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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
37
Highest
1.03 GPIA
Honduras
Lowest
0.8029 GPIA
Ghana
Median
0.9999 GPIA
Years covered
31
1994–2024
Data points
446

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 1.03 GPIA in Honduras; the lowest is 0.8029 GPIA in Ghana.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9999 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9882 GPIA.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 12.5%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 1.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% flat
2 Mongolia 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% flat
3 Belgium 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% flat
4 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
5 Ireland 1 GPIA 2020 up 0.1% flat
6 Netherlands 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
7 Slovenia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
8 Switzerland 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
9 Iceland 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
10 Czechia 1 GPIA 2022 up 0.0% flat
11 United States 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
12 Lithuania 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% flat
13 Sweden 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
13 Germany 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% flat
13 Denmark 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% flat
13 Finland 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
13 France 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
13 Austria 1 GPIA 2021 unchanged flat
19 Hungary 0.9999 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
20 Poland 0.9996 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% flat
21 Slovak Republic 0.9995 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% flat
22 Bulgaria 0.9992 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
23 Malta 0.9981 GPIA 2017 down 0.2% flat
24 Luxembourg 0.9975 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
25 Romania 0.9973 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
26 Croatia 0.9972 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
27 Albania 0.9936 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
28 Costa Rica 0.9883 GPIA 2024 β€” flat
29 Italy 0.985 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% flat
30 Greece 0.9791 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
31 Brunei Darussalam 0.9763 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
32 Spain 0.9748 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% flat
33 Montenegro 0.9747 GPIA 2018 β€” flat
34 Cyprus 0.9717 GPIA 2023 up 3.9% flat
35 Portugal 0.9694 GPIA 2024 up 5.8% rising
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9003 GPIA 2023 up 11.9% rising
37 Ghana 0.8029 GPIA 2024 up 12.5% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
37 places, 446 data points, 1994–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release