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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
127
Highest
1.45 GPIA
Jamaica
Lowest
0.3031 GPIA
Togo
Median
1.08 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,028

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 1.45 GPIA in Jamaica; the lowest is 0.3031 GPIA in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.08 GPIA, and the mean is 1 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of (up 157.4%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 27.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jamaica 1.45 GPIA 2023 up 3.9% flat
2 Kuwait 1.41 GPIA 2018 up 0.8% rising
3 Estonia 1.36 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% rising
4 Uruguay 1.35 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
5 Iceland 1.33 GPIA 2023 up 3.1% rising
6 Mongolia 1.33 GPIA 2023 up 9.0% rising
7 Argentina 1.33 GPIA 2022 rising
8 Panama 1.32 GPIA 2023 up 6.4% rising
9 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1.32 GPIA 2024 up 13.8% rising
10 Grenada 1.31 GPIA 2023 up 6.6% flat
11 Dominican Republic 1.3 GPIA 2015 up 17.4% rising
12 Latvia 1.3 GPIA 2023 down 3.2% rising
13 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.28 GPIA 2017 up 2.3% rising
14 Trinidad and Tobago 1.27 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% rising
15 Thailand 1.27 GPIA 2024 up 7.8% rising
16 Bulgaria 1.27 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
17 Myanmar 1.26 GPIA 2019 up 17.9% rising
18 Puerto Rico 1.26 GPIA 2020 down 0.3% rising
19 Brunei Darussalam 1.26 GPIA 2023 up 20.1% rising
20 Palestine, State of 1.25 GPIA 2024 up 36.0% rising
21 Sweden 1.25 GPIA 2022 up 1.2% flat
22 Lithuania 1.24 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% rising
23 Slovenia 1.24 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% rising
24 Paraguay 1.23 GPIA 2020 up 6.5% rising
25 Portugal 1.22 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% rising
26 Norway 1.22 GPIA 2023 up 3.2% rising
27 Moldova 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% rising
28 Finland 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% rising
29 Philippines 1.21 GPIA 2022 up 7.5% flat
30 Denmark 1.21 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% rising
31 Poland 1.21 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% rising
32 Bermuda 1.21 GPIA 2016 up 0.5% rising
33 Cayman Islands 1.2 GPIA 2015 up 10.0% rising
34 Belize 1.19 GPIA 2022 up 8.2% flat
35 Israel 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 5.1% rising
36 Namibia 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 43.3% rising
37 Samoa 1.17 GPIA 2017 up 14.0% rising
38 Italy 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 7.4% rising
39 Hungary 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% rising
40 Ukraine 1.17 GPIA 2021 rising
41 Armenia, Republic of 1.17 GPIA 2022 up 6.0% flat
42 Slovak Republic 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 7.6% rising
43 Brazil 1.15 GPIA 2024 down 5.6% rising
44 Tunisia 1.15 GPIA 2023 up 39.0% rising
45 Croatia 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 9.3% rising
46 Malta 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 18.8% rising
47 Australia 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
48 Canada 1.14 GPIA 2021 up 1.9% rising
49 North Macedonia 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 5.9% rising
50 Albania 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 19.0% rising
51 South Africa 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 26.3% rising
52 Serbia 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 10.8% rising
53 Belgium 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 8.0% rising
54 Colombia 1.11 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% rising
55 Sri Lanka 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% rising
56 Ireland 1.11 GPIA 2022 down 1.9% rising
57 Costa Rica 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 10.0% rising
58 United Arab Emirates 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 24.5% falling
59 New Zealand 1.11 GPIA 2020 down 7.2% flat
60 Indonesia 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 21.6% rising
