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Average years of schooling, adjusted gender parity index by country

An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal average years of schooling between men and women. Values below 1 favor men, and above 1 favor women.

Countries reporting
121
Highest
1.18 index
Qatar
Lowest
0.3001 index
Afghanistan
Median
0.985 index
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,376

What the numbers show

Average years of schooling, adjusted gender parity index is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 1.18 index in Qatar; the lowest is 0.3001 index in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.985 index, and the mean is 0.9367 index.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 43.9%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 6.0%).

Average years of schooling, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.18 index 2024 up 4.4% rising
2 Kuwait 1.14 index 2018 up 1.5% rising
3 Lesotho 1.12 index 2024 down 4.4% flat
4 Bahrain 1.12 index 2024 up 19.0% rising
5 Dominican Republic 1.07 index 2024 up 0.6% rising
6 Samoa 1.06 index 2019 up 4.4% rising
7 Argentina 1.06 index 2022 up 2.7% rising
8 Honduras 1.06 index 2024 up 3.5% rising
9 Saint Lucia 1.06 index 2019 down 0.7% rising
10 Jamaica 1.06 index 2022 down 3.9% rising
11 Estonia 1.06 index 2021 down 0.1% rising
12 Venezuela 1.06 index 2016 up 1.5% rising
13 Puerto Rico 1.05 index 2024 up 0.5% rising
14 Uruguay 1.05 index 2024 down 0.7% flat
15 Philippines 1.05 index 2020 up 2.3% rising
16 Latvia 1.05 index 2019 up 0.4% rising
17 Panama 1.05 index 2019 up 0.2% rising
18 Oman 1.05 index 2022 up 12.9% rising
19 Bermuda 1.04 index 2016 down 1.4% flat
20 Brazil 1.04 index 2024 down 1.6% rising
21 Poland 1.04 index 2021 up 3.5% rising
22 Ireland 1.03 index 2017 down 0.4% flat
23 Bahamas 1.03 index 2022 up 0.7% flat
24 Denmark 1.03 index 2020 up 3.0% rising
25 Trinidad and Tobago 1.03 index 2022 up 2.5% rising
26 Finland 1.03 index 2021 up 1.1% rising
27 Sweden 1.03 index 2019 up 1.0% rising
28 Tonga 1.02 index 2023 up 2.8% rising
29 Lithuania 1.02 index 2021 up 3.1% rising
30 Suriname 1.02 index 2022 up 4.4% rising
31 Israel 1.02 index 2022 up 2.6% rising
32 Norway 1.02 index 2019 up 1.7% rising
33 Costa Rica 1.02 index 2024 up 2.1% rising
34 Palestine 1.02 index 2022 up 13.6% rising
35 Armenia 1.02 index 2022 up 1.8% flat
36 United Arab Emirates 1.02 index 2024 up 8.3% rising
37 Bulgaria 1.02 index 2021 up 1.4% rising
38 Cayman Islands 1.02 index 2015 up 0.7% rising
39 Portugal 1.01 index 2021 up 1.9% rising
40 Moldova 1.01 index 2024 up 1.6% rising
41 Colombia 1.01 index 2024 down 1.5% flat
42 Belize 1.01 index 2022 up 0.7% rising
43 United States 1.01 index 2024 up 0.9% flat
44 Kazakhstan 1.01 index 2024 up 0.3% rising
45 Australia 1.01 index 2022 up 1.0% rising
46 Georgia 1.01 index 2024 up 1.7% flat
47 Fiji 1.01 index 2021 up 1.8% rising
48 Canada 1.01 index 2021 up 1.2% flat
49 United Kingdom 1.01 index 2021 up 2.6% flat
50 Slovenia 1 index 2019 up 4.0% rising
51 Paraguay 1 index 2024 up 0.6% rising
52 New Zealand 0.9986 index 2020 up 0.8% rising
53 Cyprus 0.9951 index 2020 up 5.4% rising
54 Luxembourg 0.9946 index 2015 up 8.4% rising
55 Slovakia 0.993 index 2019 up 2.5% rising
56 Belgium 0.9907 index 2019 up 4.2% rising
57 Sri Lanka 0.989 index 2024 down 1.9% rising
