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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
36
Highest
1.07 GPIA
Honduras
Lowest
0.7289 GPIA
Ghana
Median
0.992 GPIA
Years covered
31
1994–2024
Data points
454

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 1.07 GPIA in Honduras; the lowest is 0.7289 GPIA in Ghana.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.992 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9803 GPIA.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 14.6%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 1.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
2 Costa Rica 1.04 GPIA 2024 β€” flat
3 Mongolia 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
4 Ireland 1.02 GPIA 2020 down 0.2% flat
5 Sweden 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
6 Finland 1 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% flat
7 Poland 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% flat
8 Germany 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
9 United States 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
10 Iceland 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
11 Switzerland 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
12 Czechia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
13 Armenia 0.9999 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
14 Slovenia 0.9997 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% flat
15 Austria 0.999 GPIA 2020 up 0.0% flat
16 Slovakia 0.9985 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
17 Norway 0.9981 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
18 Hungary 0.9939 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
19 Lithuania 0.9901 GPIA 2023 up 3.8% rising
20 Bulgaria 0.9897 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
21 Belgium 0.9888 GPIA 2023 up 3.7% rising
22 Denmark 0.9882 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% flat
23 Netherlands 0.9832 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% flat
24 Portugal 0.9802 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% flat
25 Brunei Darussalam 0.9795 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
26 France 0.9721 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% flat
27 Luxembourg 0.9692 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
28 Albania 0.9676 GPIA 2023 up 11.3% rising
29 Croatia 0.9652 GPIA 2023 up 2.7% rising
30 Romania 0.9617 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% rising
31 Montenegro 0.9462 GPIA 2018 β€” flat
32 Cyprus 0.9443 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% flat
33 Spain 0.9428 GPIA 2023 up 3.5% rising
34 Italy 0.9155 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% rising
35 Greece 0.9123 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% flat
36 Ghana 0.7289 GPIA 2024 up 14.6% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary 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
36 places, 454 data points, 1994–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release