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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
107
Highest
1.39 GPIA
Uruguay
Lowest
0.2002 GPIA
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
Median
0.9323 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
1,631

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 1.39 GPIA in Uruguay; the lowest is 0.2002 GPIA in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9323 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8665 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 555.1%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 78.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uruguay 1.39 GPIA 2024 down 4.1% flat
2 Dominican Republic 1.32 GPIA 2024 up 3.9% rising
3 Jamaica 1.25 GPIA 2022 up 3.0% flat
4 Brazil 1.24 GPIA 2024 down 5.5% rising
5 Panama 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% rising
6 Honduras 1.2 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% rising
7 Tunisia 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 111.3% rising
8 Malta 1.17 GPIA 2020 up 36.7% rising
9 Nicaragua 1.16 GPIA 2014 up 8.7% rising
10 Mongolia 1.16 GPIA 2024 up 10.4% flat
11 Colombia 1.16 GPIA 2024 down 3.1% rising
12 Portugal 1.13 GPIA 2020 down 5.8% rising
13 Philippines 1.13 GPIA 2022 up 2.6% rising
14 Spain 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 9.2% rising
15 Costa Rica 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
16 Ireland 1.1 GPIA 2023 down 4.1% flat
17 Palestine, State of 1.09 GPIA 2022 up 35.9% rising
18 Estonia 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% rising
19 Chile 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 4.0% flat
20 Oman 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 15.5% rising
21 Canada 1.06 GPIA 2021 up 0.9% rising
22 Finland 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% rising
23 United Kingdom 1.04 GPIA 2021 up 6.5% rising
24 Latvia 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 2.9% flat
25 Sri Lanka 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 3.6% rising
26 Belize 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 1.5% rising
27 Denmark 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 9.9% rising
28 Mexico 1.03 GPIA 2025 up 11.4% rising
29 Sweden 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% flat
30 Norway 1.02 GPIA 2019 up 3.6% rising
31 Armenia, Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% flat
32 Belarus, Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 4.5% rising
33 Thailand 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 12.4% rising
34 Paraguay 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% rising
35 Malaysia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 1.4% rising
36 Belgium 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% rising
37 United States 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.7% flat
38 Israel 1.01 GPIA 2015 down 2.4% flat
39 Italy 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 3.9% rising
40 Guatemala 1 GPIA 2024 up 29.4% rising
41 Lithuania 1 GPIA 2021 up 17.8% rising
42 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.9941 GPIA 2019 up 1.9% rising
43 Brunei Darussalam 0.9936 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% rising
44 Russian Federation 0.9896 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% flat
45 South Africa 0.9825 GPIA 2024 up 6.3% rising
46 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.9816 GPIA 2023 up 6.4% rising
47 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.9802 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% flat
48 Cyprus 0.9797 GPIA 2023 up 8.5% rising
49 Luxembourg 0.9742 GPIA 2023 up 7.8% rising
50 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0.9703 GPIA 2022 up 73.8% rising
51 Georgia 0.9607 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
52 Netherlands 0.9588 GPIA 2023 up 9.9% rising
53 Australia 0.9584 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% rising
54 Poland 0.9323 GPIA 2020 up 5.7% rising
55 Germany 0.9222 GPIA 2023 up 9.2% rising
56 Switzerland 0.9193 GPIA 2024 up 5.5% rising
57 Iceland 0.9143 GPIA 2023 up 3.2% rising
58 Czechia 0.9136 GPIA 2023 up 5.4% rising
59 Moldova, Republic of 0.9104 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% rising
60 Bulgaria 0.9021 GPIA 2023 up 9.4% rising
61 Slovenia 0.9018 GPIA 2023 up 6.1% rising
62 Jordan 0.9012 GPIA 2023 up 3.6% rising
63 Namibia 0.8917 GPIA 2023 up 10.2% flat
64 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8901 GPIA 2016 up 10.4% rising
65 France 0.8848 GPIA 2020 down 1.0% rising
66 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.8787 GPIA 2017 up 12.9% flat
67 Ecuador 0.8771 GPIA 2024 down 7.0% rising
68 Hungary 0.8718 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% rising
69 Greece 0.8545 GPIA 2024 down 4.7% rising
70 Myanmar 0.8536 GPIA 2019 falling
71 El Salvador 0.8533 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% rising
72 Bolivia 0.8435 GPIA 2024 up 42.5% rising
73 Austria 0.8299 GPIA 2021 up 5.7% rising
74 Croatia 0.8229 GPIA 2023 up 15.3% rising
75 Serbia, Republic of 0.8118 GPIA 2022 up 12.4% rising
76 Indonesia 0.8045 GPIA 2023 up 14.6% rising
77 Romania 0.7739 GPIA 2023 up 13.9% rising
78 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.7653 GPIA 2023 up 15.6% rising
79 Korea 0.7647 GPIA 2024 up 9.0% rising
80 Bangladesh 0.7558 GPIA 2023 up 34.2% rising
81 Vietnam 0.731 GPIA 2023 up 18.1% rising
82 Rwanda 0.7091 GPIA 2024 up 33.5% rising
83 Kenya 0.6838 GPIA 2024 up 12.2% rising
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6802 GPIA 2023 up 22.1% rising
85 Albania 0.6597 GPIA 2017 up 23.8% rising
86 Madagascar, Republic of 0.6271 GPIA 2021 up 1.7% rising
87 Peru 0.61 GPIA 2024 up 18.1% rising
88 Zimbabwe 0.5987 GPIA 2019 up 76.9% rising
89 India 0.5859 GPIA 2023 up 39.2% rising
90 Burundi 0.5543 GPIA 2020 down 25.9% falling
91 Cambodia 0.5389 GPIA 2023 up 94.4% rising
92 Nigeria 0.5344 GPIA 2024 up 12.1% rising
93 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5194 GPIA 2023 up 18.6% rising
94 Ghana 0.4952 GPIA 2024 up 48.8% rising
95 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4805 GPIA 2022 up 32.8% rising
96 Uganda 0.4557 GPIA 2019 down 50.4% falling
97 Mozambique, Republic of 0.4491 GPIA 2022 up 47.6% rising
98 Türkiye 0.415 GPIA 2015 up 22.0% rising
99 Pakistan 0.3951 GPIA 2018 up 52.6% rising
100 Malawi 0.3335 GPIA 2020 up 11.9% rising
101 Burkina Faso 0.329 GPIA 2023 down 9.1% flat
102 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.32 GPIA 2022 up 66.7% rising
103 Togo 0.316 GPIA 2022 up 555.1% volatile
104 Mali 0.265 GPIA 2022 down 78.4% volatile
105 Senegal 0.2628 GPIA 2023 up 18.6% rising
106 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2074 GPIA 2023 up 57.0% rising
107 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.2002 GPIA 2022 up 161.8% rising

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Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, 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, 1,631 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release