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Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
39
Highest
1.02 LPIA
Jordan
Lowest
0.0283 LPIA
Mali
Median
0.6114 LPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
385

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 1.02 LPIA in Jordan; the lowest is 0.0283 LPIA in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6114 LPIA, and the mean is 0.5539 LPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 538.4%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 98.3%).

Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 1.02 LPIA 2023 up 49.3% rising
2 Belgium 1.02 LPIA 2019 down 2.1% falling
3 Malta 0.8912 LPIA 2020 down 10.5% rising
4 Canada 0.8819 LPIA 2021 down 0.4% rising
5 Oman 0.8781 LPIA 2022 up 99.4% rising
6 New Zealand 0.8751 LPIA 2020 down 5.6% flat
7 Australia 0.8512 LPIA 2022 up 15.8% rising
8 France 0.8036 LPIA 2019 up 7.1% rising
9 Lithuania 0.7821 LPIA 2020 up 32.9% rising
10 Latvia 0.7745 LPIA 2019 up 23.9% rising
11 Norway 0.7281 LPIA 2019 up 7.5% rising
12 Spain 0.7259 LPIA 2020 up 3.7% rising
13 Netherlands 0.7115 LPIA 2020 down 5.8% falling
14 Cyprus 0.6955 LPIA 2020 up 9.0% rising
15 Finland 0.6874 LPIA 2019 up 4.0% flat
16 Sri Lanka 0.6801 LPIA 2009 down 3.3% flat
17 Azerbaijan 0.6539 LPIA 2023 up 137.0% rising
18 Philippines 0.6436 LPIA 2020 up 7.8% rising
19 Czechia 0.6242 LPIA 2016 up 12.7% rising
20 South Africa 0.6114 LPIA 2024 up 70.2% rising
21 Georgia 0.6009 LPIA 2022 up 19.9% rising
22 Poland 0.5864 LPIA 2020 up 23.9% rising
23 Hungary 0.5504 LPIA 2020 up 5.4% rising
24 Malaysia 0.4934 LPIA 2022 up 4.7% rising
25 Portugal 0.4662 LPIA 2020 down 15.5% flat
26 Uruguay 0.4158 LPIA 2013 up 21.9% rising
27 Greece 0.3712 LPIA 2020 up 20.7% rising
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3614 LPIA 2022 up 68.8% rising
29 Serbia 0.3337 LPIA 2022 up 34.3% rising
30 Ecuador 0.303 LPIA 2021 up 87.7% rising
31 Bangladesh 0.286 LPIA 2021 up 41.1% rising
32 India 0.2544 LPIA 2023 up 70.6% rising
33 Bulgaria 0.2455 LPIA 2020 up 4.7% rising
34 Romania 0.2449 LPIA 2022 up 15.2% rising
35 Pakistan 0.1944 LPIA 2017 up 31.9% rising
36 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.136 LPIA 2020 down 31.5% rising
37 Guatemala 0.1179 LPIA 2019 up 239.2% volatile
38 Cambodia 0.0663 LPIA 2015 up 538.4% rising
39 Mali 0.0283 LPIA 2020 down 98.3% volatile

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Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA)
Unit
LPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
39 places, 385 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release