Gender ratios for mean years of schooling by country
Countries reporting
121
Highest
1.18
Qatar
Lowest
0.3001
Afghanistan
Median
0.985
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,376
What the numbers show
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 1.18 in Qatar; the lowest is 0.3001 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.985, and the mean is 0.9367.
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%).
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 1.18 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 2 | Kuwait | 1.14 | 2018 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 3 | Lesotho | 1.12 | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 4 | Bahrain | 1.12 | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 1.07 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 6 | Samoa | 1.06 | 2019 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 7 | Argentina | 1.06 | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 8 | Honduras | 1.06 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 9 | Saint Lucia | 1.06 | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 10 | Jamaica | 1.06 | 2022 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 11 | Estonia | 1.06 | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 12 | Venezuela | 1.06 | 2016 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 13 | Puerto Rico | 1.05 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 14 | Uruguay | 1.05 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 15 | Philippines | 1.05 | 2020 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 16 | Latvia | 1.05 | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 1.05 | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 18 | Oman | 1.05 | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 19 | Bermuda | 1.04 | 2016 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 20 | Brazil | 1.04 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 1.04 | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 22 | Ireland | 1.03 | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 23 | Bahamas | 1.03 | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 24 | Denmark | 1.03 | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.03 | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 26 | Finland | 1.03 | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 27 | Sweden | 1.03 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 28 | Tonga | 1.02 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 29 | Lithuania | 1.02 | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 30 | Suriname | 1.02 | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 31 | Israel | 1.02 | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | Norway | 1.02 | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 1.02 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine | 1.02 | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 35 | Armenia | 1.02 | 2022 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 1.02 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 1.02 | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 38 | Cayman Islands | 1.02 | 2015 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 39 | Portugal | 1.01 | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Moldova | 1.01 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 41 | Colombia | 1.01 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 42 | Belize | 1.01 | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 43 | United States | 1.01 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 1.01 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 45 | Australia | 1.01 | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 46 | Georgia | 1.01 | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 47 | Fiji | 1.01 | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 48 | Canada | 1.01 | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 1.01 | 2021 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 50 | Slovenia | 1 | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 51 | Paraguay | 1 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 52 | New Zealand | 0.9986 | 2020 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 53 | Cyprus | 0.9951 | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 54 | Luxembourg | 0.9946 | 2015 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 55 | Slovakia | 0.993 | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 56 | Belgium | 0.9907 | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 0.989 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 58 | Iran | 0.9879 | 2016 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 59 | Czechia | 0.987 | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 60 | Hungary | 0.9853 | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 61 | Spain | 0.985 | 2020 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 62 | Andorra | 0.9845 | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 0.9839 | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 64 | Ecuador | 0.9828 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 65 | Malaysia | 0.9795 | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 0.979 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 67 | South Africa | 0.9788 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 68 | Chile | 0.9779 | 2017 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 69 | Italy | 0.9741 | 2020 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 0.9725 | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 71 | France | 0.969 | 2019 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 72 | Mexico | 0.9677 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 73 | Malta | 0.9673 | 2020 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 74 | Netherlands | 0.9637 | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 75 | Germany | 0.9625 | 2020 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 76 | Serbia | 0.9612 | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 77 | Thailand | 0.9606 | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 78 | Macao | 0.959 | 2016 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 79 | Romania | 0.9565 | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 80 | Switzerland | 0.9463 | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | Japan | 0.9459 | 2020 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 82 | Singapore | 0.9458 | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 83 | Greece | 0.9447 | 2020 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 84 | Austria | 0.9442 | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9393 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 86 | Hong Kong | 0.938 | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 87 | Indonesia | 0.9209 | 2020 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 88 | El Salvador | 0.9199 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 89 | Bolivia | 0.9104 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 90 | Vietnam | 0.8992 | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 91 | Peru | 0.8916 | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 92 | Jordan | 0.8903 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 93 | South Korea | 0.8875 | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8848 | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritius | 0.8752 | 2011 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 96 | Kenya | 0.8647 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 97 | Algeria | 0.8615 | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 98 | Guatemala | 0.8594 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 0.8528 | 2019 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | 0.8515 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 101 | Bangladesh | 0.8492 | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 102 | Rwanda | 0.8448 | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 103 | Turkey | 0.8362 | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 104 | Tanzania | 0.8181 | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 105 | Ghana | 0.7826 | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 106 | Uganda | 0.7727 | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 107 | Syria | 0.7609 | 2009 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 108 | India | 0.7269 | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 109 | Nigeria | 0.7239 | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 110 | Cambodia | 0.7054 | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 111 | Malawi | 0.6711 | 2020 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 112 | Mozambique | 0.661 | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 113 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.6533 | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 114 | Senegal | 0.6458 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 115 | Pakistan | 0.635 | 2021 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 116 | Nepal | 0.5982 | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 0.5568 | 2022 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 118 | Mali | 0.5254 | 2020 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 0.517 | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 120 | Guinea | 0.3878 | 2018 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 121 | Afghanistan | 0.3001 | 2022 | up 37.7% | volatile |