58 Iran 0.9879 index 2016 up 3.8% flat
59 Czechia 0.987 index 2021 up 3.6% rising
60 Hungary 0.9853 index 2022 up 0.7% rising
61 Spain 0.985 index 2020 up 3.7% rising
62 Andorra 0.9845 index 2022 down 0.5% flat
63 Azerbaijan 0.9839 index 2023 up 4.9% flat
64 Ecuador 0.9828 index 2024 up 0.6% rising
65 Malaysia 0.9795 index 2022 up 3.8% rising
66 Albania 0.979 index 2023 up 1.9% rising
67 South Africa 0.9788 index 2023 up 2.4% rising
68 Chile 0.9779 index 2017 down 0.4% rising
69 Italy 0.9741 index 2020 up 3.4% rising
70 Uzbekistan 0.9725 index 2022 up 0.8% flat
71 France 0.969 index 2019 down 0.6% rising
72 Mexico 0.9677 index 2024 up 1.3% rising
73 Malta 0.9673 index 2020 up 4.7% rising
74 Netherlands 0.9637 index 2020 up 2.4% rising
75 Germany 0.9625 index 2020 up 3.2% flat
76 Serbia 0.9612 index 2022 up 6.6% rising
77 Thailand 0.9606 index 2022 up 2.3% rising
78 Macao 0.959 index 2016 up 5.1% rising
79 Romania 0.9565 index 2022 up 3.0% rising
80 Switzerland 0.9463 index 2019 up 3.2% rising
81 Japan 0.9459 index 2020 down 0.2% rising
82 Singapore 0.9458 index 2022 up 3.0% rising
83 Greece 0.9447 index 2020 up 1.0% rising
84 Austria 0.9442 index 2021 up 1.7% rising
85 Saudi Arabia 0.9393 index 2024 up 5.1% rising
86 Hong Kong 0.938 index 2022 up 1.9% rising
87 Indonesia 0.9209 index 2020 up 7.8% rising
88 El Salvador 0.9199 index 2023 up 2.7% rising
89 Bolivia 0.9104 index 2024 down 0.6% rising
90 Vietnam 0.8992 index 2022 up 3.8% rising
91 Peru 0.8916 index 2018 up 5.9% rising
92 Jordan 0.8903 index 2023 up 1.1% flat
93 South Korea 0.8875 index 2015 up 4.6% rising
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8848 index 2022 up 16.2% rising
95 Mauritius 0.8752 index 2011 up 9.5% rising
96 Kenya 0.8647 index 2024 up 3.2% rising
97 Algeria 0.8615 index 2019 up 7.8% rising
98 Guatemala 0.8594 index 2024 up 14.7% rising
99 Zimbabwe 0.8528 index 2019 down 6.0% rising
100 Tunisia 0.8515 index 2023 up 14.4% rising
101 Bangladesh 0.8492 index 2021 up 15.9% rising
102 Rwanda 0.8448 index 2022 up 12.9% rising
103 Turkey 0.8362 index 2019 up 9.6% rising
104 Tanzania 0.8181 index 2022 up 2.1% rising
105 Ghana 0.7826 index 2024 up 12.1% rising
106 Uganda 0.7727 index 2024 up 20.1% rising
107 Syria 0.7609 index 2009 down 2.5% rising
108 India 0.7269 index 2023 up 17.0% rising
109 Nigeria 0.7239 index 2024 up 8.6% falling
110 Cambodia 0.7054 index 2021 up 14.7% rising
111 Malawi 0.6711 index 2020 up 1.4% rising
112 Mozambique 0.661 index 2022 up 13.0% rising
113 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6533 index 2023 up 12.5% rising
114 Senegal 0.6458 index 2023 up 6.5% rising
115 Pakistan 0.635 index 2021 up 29.9% rising
116 Nepal 0.5982 index 2021 up 26.9% rising
117 Ethiopia 0.5568 index 2022 up 41.6% rising
118 Mali 0.5254 index 2020 down 4.7% rising
119 Burkina Faso 0.517 index 2021 up 3.3% rising
120 Guinea 0.3878 index 2018 up 43.9% rising
121 Afghanistan 0.3001 index 2022 up 37.7% volatile

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Indicator
Average years of schooling, adjusted gender parity index
Unit
index
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
121 places, 1,376 data points, 1970–2024
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An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal average years of schooling between men and women. Values below 1 favor men, and above 1 favor women.