Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
77
Highest
1.5 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.2915 GPIA
Burkina Faso
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
838

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 1.5 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.2915 GPIA in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9626 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 93.1%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 64.4%).

Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.5 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% flat
2 Brunei Darussalam 1.44 GPIA 2023 up 58.8% rising
3 Mongolia 1.42 GPIA 2023 up 22.9% rising
4 Philippines 1.37 GPIA 2022 down 3.6% rising
5 Panama 1.37 GPIA 2024 up 16.6% rising
6 Latvia 1.35 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
7 Poland 1.31 GPIA 2021 up 4.6% flat
8 Slovenia 1.31 GPIA 2023 up 10.5% flat
9 Lithuania 1.3 GPIA 2023 up 9.4% rising
10 Iceland 1.29 GPIA 2023 up 30.3% rising
11 Moldova, Republic of 1.27 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% flat
12 Albania 1.23 GPIA 2023 up 30.6% rising
13 Bulgaria 1.2 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% flat
14 Finland 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 9.4% rising
15 Israel 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 12.9% rising
16 Uruguay 1.18 GPIA 2019 up 14.4% rising
17 Croatia 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 13.5% rising
18 Thailand 1.15 GPIA 2022 up 1.1% flat
19 Portugal 1.15 GPIA 2024 down 11.0% falling
20 Montenegro 1.14 GPIA 2020 up 15.6% rising
21 Slovak Republic 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 14.5% rising
22 Italy 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 6.8% rising
23 Serbia, Republic of 1.11 GPIA 2022 up 30.0% rising
24 North Macedonia, Republic of 1.11 GPIA 2022 down 0.2% rising
25 United States 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 13.0% rising
26 Spain 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 10.8% rising
27 Sweden 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 11.5% rising
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 9.2% rising
29 Georgia 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 7.2% rising
30 Ireland 1.07 GPIA 2022 down 9.3% falling
31 Cyprus 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 14.7% rising
32 Norway 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 37.3% rising
33 United Kingdom 1.04 GPIA 2021 up 6.7% rising
34 Canada 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 20.5% rising
35 United Arab Emirates 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 22.0% rising
36 Malta 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 30.5% rising
37 Romania 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 14.5% rising
38 Denmark 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 9.0% flat
39 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% rising
40 Australia 0.994 GPIA 2024 up 8.0% rising
41 Ecuador 0.9808 GPIA 2022 up 29.5% rising
42 Guatemala 0.9769 GPIA 2023 up 25.6% volatile
43 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.9724 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% rising
44 Hungary 0.9444 GPIA 2023 up 7.1% rising
45 South Africa 0.9439 GPIA 2024 up 51.0% rising
46 Czechia 0.9421 GPIA 2023 up 16.3% rising
47 Germany 0.9285 GPIA 2023 up 12.1% rising
48 Costa Rica 0.9194 GPIA 2020 up 61.4% rising
49 Netherlands 0.9127 GPIA 2023 up 29.3% rising
50 Austria 0.8993 GPIA 2021 up 14.1% rising
51 Paraguay 0.8964 GPIA 2020 down 12.7% flat
52 Belgium 0.8538 GPIA 2023 up 21.9% rising
53 Honduras 0.8519 GPIA 2018 up 93.1% rising
54 Mexico 0.8452 GPIA 2020 up 21.1% rising
55 France 0.8395 GPIA 2023 up 26.8% rising
56 Chile 0.8387 GPIA 2024 up 25.5% rising
57 Türkiye 0.8379 GPIA 2023 up 26.6% rising
58 Luxembourg 0.8339 GPIA 2023 up 19.9% flat
59 Greece 0.7949 GPIA 2024 up 8.4% flat
60 Mauritius 0.7761 GPIA 2023 up 13.4% rising
61 Pakistan 0.7652 GPIA 2021 up 68.7% rising
62 Switzerland 0.752 GPIA 2024 up 17.1% rising
63 Bolivia 0.7216 GPIA 2023 up 57.1% rising
64 Sri Lanka 0.7154 GPIA 2024 down 12.5% falling
65 Korea 0.7099 GPIA 2024 up 24.0% rising
66 Botswana 0.705 GPIA 2023 rising
67 Vietnam 0.6878 GPIA 2023 flat
68 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.6799 GPIA 2023 down 10.3% falling
69 Indonesia 0.6146 GPIA 2023 up 15.0% rising
70 Jordan 0.5289 GPIA 2023 up 12.3% rising
71 Bangladesh 0.495 GPIA 2023 up 24.8% rising
72 Palestine, State of 0.4684 GPIA 2022 up 29.3% rising
73 Saudi Arabia 0.3991 GPIA 2024 up 20.7% rising
74 Rwanda 0.3626 GPIA 2023 up 23.6% rising
75 Mali 0.3217 GPIA 2022 down 64.4% volatile
76 Senegal 0.3045 GPIA 2022 up 20.0% falling
77 Burkina Faso 0.2915 GPIA 2024 up 34.5% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
77 places, 838 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release