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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
100
Highest
1.11 GPIA
Brazil
Lowest
0.2259 GPIA
Guinea
Median
0.9836 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
1,609

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 100 countries. The highest value is 1.11 GPIA in Brazil; the lowest is 0.2259 GPIA in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9836 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8941 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 130.3%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 66.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% rising
2 Colombia 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% rising
3 Dominican Republic 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
4 Jamaica 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 6.0% flat
5 Philippines 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 0.0% rising
6 Honduras 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% rising
7 Mongolia 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% flat
8 Uruguay 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% flat
9 Tonga 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
10 Luxembourg 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% flat
11 Costa Rica 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% rising
12 Latvia 1 GPIA 2022 up 0.2% flat
13 Netherlands 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
14 Lithuania 1 GPIA 2023 up 2.1% flat
15 Ireland 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
16 Kazakhstan 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
17 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
18 Belarus 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
19 Republic of Moldova 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
20 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% flat
21 Poland 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
22 Estonia 1 GPIA 2023 flat
23 Australia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
24 Czechia 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
25 Hungary 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 GPIA 2021 down 0.0% flat
26 Malta 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% rising
26 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA 2022 flat
26 Iceland 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
26 Austria 1 GPIA 2021 unchanged flat
26 Russian Federation 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged flat
26 Sweden 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
26 Ukraine 1 GPIA 2021 rising
26 France 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
26 Finland 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
26 Denmark 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
26 Germany 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
38 Switzerland 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
39 United States of America 0.9997 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% flat
40 Belgium 0.9988 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
41 Bulgaria 0.9988 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% rising
42 Slovenia 0.9983 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
43 Mexico 0.9978 GPIA 2025 up 3.3% rising
44 Georgia 0.9976 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
45 Norway 0.9973 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
46 Croatia 0.9958 GPIA 2023 up 2.1% flat
47 Romania 0.9951 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% rising
48 Belize 0.9926 GPIA 2020 up 0.5% flat
49 Serbia 0.9924 GPIA 2024 up 9.8% rising
50 Spain 0.9838 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% rising
51 Sri Lanka 0.9834 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% rising
52 Italy 0.9824 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% flat
53 Panama 0.9814 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
54 Tajikistan 0.9807 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
55 Chile 0.9776 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
56 Cyprus 0.974 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% flat
57 South Africa 0.9681 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% rising
58 Israel 0.9659 GPIA 2015 down 0.0% flat
59 Brunei Darussalam 0.9653 GPIA 2023 up 4.2% flat
60 Greece 0.9549 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% rising
61 Paraguay 0.9513 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% rising
62 Malaysia 0.9456 GPIA 2022 up 5.9% rising
63 Oman 0.9429 GPIA 2022 up 19.5% rising
64 Palestine, State of 0.9423 GPIA 2022 up 7.0% rising
65 Portugal 0.9392 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% rising
66 Republic of Korea 0.9238 GPIA 2024 up 4.9% rising
67 Viet Nam 0.922 GPIA 2023 up 6.6% rising
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9211 GPIA 2022 up 32.4% rising
69 Indonesia 0.9154 GPIA 2023 up 5.6% rising
70 Ecuador 0.9148 GPIA 2024 down 2.3% rising
71 Bangladesh 0.9065 GPIA 2022 up 18.5% rising
72 Jordan 0.8836 GPIA 2023 up 10.6% rising
73 Thailand 0.8794 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
74 Kenya 0.8681 GPIA 2024 up 10.5% rising
75 El Salvador 0.8556 GPIA 2023 up 5.6% rising
76 Rwanda 0.8548 GPIA 2022 up 14.1% rising
77 Zimbabwe 0.8383 GPIA 2019 down 5.6% rising
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8341 GPIA 2022 up 5.5% rising
79 Guatemala 0.8085 GPIA 2024 up 17.2% rising
80 Egypt 0.782 GPIA 2023 up 21.0% rising
81 Türkiye 0.7617 GPIA 2015 up 12.0% rising
82 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7477 GPIA 2024 up 35.2% rising
83 Peru 0.7346 GPIA 2024 up 16.0% rising
84 Ghana 0.7205 GPIA 2024 up 19.6% rising
85 India 0.7142 GPIA 2023 up 25.7% rising
86 Tunisia 0.7108 GPIA 2023 up 16.9% rising
87 Cambodia 0.7042 GPIA 2023 up 35.5% rising
88 Nigeria 0.6813 GPIA 2024 up 9.9% rising
89 Uganda 0.6081 GPIA 2019 down 36.2% falling
90 Senegal 0.5613 GPIA 2023 up 23.0% rising
91 Burkina Faso 0.5498 GPIA 2024 up 55.4% rising
92 Nepal 0.5383 GPIA 2021 up 24.3% rising
93 Ethiopia 0.4987 GPIA 2022 up 130.3% rising
94 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.4917 GPIA 2023 up 22.3% rising
95 Niger 0.476 GPIA 2022 up 49.3% rising
96 Pakistan 0.4714 GPIA 2021 up 47.3% rising
97 Mozambique 0.4366 GPIA 2022 up 60.6% rising
98 Mali 0.3742 GPIA 2022 down 66.7% volatile
99 Angola 0.3391 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% rising
100 Guinea 0.2259 GPIA 2018 rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
100 places, 1,609 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release