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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
40
Highest
1.11 GPIA
Honduras
Lowest
0.5282 GPIA
Ghana
Median
0.9657 GPIA
Years covered
31
1994–2024
Data points
494

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 1.11 GPIA in Honduras; the lowest is 0.5282 GPIA in Ghana.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9657 GPIA, and the mean is 0.946 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 30.3%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 4.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 1.11 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% flat
2 Panama 1.08 GPIA 2024 β€” flat
3 Ireland 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
4 Portugal 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 4.0% flat
5 Mongolia 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 4.6% flat
6 Costa Rica 1.05 GPIA 2024 β€” flat
7 Finland 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
8 Norway 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 3.3% rising
9 Armenia, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% flat
10 Denmark 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 8.1% rising
11 United States 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
12 Brunei Darussalam 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
13 Lithuania 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 6.3% rising
14 Sweden 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
15 Spain 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 4.5% rising
16 Belgium 0.9943 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% rising
17 Poland 0.976 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% rising
18 Italy 0.9714 GPIA 2023 up 4.3% rising
19 Bulgaria 0.9676 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% flat
20 Iceland 0.9673 GPIA 2023 up 6.3% rising
21 Slovak Republic 0.9641 GPIA 2023 up 8.1% rising
22 France 0.9587 GPIA 2023 up 5.3% flat
23 Cyprus 0.9548 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
24 Netherlands 0.9515 GPIA 2023 up 9.1% rising
25 Germany 0.9415 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% flat
26 Czechia 0.9364 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% flat
27 Switzerland 0.9349 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% flat
28 Hungary 0.9345 GPIA 2023 up 5.6% rising
29 Slovenia 0.9332 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% rising
30 Greece 0.93 GPIA 2024 down 1.8% flat
31 Luxembourg 0.9112 GPIA 2023 up 6.9% rising
32 Croatia 0.9022 GPIA 2023 up 9.6% rising
33 Romania 0.8797 GPIA 2023 up 6.3% rising
34 Montenegro 0.8761 GPIA 2018 β€” flat
35 Austria 0.8723 GPIA 2021 up 4.9% flat
36 Albania 0.8353 GPIA 2023 down 4.4% flat
37 Rwanda 0.8023 GPIA 2024 up 11.4% rising
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7664 GPIA 2023 up 14.1% rising
39 Uganda 0.5978 GPIA 2024 up 30.3% rising
40 Ghana 0.5282 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary 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
40 places, 494 data points, 1994–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release