Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
104
Highest
1.02 GPIA
Honduras
Lowest
0.4215 GPIA
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
Median
0.9876 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
1,680

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 1.02 GPIA in Honduras; the lowest is 0.4215 GPIA in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9876 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9438 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 145.1%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 21.7%).

Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 4.9% rising
2 Philippines 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 0.3% rising
3 Dominican Republic 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
4 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
5 Jamaica 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% flat
6 Namibia 1 GPIA 2023 down 4.4% falling
7 Netherlands 1 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% flat
8 Armenia, Republic of 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
9 Ireland 1 GPIA 2022 down 0.0% flat
10 Tonga 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% flat
11 Slovenia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
12 Estonia 1 GPIA 2023 flat
13 Poland 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% rising
14 Malta 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% rising
15 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
16 Czechia 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% flat
17 Belarus, Republic of 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% flat
18 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
19 Austria 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
19 Germany 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
19 Denmark 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
19 Finland 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
19 France 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
19 United Kingdom 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.1% flat
19 Iceland 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
19 Russia 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
19 Sweden 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
19 Ukraine 1 GPIA 2021 flat
19 Uzbekistan, Republic of 1 GPIA 2022 flat
30 Moldova, Republic of 0.9999 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
31 Hungary 0.9996 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
32 Belize 0.9996 GPIA 2020 up 0.8% flat
33 United States 0.9993 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
34 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.9993 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
35 Lithuania 0.9993 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
36 Bulgaria 0.9991 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
37 Switzerland 0.999 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
38 Luxembourg 0.9989 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
39 Georgia 0.9988 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
40 Fiji, Republic of 0.9987 GPIA 2021 up 2.3% rising
41 Romania 0.9984 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
42 Norway 0.9982 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
43 South Africa 0.998 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% falling
44 Croatia 0.9979 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% flat
45 Argentina 0.9979 GPIA 2020 up 1.9% flat
46 Australia 0.9976 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% flat
47 Latvia 0.9975 GPIA 2021 down 0.1% flat
48 Brazil 0.9965 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% rising
49 Belgium 0.9936 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% flat
50 Colombia 0.9881 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
51 Serbia, Republic of 0.988 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% rising
52 Italy 0.9878 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% flat
53 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.9874 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% flat
54 Greece 0.987 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% rising
55 Zimbabwe 0.9869 GPIA 2023 up 3.5% rising
56 Panama 0.9849 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
57 Ecuador 0.9844 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
58 Cyprus 0.9835 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% flat
59 Sri Lanka 0.9834 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% rising
60 Oman 0.9811 GPIA 2022 up 9.3% rising
61 Spain 0.9805 GPIA 2023 up 2.8% falling
62 Mexico 0.9804 GPIA 2025 up 1.5% rising
63 Chile 0.9804 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
64 Costa Rica 0.9801 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% rising
65 Korea 0.9799 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
66 Nicaragua 0.9796 GPIA 2014 up 6.0% flat
67 Malaysia 0.9795 GPIA 2022 up 3.2% rising
68 Portugal 0.9735 GPIA 2023 up 3.8% rising
69 Paraguay 0.973 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% rising
70 Israel 0.9729 GPIA 2015 up 0.5% flat
71 Brunei Darussalam 0.9698 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% flat
72 Palestine, State of 0.9659 GPIA 2022 up 4.3% rising
73 Vietnam 0.9633 GPIA 2023 up 4.5% flat
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9509 GPIA 2023 up 10.9% rising
75 Indonesia 0.9503 GPIA 2023 up 3.2% rising
76 Kenya 0.9448 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% flat
77 Peru 0.935 GPIA 2024 up 3.7% rising
78 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.9175 GPIA 2023 up 9.8% rising
79 Thailand 0.9172 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
80 Madagascar, Republic of 0.9149 GPIA 2021 down 4.5% rising
81 Rwanda 0.9143 GPIA 2022 up 4.9% rising
82 Bolivia 0.9113 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% rising
83 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9058 GPIA 2022 up 0.8% rising
84 Bangladesh 0.8998 GPIA 2022 up 7.5% flat
85 El Salvador 0.8916 GPIA 2023 up 2.9% rising
86 Türkiye 0.8806 GPIA 2015 up 8.8% rising
87 Jordan 0.8774 GPIA 2023 down 2.9% flat
88 Nigeria 0.8738 GPIA 2024 up 5.7% rising
89 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8636 GPIA 2023 up 11.7% rising
90 India 0.8635 GPIA 2023 up 8.6% rising
91 Guatemala 0.8469 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% rising
92 Ghana 0.8392 GPIA 2024 up 8.4% rising
93 Tunisia 0.8333 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% rising
94 Uganda 0.8061 GPIA 2019 down 21.7% falling
95 Cambodia 0.7758 GPIA 2023 up 22.8% rising
96 Pakistan 0.7656 GPIA 2021 down 9.7% rising
97 Angola 0.7326 GPIA 2023 up 10.8% rising
98 Senegal 0.7263 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% rising
99 Burkina Faso 0.7229 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% flat
100 Mozambique, Republic of 0.7164 GPIA 2022 up 21.4% rising
101 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.6868 GPIA 2022 up 11.8% rising
102 Mali 0.6746 GPIA 2022 up 145.1% rising
103 Nepal 0.6473 GPIA 2021 down 2.4% flat
104 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.4215 GPIA 2022 up 37.6% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
104 places, 1,680 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release