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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
99
Highest
1.35 GPIA
Jamaica
Lowest
0.4085 GPIA
Niger
Median
1.05 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
1,502

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 1.35 GPIA in Jamaica; the lowest is 0.4085 GPIA in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.05 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9877 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of (up 164.8%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 18.3%).

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jamaica 1.35 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% flat
2 Uruguay 1.34 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% rising
3 Estonia 1.32 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% rising
4 Iceland 1.3 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% rising
5 Argentina 1.3 GPIA 2020 up 6.2% flat
6 Panama 1.29 GPIA 2023 up 8.1% rising
7 Mongolia 1.28 GPIA 2023 up 9.9% rising
8 Brunei Darussalam 1.26 GPIA 2023 up 25.0% rising
9 Latvia 1.25 GPIA 2023 down 4.0% flat
10 Bulgaria 1.24 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
11 Dominican Republic 1.24 GPIA 2015 up 14.1% rising
12 Sweden 1.22 GPIA 2022 down 2.8% rising
13 Portugal 1.22 GPIA 2022 up 9.3% rising
14 Paraguay 1.22 GPIA 2020 up 12.1% rising
15 Thailand 1.21 GPIA 2024 up 6.7% flat
16 Namibia 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 28.9% rising
17 Lithuania, Republic of 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% rising
18 Finland 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% rising
19 Slovenia 1.18 GPIA 2022 up 3.6% rising
20 Denmark 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 4.5% rising
21 Moldova, Republic of 1.16 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% rising
22 Zimbabwe 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 90.7% rising
23 Belize 1.16 GPIA 2022 up 17.8% flat
24 Italy 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 8.7% rising
25 Tonga 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 50.7% rising
26 Malta 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 21.3% rising
27 Poland 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
28 South Africa 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 24.1% rising
29 Tunisia 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 33.9% rising
30 Ukraine 1.13 GPIA 2021 rising
31 Serbia, Republic of 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 15.7% rising
32 Brazil 1.12 GPIA 2024 down 5.6% rising
33 Israel 1.12 GPIA 2015 up 0.8% flat
34 Hungary 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% rising
35 Croatia, Republic of 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% rising
36 Palestine, State of 1.11 GPIA 2022 up 34.0% rising
37 Canada 1.11 GPIA 2021 up 2.1% rising
38 Belgium 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 7.8% rising
39 Australia 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% rising
40 Philippines 1.09 GPIA 2020 up 5.4% rising
41 Norway 1.09 GPIA 2022 up 1.1% rising
42 Indonesia 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 19.0% rising
43 United States 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 3.6% rising
44 Colombia 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
45 Bolivia 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 21.4% rising
46 Armenia, Republic of 1.07 GPIA 2020 down 6.0% flat
47 United Kingdom 1.06 GPIA 2021 up 14.7% rising
48 Costa Rica 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 9.9% rising
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 28.5% rising
50 Russian Federation 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 1.4% falling
51 Ecuador 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
52 Spain 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 8.7% rising
53 France 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 5.8% rising
54 Honduras 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 13.2% rising
55 Cyprus 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% rising
56 Ireland 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% rising
57 Georgia 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 6.2% rising
58 Czechia 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 18.7% rising
59 Romania 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 8.7% rising
60 El Salvador 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 16.9% rising
61 Greece 0.9944 GPIA 2024 up 12.9% rising
62 Netherlands 0.9864 GPIA 2023 up 18.7% rising
63 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.982 GPIA 2016 up 8.8% rising
64 Malaysia 0.9784 GPIA 2022 down 11.2% rising
65 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.9736 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% flat
66 Luxembourg 0.9461 GPIA 2023 up 15.9% rising
67 Peru 0.9377 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% rising
68 Vietnam 0.9372 GPIA 2023 up 22.6% rising
69 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.9285 GPIA 2023 up 18.9% rising
70 Chile 0.9283 GPIA 2024 up 10.2% rising
71 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.9139 GPIA 2022 up 4.9% flat
72 Mexico 0.9068 GPIA 2025 up 2.9% rising
73 Austria 0.8752 GPIA 2021 up 24.2% rising
74 Sri Lanka 0.8722 GPIA 2024 up 6.6% rising
75 Rwanda 0.8449 GPIA 2024 up 30.2% rising
76 Guatemala 0.8431 GPIA 2023 up 9.1% rising
77 Korea 0.8237 GPIA 2024 up 10.6% rising
78 Switzerland 0.8204 GPIA 2024 up 21.3% rising
79 Jordan 0.8078 GPIA 2023 up 23.0% rising
80 India 0.7876 GPIA 2021 up 14.6% rising
81 Germany 0.7703 GPIA 2022 up 6.9% rising
82 Türkiye 0.7478 GPIA 2015 up 25.5% rising
83 Pakistan 0.7344 GPIA 2021 up 30.5% rising
84 Kenya 0.6966 GPIA 2022 up 3.5% rising
85 Uganda 0.6756 GPIA 2021 down 12.6% falling
86 Cambodia 0.6408 GPIA 2023 up 40.4% rising
87 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.6395 GPIA 2017 up 24.0% falling
88 Bhutan 0.6303 GPIA 2022 up 37.6% rising
89 Mozambique, Republic of 0.6142 GPIA 2022 up 21.9% rising
90 Burundi 0.6101 GPIA 2020 down 5.0% rising
91 Bangladesh 0.5866 GPIA 2023 up 16.1% rising
92 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.5751 GPIA 2021 up 164.8% rising
93 Ghana 0.5233 GPIA 2022 up 8.1% rising
94 Burkina Faso 0.5148 GPIA 2024 up 67.6% rising
95 Senegal 0.4942 GPIA 2022 up 31.7% rising
96 Malawi 0.475 GPIA 2020 down 18.3% flat
97 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.4287 GPIA 2020 up 14.4% rising
98 Mali 0.4206 GPIA 2022 up 62.2% rising
99 Niger 0.4085 GPIA 2022 down 0.4% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary 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
99 places, 1,502 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release