Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
134
Highest
1.09 GPIA
Kuwait
Lowest
0.3155 GPIA
Afghanistan
Median
0.9909 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,166
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 1.09 GPIA in Kuwait; the lowest is 0.3155 GPIA in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9909 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9234 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 53.8%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 6.7%).
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 1.09 GPIA | 2018 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 2 | Honduras | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 3 | Philippines | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 4 | Samoa | 1.03 GPIA | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 5 | Bahrain | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 6 | Qatar | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 9 | Argentina | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | — | flat |
| 10 | Brazil | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 12 | Botswana | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 13 | Tonga | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 15 | Bahamas | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | Fiji | 1.01 GPIA | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 17 | Grenada | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 18 | Uruguay | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Jamaica | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | Netherlands | 1 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Armenia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Belize | 1 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Estonia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | flat |
| 25 | Poland | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 26 | Belarus | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 27 | Malta | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 28 | Czechia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 29 | Moldova | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 33 | Lithuania | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 34 | Austria | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Germany | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Denmark | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Finland | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | France | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 1 GPIA | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 34 | Hong Kong | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 34 | Iceland | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Russia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Sweden | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Ukraine | 1 GPIA | 2021 | — | flat |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 1 GPIA | 2022 | — | flat |
| 46 | Hungary | 0.9998 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | United States | 0.9998 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 48 | Slovenia | 0.9997 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 49 | Kiribati | 0.9995 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 50 | Slovakia | 0.9995 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 51 | Ireland | 0.9992 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 0.9992 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 53 | Switzerland | 0.9991 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | Cayman Islands | 0.999 GPIA | 2015 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 55 | Latvia | 0.9987 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 56 | Georgia | 0.9986 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 57 | Norway | 0.9985 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | Australia | 0.9982 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 59 | Venezuela | 0.9977 GPIA | 2017 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 60 | Romania | 0.9974 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 61 | Croatia | 0.9972 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 62 | Albania | 0.9971 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 63 | Seychelles | 0.9969 GPIA | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 64 | Canada | 0.9964 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 65 | Cook Islands | 0.9961 GPIA | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 66 | Belgium | 0.9943 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 67 | Andorra | 0.991 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 68 | Serbia | 0.9909 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 0.9902 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 70 | Italy | 0.987 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 71 | Montenegro | 0.9865 GPIA | 2020 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 72 | Panama | 0.9864 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 73 | South Africa | 0.9863 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 74 | Mexico | 0.9847 GPIA | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 0.9833 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 0.9825 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 77 | Israel | 0.9824 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 78 | Chile | 0.9824 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 79 | Cyprus | 0.9819 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 80 | Greece | 0.981 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 81 | Spain | 0.9771 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 82 | Malaysia | 0.9741 GPIA | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 83 | Oman | 0.9728 GPIA | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 84 | Portugal | 0.9721 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 85 | Paraguay | 0.9717 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 86 | South Korea | 0.9705 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 87 | Brunei | 0.9693 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 88 | Ecuador | 0.9693 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9643 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 90 | Palestine | 0.9638 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritius | 0.9582 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 92 | Macao | 0.9538 GPIA | 2016 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9503 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 0.9491 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 95 | Singapore | 0.9465 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 96 | Vietnam | 0.9398 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 97 | Indonesia | 0.937 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 0.9023 GPIA | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 99 | Iran | 0.9019 GPIA | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9013 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 101 | Thailand | 0.899 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Kenya | 0.8945 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 103 | El Salvador | 0.8922 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 104 | Peru | 0.8802 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 105 | Jordan | 0.8781 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 0.8758 GPIA | 2019 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 107 | Bolivia | 0.8715 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 108 | Tanzania | 0.8645 GPIA | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 109 | Rwanda | 0.8504 GPIA | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 110 | Egypt | 0.8479 GPIA | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 111 | Guatemala | 0.8396 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 112 | Turkey | 0.8233 GPIA | 2022 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 113 | Algeria | 0.8168 GPIA | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 114 | Ghana | 0.804 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 115 | Tunisia | 0.8026 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 116 | India | 0.7662 GPIA | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 117 | Nigeria | 0.7626 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 118 | Uganda | 0.7497 GPIA | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 119 | Cambodia | 0.7342 GPIA | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 120 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.6658 GPIA | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 121 | Senegal | 0.6553 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 122 | Malawi | 0.6552 GPIA | 2020 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 123 | Angola | 0.6409 GPIA | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 124 | Pakistan | 0.6364 GPIA | 2021 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 0.6337 GPIA | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 126 | Nepal | 0.6172 GPIA | 2021 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 127 | Mozambique | 0.5931 GPIA | 2022 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 128 | Ethiopia | 0.5863 GPIA | 2022 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 129 | Niger | 0.5657 GPIA | 2022 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 130 | Togo | 0.5373 GPIA | 2022 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 0.5318 GPIA | 2019 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 132 | Mali | 0.517 GPIA | 2022 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 133 | Benin | 0.5065 GPIA | 2022 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 0.3155 GPIA | 2022 | up 46.6% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release