61 Honduras 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 12.7% rising
62 France 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 5.4% rising
63 United States 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 3.6% rising
64 Romania 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 8.6% rising
65 Montenegro 1.08 GPIA 2020 up 29.9% rising
66 Czechia 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 19.2% rising
67 Russia 1.07 GPIA 2021 up 0.9% falling
68 United Kingdom 1.07 GPIA 2021 up 15.5% rising
69 Ecuador 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% rising
70 Georgia 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 6.4% rising
71 Tonga 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 42.3% rising
72 Cyprus 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 4.3% rising
73 El Salvador 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 15.5% rising
74 Zimbabwe 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 98.1% rising
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 27.2% rising
76 Spain 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% rising
77 Bolivia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 15.6% rising
78 Malaysia 1.02 GPIA 2022 down 10.8% rising
79 Andorra, Principality of 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 1.8% flat
80 Greece 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 12.8% rising
81 Luxembourg 0.9842 GPIA 2023 up 15.0% rising
82 Netherlands 0.9827 GPIA 2023 up 17.4% rising
83 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.9733 GPIA 2016 up 14.2% rising
84 Vietnam 0.9711 GPIA 2023 up 21.9% rising
85 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.959 GPIA 2023 up 11.1% rising
86 Peru 0.9518 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% rising
87 Chile 0.9498 GPIA 2024 up 10.0% rising
88 Fiji, Republic of 0.9255 GPIA 2017 up 10.8% rising
89 Mauritius 0.9254 GPIA 2022 up 43.8% rising
90 Seychelles 0.9233 GPIA 2020 down 3.0% rising
91 Singapore 0.9212 GPIA 2024 up 6.9% rising
92 Mexico 0.9186 GPIA 2025 up 3.0% rising
93 Saudi Arabia 0.895 GPIA 2024 down 4.7% rising
94 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.888 GPIA 2022 up 8.2% rising
95 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.8738 GPIA 2023 up 25.4% rising
96 Austria 0.8701 GPIA 2021 up 29.1% rising
97 Türkiye 0.8514 GPIA 2023 up 21.9% rising
98 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8494 GPIA 2023 down 9.4% flat
99 Guatemala 0.8489 GPIA 2023 down 4.8% rising
100 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.8339 GPIA 2024 up 6.3% rising
101 Jordan 0.8177 GPIA 2023 up 21.6% rising
102 Korea 0.8146 GPIA 2024 up 11.8% rising
103 Switzerland 0.8094 GPIA 2024 up 23.9% rising
104 Germany 0.7599 GPIA 2022 up 8.4% rising
105 Zambia 0.7307 GPIA 2023 up 34.9% rising
106 Pakistan 0.6958 GPIA 2021 up 60.2% rising
107 India 0.6627 GPIA 2021 up 17.9% rising
108 Rwanda 0.6503 GPIA 2024 up 31.0% rising
109 Uganda 0.6063 GPIA 2021 up 12.3% rising
110 Cambodia 0.5876 GPIA 2023 up 50.3% rising
111 Syrian Arab Republic 0.5634 GPIA 2009 up 69.7% rising
112 Kenya 0.5617 GPIA 2022 up 13.1% rising
113 Mozambique, Republic of 0.5595 GPIA 2022 up 20.2% flat
114 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.523 GPIA 2021 up 157.4% rising
115 Nigeria 0.5137 GPIA 2023 down 8.1% falling
116 Ghana 0.5109 GPIA 2022 up 10.1% rising
117 Bangladesh 0.4966 GPIA 2023 up 24.8% rising
118 Burundi 0.459 GPIA 2020 down 27.7% rising
119 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.4536 GPIA 2017 up 23.5% falling
120 Senegal 0.4394 GPIA 2022 up 30.6% rising
121 Burkina Faso 0.4364 GPIA 2024 up 62.5% rising
122 Mali 0.3721 GPIA 2022 up 90.1% volatile
123 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.3688 GPIA 2020 up 5.3% rising
124 Malawi 0.3666 GPIA 2020 down 15.6% flat
125 Niger 0.3596 GPIA 2022 up 1.0% falling
126 Benin 0.3281 GPIA 2022 up 4.4% rising
127 Togo 0.3031 GPIA 2022 up 93.3% rising

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Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary 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
127 places, 2,028 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release