Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
33
Highest
1.16 GPIA
Italy
Lowest
0.6549 GPIA
Ghana
Median
0.9871 GPIA
Years covered
31
1994β2024
Data points
365
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 1.16 GPIA in Italy; the lowest is 0.6549 GPIA in Ghana.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9871 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9771 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 99.8%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 15.1%).
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 1.16 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 2 | Greece | 1.13 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 3 | Spain | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | β | rising |
| 5 | Armenia, Republic of | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 6 | Denmark | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | β | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 8 | Cyprus | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 10 | Iceland | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 11 | United States | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 12 | Portugal | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 14 | Ireland | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Finland | 1 GPIA | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 16 | Germany | 0.9968 GPIA | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 17 | Lithuania | 0.9871 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 18 | Norway | 0.9831 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 19 | Hungary | 0.9799 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 20 | Belgium | 0.9658 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 0.9649 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 22 | Switzerland | 0.9571 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 23 | Poland | 0.9551 GPIA | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 24 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.947 GPIA | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 25 | Montenegro | 0.9464 GPIA | 2018 | β | flat |
| 26 | Austria | 0.9294 GPIA | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 27 | France | 0.9223 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 28 | Slovak Republic | 0.9067 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 29 | Croatia | 0.8883 GPIA | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8666 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia, Republic of | 0.8352 GPIA | 2024 | β | flat |
| 32 | Slovenia | 0.8194 GPIA | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 33 | Ghana | 0.6549 GPIA | 2024 | up 99.8% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release