 Bulgaria 0.9588 GPIA 2022 up 2.6% rising
48 Spain 0.954 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% rising
49 Brunei Darussalam 0.9531 GPIA 2023 up 3.6% flat
50 Malaysia 0.9505 GPIA 2022 up 4.9% rising
51 Cyprus 0.95 GPIA 2023 up 4.8% flat
52 Croatia 0.944 GPIA 2023 up 5.0% rising
53 Romania 0.9288 GPIA 2023 up 6.0% rising
54 Poland 0.9275 GPIA 2020 up 5.1% rising
55 Italy 0.9226 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% rising
56 Bangladesh 0.913 GPIA 2023 up 26.2% rising
57 Malta 0.9054 GPIA 2022 up 6.6% rising
58 Thailand 0.9013 GPIA 2022 up 5.2% rising
59 Serbia, Republic of 0.9 GPIA 2024 up 9.1% rising
60 Ecuador 0.8969 GPIA 2024 down 7.1% rising
61 Jordan 0.8609 GPIA 2023 up 7.1% rising
62 Vietnam 0.8565 GPIA 2023 up 6.2% flat
63 Indonesia 0.8534 GPIA 2023 up 12.1% rising
64 Kenya 0.8408 GPIA 2024 up 24.1% rising
65 Greece 0.8347 GPIA 2024 up 6.2% rising
66 El Salvador 0.8104 GPIA 2023 up 11.4% rising
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.809 GPIA 2016 up 6.0% rising
68 Tunisia 0.8087 GPIA 2023 up 29.1% volatile
69 Korea 0.8059 GPIA 2024 up 8.0% rising
70 Zimbabwe 0.7825 GPIA 2017 up 30.6% rising
71 Bolivia 0.7772 GPIA 2024 up 40.3% rising
72 Guatemala 0.7681 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% rising
73 Rwanda 0.7481 GPIA 2022 up 34.5% rising
74 Ghana 0.6542 GPIA 2024 up 32.1% rising
75 India 0.6261 GPIA 2023 up 34.9% rising
76 Peru 0.6173 GPIA 2023 up 14.4% rising
77 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6083 GPIA 2022 up 24.0% rising
78 Nigeria 0.5694 GPIA 2024 up 9.2% rising
79 Cambodia 0.5622 GPIA 2021 up 57.6% rising
80 Nepal 0.5297 GPIA 2021 up 31.9% rising
81 Burkina Faso 0.5015 GPIA 2024 up 30.1% rising
82 Türkiye 0.4675 GPIA 2015 up 44.0% rising
83 Uganda 0.4458 GPIA 2016 down 51.1% falling
84 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.4195 GPIA 2022 up 114.4% rising
85 Senegal 0.4184 GPIA 2023 up 49.2% rising
86 Pakistan 0.4137 GPIA 2021 up 61.7% rising
87 Malawi 0.4035 GPIA 2020 up 9.9% rising
88 Niger 0.3849 GPIA 2022 up 51.1% rising
89 Mozambique, Republic of 0.3766 GPIA 2022 up 19.5% rising
90 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.368 GPIA 2023 up 32.6% rising
91 Mali 0.3237 GPIA 2022 down 71.8% volatile
92 Angola 0.2729 GPIA 2023 down 37.0% rising
93 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.2079 GPIA 2022 up 157.6% rising
94 Guinea 0.1485 GPIA 2018 up 4.4% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary 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
94 places, 1,268 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release