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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
108
Highest
1.44 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.3025 GPIA
Togo
Median
1.06 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,288

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 1.44 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.3025 GPIA in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.06 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9842 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of (up 109.7%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 20.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.44 GPIA 2024 down 2.8% rising
2 Oman 1.39 GPIA 2022 up 26.7% rising
3 Panama 1.36 GPIA 2024 up 10.1% rising
4 Uruguay 1.33 GPIA 2013 down 0.1% flat
5 Estonia 1.33 GPIA 2023 rising
6 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1.31 GPIA 2024 up 18.6% rising
7 Poland 1.29 GPIA 2021 up 2.4% flat
8 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.28 GPIA 2017 up 7.3% rising
9 Mongolia 1.27 GPIA 2020 up 2.9% rising
10 Grenada 1.27 GPIA 2023 up 10.5% rising
11 Puerto Rico 1.26 GPIA 2020 up 6.9% rising
12 Bulgaria 1.26 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% rising
13 St. Lucia 1.26 GPIA 2019 up 4.8% rising
14 Latvia 1.25 GPIA 2023 down 6.8% rising
15 Slovenia 1.24 GPIA 2022 rising
16 Palestine, State of 1.23 GPIA 2024 up 16.0% rising
17 Denmark 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% rising
18 Portugal 1.2 GPIA 2024 down 3.7% flat
19 Finland 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% rising
20 Philippines 1.2 GPIA 2022 up 10.4% rising
21 Iceland 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 7.0% rising
22 Italy 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 7.0% rising
23 Lithuania 1.18 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% flat
24 Sweden 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% rising
25 Georgia 1.16 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% rising
26 Slovak Republic 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 8.0% rising
27 Norway 1.15 GPIA 2022 up 4.6% rising
28 Israel 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% flat
29 Brunei Darussalam 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 22.4% rising
30 Belize 1.14 GPIA 2020 up 9.3% rising
31 Croatia 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 9.3% rising
32 Sri Lanka 1.14 GPIA 2022 up 9.8% rising
33 Ecuador 1.13 GPIA 2021 up 9.3% rising
34 Australia 1.13 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% rising
35 Armenia, Republic of 1.12 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% rising
36 Albania 1.12 GPIA 2022 up 18.0% rising
37 Bermuda 1.12 GPIA 2016 down 1.3% rising
38 Colombia 1.11 GPIA 2024 down 2.2% flat
39 United Arab Emirates 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 24.2% rising
40 Romania 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 13.7% rising
41 Indonesia 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 21.6% rising
42 Czechia 1.1 GPIA 2021 up 21.1% rising
43 Tunisia 1.1 GPIA 2019 up 54.3% rising
44 Honduras 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 17.5% rising
45 Hungary 1.1 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% rising
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 37.4% rising
47 France 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 5.1% rising
48 United States 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% rising
49 Thailand 1.08 GPIA 2010 up 1.9% rising
50 Belgium 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 6.9% rising
51 Ireland 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 5.3% rising
52 Cyprus 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% rising
53 Spain 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 9.2% rising
54 North Macedonia, Republic of 1.07 GPIA 2022 up 16.8% rising
55 Zimbabwe 1.06 GPIA 2023 rising
56 Montenegro 1.04 GPIA 2020 up 9.5% rising
57 Canada 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 3.6% rising
58 Serbia, Republic of 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 13.6% rising
59 Bolivia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 15.2% rising
60 Costa Rica 1.03 GPIA 2006 up 6.7% rising
61 Greece 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 11.0% rising
62 Cayman Islands 1.03 GPIA 2015 down 3.0% rising
63 Chile 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 8.6% rising
64 South Africa 1 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% rising
65 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1 GPIA 2018 down 12.0% rising
66 Andorra, Principality of 0.999 GPIA 2022 down 3.1% flat
67 Netherlands 0.9825 GPIA 2023 up 17.5% rising
68 Tonga 0.9713 GPIA 2023 up 7.9% rising
69 Malta 0.9679 GPIA 2023 up 31.1% rising
70 Austria 0.9597 GPIA 2021 up 17.8% rising
71 Malaysia 0.9556 GPIA 2022 up 3.7% rising
72 Jordan 0.9552 GPIA 2023 up 5.5% rising
73 Nigeria 0.9506 GPIA 2023 up 72.3% rising
74 Namibia 0.9387 GPIA 2023 up 11.0% rising
75 Luxembourg 0.937 GPIA 2023 up 13.9% rising
76 Germany 0.9319 GPIA 2023 up 18.6% rising
77 Kiribati 0.9303 GPIA 2023 up 5.1% rising
78 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.9223 GPIA 2023 up 21.0% rising
79 Botswana 0.9177 GPIA 2023 rising
80 Singapore 0.9058 GPIA 2022 up 9.4% rising
81 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8972 GPIA 2023 down 4.3% rising
82 New Zealand 0.8896 GPIA 2020 up 6.3% rising
83 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.8638 GPIA 2023 down 11.8% rising
84 Saudi Arabia 0.8599 GPIA 2024 down 6.1% rising
85 Guatemala 0.8489 GPIA 2023 down 16.2% rising
86 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.8358 GPIA 2022 up 6.1% rising
87 Korea 0.8146 GPIA 2024 up 11.8% rising
88 Switzerland 0.8094 GPIA 2024 up 18.8% rising
89 Mauritius 0.7972 GPIA 2021 up 11.9% rising
90 Pakistan 0.6958 GPIA 2021 up 52.4% rising
91 Rwanda 0.6503 GPIA 2024 up 5.5% rising
92 Uganda 0.6409 GPIA 2021 up 18.7% rising
93 India 0.6103 GPIA 2023 up 8.8% rising
94 Bangladesh 0.6097 GPIA 2021 up 41.9% rising
95 Cambodia 0.5939 GPIA 2023 up 51.8% rising
96 Kenya 0.5649 GPIA 2022 down 19.3% rising
97 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5485 GPIA 2021 up 31.6% rising
98 Ghana 0.5259 GPIA 2022 up 13.4% rising
99 Cameroon 0.4845 GPIA 2014 down 12.7% rising
100 Nepal 0.4725 GPIA 2017 up 33.6% rising
101 Senegal 0.4483 GPIA 2022 up 33.3% rising
102 Burkina Faso 0.4364 GPIA 2024 up 52.6% rising
103 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.4194 GPIA 2021 up 109.7% rising
104 Malawi 0.3974 GPIA 2020 down 20.1% rising
105 Mali 0.3721 GPIA 2022 up 11.7% volatile
106 Niger 0.3635 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% rising
107 Benin 0.3147 GPIA 2022 up 0.2% rising
108 Togo 0.3025 GPIA 2022 up 108.1% rising

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Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 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
108 places, 1,288 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release