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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
31
Highest
1.09 GPIA
Costa Rica
Lowest
0.764 GPIA
Ghana
Median
0.9928 GPIA
Years covered
31
1994–2024
Data points
365

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 1.09 GPIA in Costa Rica; the lowest is 0.764 GPIA in Ghana.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9928 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9879 GPIA.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 20.5%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 5.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Costa Rica 1.09 GPIA 2024 rising
2 Greece 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
3 Cyprus 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% flat
4 Netherlands 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% rising
5 Italy 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
6 Luxembourg 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 4.8% flat
7 United States of America 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
8 Armenia 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
9 Finland 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 3.3% flat
10 Poland 1 GPIA 2023 up 7.4% flat
11 Spain 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
12 Iceland 0.9996 GPIA 2023 down 1.1% flat
13 Denmark 0.9986 GPIA 2023 flat
14 Czechia 0.9965 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
15 Lithuania 0.9937 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% flat
16 Ireland 0.9928 GPIA 2020 down 0.7% flat
17 Sweden 0.9893 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
18 Portugal 0.9863 GPIA 2024 down 4.2% flat
19 Germany 0.9852 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% flat
20 Slovakia 0.9834 GPIA 2023 down 4.0% flat
21 Slovenia 0.9832 GPIA 2023 up 2.2% flat
22 Switzerland 0.9829 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
23 Austria 0.9828 GPIA 2020 up 0.4% flat
24 Hungary 0.9808 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
25 Montenegro 0.9745 GPIA 2018 flat
26 Croatia 0.9646 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% rising
27 France 0.9542 GPIA 2020 up 2.6% flat
28 Norway 0.9506 GPIA 2023 down 5.7% flat
29 Belgium 0.9493 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% rising
30 Brunei Darussalam 0.9466 GPIA 2023 up 2.2% flat
31 Ghana 0.764 GPIA 2024 up 20.5% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, 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
31 places, 365 data points, 1994–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release