Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
107
Highest
1.19 GPIA
Oman
Lowest
0.385 GPIA
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
Median
0.9642 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
1,680

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 1.19 GPIA in Oman; the lowest is 0.385 GPIA in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9642 GPIA, and the mean is 0.913 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 181.1%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 36.5%).

Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Oman 1.19 GPIA 2022 up 9.6% rising
2 Uruguay 1.16 GPIA 2024 down 2.6% flat
3 Dominican Republic 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
4 Honduras 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 3.7% rising
5 Palestine, State of 1.1 GPIA 2022 up 22.1% rising
6 Argentina 1.08 GPIA 2020 up 3.5% flat
7 Estonia 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% rising
8 Portugal 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% rising
9 Panama 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% rising
10 Jamaica 1.04 GPIA 2022 down 5.4% falling
11 Finland 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% rising
12 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2016 up 3.2% flat
13 Belize 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 5.1% rising
14 South Africa 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 6.5% rising
15 Costa Rica 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% rising
16 Brazil 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 4.0% rising
17 Philippines 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 0.4% rising
18 Latvia 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 2.2% flat
19 Ireland 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% flat
20 United Kingdom 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 5.3% rising
21 Armenia, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 2.6% flat
22 Sweden 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
23 Denmark 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 6.2% rising
24 Moldova, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% rising
25 Georgia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
26 Spain 1 GPIA 2023 up 4.2% rising
27 Canada 1 GPIA 2021 up 1.7% rising
28 United States 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
29 Norway 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% rising
30 Belarus, Republic of 1 GPIA 2023 up 3.6% flat
31 Mongolia 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
32 Lithuania 1 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% flat
33 Tunisia 0.9999 GPIA 2023 up 27.1% rising
34 Israel 0.9959 GPIA 2015 down 0.7% flat
35 Russia 0.9949 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% flat
36 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0.9945 GPIA 2022 up 24.0% rising
37 Italy 0.9915 GPIA 2023 up 3.9% rising
38 Ecuador 0.9915 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
39 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.9903 GPIA 2019 up 0.6% flat
40 Iceland 0.9897 GPIA 2023 up 8.3% rising
41 Paraguay 0.9883 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% rising
42 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.9859 GPIA 2022 up 2.9% flat
43 Brunei Darussalam 0.9859 GPIA 2021 down 0.0% flat
44 Belgium 0.9838 GPIA 2023 up 3.1% rising
45 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.9833 GPIA 2023 up 5.8% flat
46 Cyprus 0.982 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% rising
47 Bulgaria 0.9816 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% flat
48 Thailand 0.9792 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
49 Malaysia 0.9746 GPIA 2022 up 4.0% rising
50 Chile 0.9727 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% rising
51 Sri Lanka 0.9709 GPIA 2024 up 5.8% rising
52 France 0.9696 GPIA 2023 up 6.3% rising
53 Poland 0.965 GPIA 2020 up 3.1% rising
54 Luxembourg 0.9642 GPIA 2023 up 5.6% rising
55 Jordan 0.9633 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
56 Colombia 0.9621 GPIA 2024 down 1.8% rising
57 Netherlands 0.9606 GPIA 2023 up 8.8% rising
58 Germany 0.9592 GPIA 2023 up 7.7% rising
59 Mexico 0.9584 GPIA 2025 up 4.3% rising
60 Hungary 0.9571 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% rising
61 Malta 0.9568 GPIA 2021 up 28.8% rising
62 Ukraine 0.9566 GPIA 2021 flat
63 Australia 0.954 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% rising
64 Czechia 0.9522 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% rising
65 Greece 0.9488 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% rising
66 Switzerland 0.946 GPIA 2024 up 2.8% rising
67 Austria 0.9386 GPIA 2023 up 6.6% rising
68 Croatia 0.9337 GPIA 2023 up 8.4% rising
69 Bolivia 0.9315 GPIA 2024 up 6.5% rising
70 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.9288 GPIA 2017 up 8.0% flat
71 Rwanda 0.9285 GPIA 2024 up 23.7% rising
72 Slovenia 0.9216 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% rising
73 Romania 0.9189 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% rising
74 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.9138 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% rising
75 El Salvador 0.9071 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% rising
76 Serbia, Republic of 0.9021 GPIA 2024 up 4.5% rising
77 Peru 0.9014 GPIA 2024 up 7.3% flat
78 Korea 0.8932 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% rising
79 Guatemala 0.8874 GPIA 2024 up 18.6% rising
80 Albania 0.8808 GPIA 2017 down 0.5% rising
81 Indonesia 0.8673 GPIA 2023 up 7.6% rising
82 Kenya 0.8626 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% flat
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8509 GPIA 2023 up 10.6% rising
84 Burundi 0.8427 GPIA 2020 down 8.6% falling
85 Vietnam 0.838 GPIA 2023 up 10.3% rising
86 Bangladesh 0.8366 GPIA 2023 up 13.2% rising
87 Nigeria 0.8167 GPIA 2024 up 13.1% rising
88 India 0.798 GPIA 2023 up 11.0% rising
89 Pakistan 0.7659 GPIA 2018 up 15.2% rising
90 Bhutan 0.7352 GPIA 2022 up 72.8% rising
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7242 GPIA 2023 up 8.6% rising
92 Türkiye 0.7177 GPIA 2015 up 17.8% rising
93 Zimbabwe 0.707 GPIA 2019 up 31.5% rising
94 Cambodia 0.6581 GPIA 2023 up 34.1% rising
95 Uganda 0.6556 GPIA 2019 down 36.5% falling
96 Ghana 0.6548 GPIA 2024 up 18.7% rising
97 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6486 GPIA 2022 up 17.4% rising
98 Malawi 0.6397 GPIA 2020 up 13.5% rising
99 Mozambique, Republic of 0.6295 GPIA 2022 up 22.7% rising
100 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.6072 GPIA 2022 up 9.4% rising
101 Mali 0.6055 GPIA 2022 up 181.1% rising
102 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6017 GPIA 2023 up 26.1% rising
103 Senegal 0.5689 GPIA 2023 up 9.4% rising
104 Angola 0.5632 GPIA 2023 down 16.0% rising
105 Niger 0.5451 GPIA 2022 up 15.2% rising
106 Burkina Faso 0.4864 GPIA 2024 up 14.1% rising
107 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.385 GPIA 2022 up 31.6% rising

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Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary 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
107 places, 1,680 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release