Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
132
Highest
1.18 GPIA
Grenada
Lowest
0.2925 GPIA
Afghanistan
Median
0.9752 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,859
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 132 countries. The highest value is 1.18 GPIA in Grenada; the lowest is 0.2925 GPIA in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9752 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8918 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 57.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 30.3%).
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grenada | 1.18 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 1.12 GPIA | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 1.1 GPIA | 2018 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 5 | Honduras | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 6 | Bahrain | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 8 | Belize | 1.09 GPIA | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 10 | Jamaica | 1.07 GPIA | 2022 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 11 | Venezuela | 1.06 GPIA | 2017 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 12 | Samoa | 1.06 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 13 | Philippines | 1.06 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 16 | Palestine | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 19 | Cook Islands | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 20 | Mongolia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 22 | Lesotho | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 23 | Cayman Islands | 1.02 GPIA | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 24 | Fiji | 1.01 GPIA | 2017 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 25 | Ireland | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 27 | Sweden | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 28 | Bahamas | 1 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 29 | Tonga | 1 GPIA | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 30 | United States | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 31 | Estonia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | flat |
| 32 | Iceland | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 34 | Armenia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 35 | Czechia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 0.9996 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 0.9996 GPIA | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 0.9995 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 39 | Norway | 0.9981 GPIA | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Slovenia | 0.9977 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 41 | Slovakia | 0.9975 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 42 | Canada | 0.9964 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 43 | Finland | 0.9963 GPIA | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 0.9951 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 45 | Georgia | 0.995 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 46 | Switzerland | 0.9947 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 47 | Germany | 0.9947 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 48 | Argentina | 0.9935 GPIA | 2003 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 49 | Hungary | 0.9935 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Moldova | 0.9931 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 51 | Latvia | 0.9928 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 52 | Lithuania | 0.9903 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 0.9898 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 54 | Denmark | 0.9893 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 55 | Australia | 0.9887 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0.9879 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 57 | Portugal | 0.987 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 58 | Netherlands | 0.9869 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 59 | South Africa | 0.9861 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 60 | Belgium | 0.9794 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 61 | Israel | 0.9791 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 62 | Ecuador | 0.9774 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 63 | Paraguay | 0.9762 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 64 | Mexico | 0.9759 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 0.9756 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 66 | Brunei | 0.9755 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 67 | France | 0.975 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 68 | Cyprus | 0.9731 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 69 | Malta | 0.9725 GPIA | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 0.9707 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 0.9697 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 72 | Poland | 0.9665 GPIA | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 73 | Croatia | 0.9645 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 74 | Malaysia | 0.9631 GPIA | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 75 | Romania | 0.9617 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 76 | Austria | 0.958 GPIA | 2021 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 77 | Montenegro | 0.9538 GPIA | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 78 | Spain | 0.953 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 79 | Serbia | 0.9488 GPIA | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 80 | Macao | 0.9451 GPIA | 2016 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 81 | Singapore | 0.9441 GPIA | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9348 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 83 | Italy | 0.9297 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 84 | Hong Kong | 0.9262 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 85 | Greece | 0.923 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 86 | Thailand | 0.9071 GPIA | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 87 | South Korea | 0.9063 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 88 | Indonesia | 0.8933 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 89 | Vietnam | 0.8841 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 90 | El Salvador | 0.8803 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritius | 0.8794 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 92 | Bolivia | 0.8734 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 93 | Kenya | 0.8728 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 0.8706 GPIA | 2021 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 95 | Jordan | 0.8598 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 96 | Tunisia | 0.8546 GPIA | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 97 | Iran | 0.8532 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 0.8447 GPIA | 2017 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 99 | Peru | 0.8437 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 100 | Egypt | 0.8388 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 0.8292 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 102 | Guatemala | 0.8239 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 103 | Myanmar | 0.8055 GPIA | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 104 | Rwanda | 0.7696 GPIA | 2022 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 105 | Ghana | 0.7536 GPIA | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 106 | Haiti | 0.7489 GPIA | 2017 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 107 | Syria | 0.7454 GPIA | 2009 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 108 | Turkey | 0.7393 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 109 | Zambia | 0.7264 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 110 | India | 0.6965 GPIA | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 111 | Nigeria | 0.6879 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 112 | Tanzania | 0.6871 GPIA | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 113 | Uganda | 0.6322 GPIA | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 114 | Nepal | 0.6155 GPIA | 2021 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 115 | Cameroon | 0.608 GPIA | 2018 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 116 | Pakistan | 0.6021 GPIA | 2021 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5889 GPIA | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 118 | Angola | 0.5822 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 0.5725 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 120 | Cambodia | 0.5669 GPIA | 2021 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 121 | Mozambique | 0.5592 GPIA | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 122 | Senegal | 0.5466 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 123 | Niger | 0.5296 GPIA | 2022 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 124 | Ethiopia | 0.5179 GPIA | 2022 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 125 | Mali | 0.5067 GPIA | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 126 | Malawi | 0.4858 GPIA | 2020 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 127 | Liberia | 0.475 GPIA | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 0.4299 GPIA | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 129 | Benin | 0.3905 GPIA | 2022 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 130 | Togo | 0.3892 GPIA | 2022 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea | 0.3541 GPIA | 2018 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 0.2925 GPIA | 2022 | up 57.6% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release