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, Islamic Republic of
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, Islamic Republic of.

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, The Federal Democratic Republic of (up 53.8%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 6.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kuwait 1.09 GPIA 2018 down 1.1% rising
1 Cook Islands 0.9961 GPIA 2020 down 0.2% flat
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, Kingdom of 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, The 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
16 Fiji, Republic of 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, Republic of 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, Republic of 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, Republic of 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% rising
29 Moldova, Republic of 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
31 Trinidad and Tobago 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% flat
32 Azerbaijan, Republic of 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 Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 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, Republic of 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 Slovak Republic 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, República Bolivariana de 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 Belgium 0.9943 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% flat
66 Andorra, Principality of 0.991 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% flat
67 Serbia, Republic of 0.9909 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% rising
68 Costa Rica 0.9902 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
69 Italy 0.987 GPIA 2023 up 2.1% flat
70 Montenegro 0.9865 GPIA 2020 up 1.9% flat
71 Panama 0.9864 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% flat
72 South Africa 0.9863 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% rising
73 Mexico 0.9847 GPIA 2025 up 1.6% rising
74 Sri Lanka 0.9833 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% rising
75 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.9825 GPIA 2023 down 1.7% rising
76 Israel 0.9824 GPIA 2022 up 1.3% flat
77 Chile 0.9824 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
78 Cyprus 0.9819 GPIA 2023 up 2.7% rising
79 Greece 0.981 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
80 Spain 0.9771 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% rising
81 Malaysia 0.9741 GPIA 2022 up 4.4% rising
82 Oman 0.9728 GPIA 2022 up 11.2% rising
83 Portugal 0.9721 GPIA 2024 up 5.2% rising
84 Paraguay 0.9717 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% rising
85 Korea 0.9705 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
86 Brunei Darussalam 0.9693 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
87 Ecuador 0.9693 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% rising
88 United Arab Emirates 0.9643 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% falling
89 Palestine, State of 0.9638 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% rising
90 Mauritius 0.9582 GPIA 2023 up 7.1% rising
91 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.9538 GPIA 2016 up 3.8% rising
92 Saudi Arabia 0.9503 GPIA 2024 up 9.2% rising
93 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.9491 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
94 Singapore 0.9465 GPIA 2022 up 2.5% rising
95 Vietnam 0.9398 GPIA 2023 up 6.0% rising
96 Indonesia 0.937 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% rising
97 Bangladesh 0.9023 GPIA 2022 up 13.3% rising
98 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9019 GPIA 2023 up 10.4% rising
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9013 GPIA 2023 up 14.3% rising
100 Thailand 0.899 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% rising
101 Kenya 0.8945 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% rising
102 El Salvador 0.8922 GPIA 2023 up 2.5% rising
103 Peru 0.8802 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% rising
104 Jordan 0.8781 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
105 Zimbabwe 0.8758 GPIA 2019 down 3.8% rising
106 Bolivia 0.8715 GPIA 2024 up 6.9% rising
107 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8645 GPIA 2022 up 4.4% rising
108 Rwanda 0.8504 GPIA 2022 up 14.5% rising
109 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.8479 GPIA 2023 up 13.9% rising
110 Guatemala 0.8396 GPIA 2024 up 3.7% rising
111 Türkiye 0.8233 GPIA 2022 down 3.9% rising
112 Algeria 0.8168 GPIA 2019 up 13.6% rising
113 Ghana 0.804 GPIA 2024 up 12.7% rising
114 Tunisia 0.8026 GPIA 2023 up 4.5% rising
115 India 0.7662 GPIA 2023 up 17.3% rising
116 Nigeria 0.7626 GPIA 2024 up 7.7% flat
117 Uganda 0.7497 GPIA 2024 up 32.5% rising
118 Cambodia 0.7342 GPIA 2023 up 31.9% rising
119 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6658 GPIA 2023 up 19.1% rising
120 Senegal 0.6553 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% rising
121 Malawi 0.6552 GPIA 2020 up 2.5% rising
122 Angola 0.6409 GPIA 2023 up 9.9% rising
123 Pakistan 0.6364 GPIA 2021 up 13.0% rising
124 Burkina Faso 0.6337 GPIA 2024 up 27.9% rising
125 Nepal 0.6172 GPIA 2021 up 28.1% rising
126 Mozambique, Republic of 0.5931 GPIA 2022 up 30.9% rising
127 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.5863 GPIA 2022 up 53.8% rising
128 Niger 0.5657 GPIA 2022 up 30.2% rising
129 Togo 0.5373 GPIA 2022 up 41.6% rising
130 Sierra Leone 0.5318 GPIA 2019 up 18.3% rising
131 Mali 0.517 GPIA 2022 down 3.0% rising
132 Benin 0.5065 GPIA 2022 up 5.9% flat
133 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.3155 GPIA 2022 up 46.6% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed primary 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
134 places, 2,166 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release