Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
189
Highest
1.83 GPIA
Gambia
Lowest
0.348 GPIA
Central African Republic
Median
1.22 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
14,225

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 1.83 GPIA in Gambia; the lowest is 0.348 GPIA in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.22 GPIA, and the mean is 1.15 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 375.9%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 50.2%).

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gambia 1.83 GPIA 2024 up 158.6% volatile
2 Anguilla 1.8 GPIA 2008 down 10.1% falling
3 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.78 GPIA 2023 up 9.2% rising
4 Cook Islands 1.77 GPIA 2024 up 7.5% rising
5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.68 GPIA 2022 up 4.9% flat
6 Maldives 1.64 GPIA 2022 up 4.3% rising
7 Qatar 1.64 GPIA 2024 down 11.3% flat
8 United States Virgin Islands 1.63 GPIA 1993 up 2.7% flat
9 Guyana 1.57 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% rising
10 Aruba 1.57 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
11 Samoa 1.57 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% volatile
12 Saint Lucia 1.53 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% rising
13 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.52 GPIA 2023 up 13.0% rising
14 Iceland 1.52 GPIA 2023 up 6.1% rising
15 Seychelles 1.51 GPIA 2024 down 6.1% falling
16 Tonga 1.51 GPIA 2023 rising
17 Cuba 1.49 GPIA 2024 up 10.1% rising
18 Dominican Republic 1.49 GPIA 2024 up 8.2% rising
19 Barbados 1.49 GPIA 2025 down 0.3% rising
20 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.48 GPIA 2015 down 2.7% flat
21 Bahrain 1.47 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
22 Argentina 1.45 GPIA 2023 up 4.7% rising
23 Belize 1.45 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% falling
24 Oman 1.45 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
25 Tunisia 1.45 GPIA 2023 up 6.0% rising
26 Jamaica 1.42 GPIA 2015 down 8.9% rising
27 Namibia 1.42 GPIA 2022 up 5.1% rising
28 South Africa 1.42 GPIA 2023 up 9.5% rising
29 Uruguay 1.42 GPIA 2023 rising
30 Mongolia 1.41 GPIA 2024 up 8.5% falling
31 Venezuela 1.41 GPIA 2008 up 7.4% rising
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.4 GPIA 2023 up 11.2% rising
33 Sri Lanka 1.4 GPIA 2023 up 3.5% rising
34 Sweden 1.4 GPIA 2024 up 3.7% rising
35 Kuwait 1.39 GPIA 2021 down 4.3% rising
36 Trinidad and Tobago 1.39 GPIA 2024 rising
37 Botswana 1.39 GPIA 2024 up 16.3% rising
38 Malta 1.38 GPIA 2023 up 10.3% rising
39 New Zealand 1.38 GPIA 2024 up 6.7% rising
40 Palestine 1.38 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% rising
41 Panama 1.37 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% rising
42 British Virgin Islands 1.37 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% falling
43 Puerto Rico 1.37 GPIA 2023 up 5.0% flat
44 Poland 1.37 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% rising
45 Cape Verde 1.36 GPIA 2018 up 7.6% rising
46 Brazil 1.36 GPIA 2024 up 7.9% rising
47 Algeria 1.35 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% rising
48 Brunei 1.35 GPIA 2023 down 9.9% rising
49 Slovenia 1.34 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% flat
50 Estonia 1.34 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% falling
51 Montenegro 1.34 GPIA 2023 up 11.5% flat
52 Lesotho 1.34 GPIA 2018 up 15.3% rising
53 Norway 1.34 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% flat
54 Bermuda 1.34 GPIA 2023 down 14.6% rising
55 Honduras 1.33 GPIA 2024 up 4.5% rising
56 Palau 1.33 GPIA 2024 down 3.4% falling
57 Croatia 1.33 GPIA 2023 up 5.3% rising
58 Jordan 1.33 GPIA 2024 up 10.1% rising
59 Latvia 1.32 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% falling
60 Cyprus 1.32 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% rising
61 Myanmar 1.32 GPIA 2018 up 1.6% rising
62 United States 1.32 GPIA 2022 up 3.7% rising
63 Slovakia 1.31 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% rising
64 Lithuania 1.31 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% falling
65 Australia 1.31 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
66 Malaysia 1.31 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% rising
67 Serbia 1.3 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% rising
68 Israel 1.3 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% rising
69 North Macedonia 1.3 GPIA 2023 up 7.1% rising
70 Paraguay 1.29 GPIA 2010 up 2.0% rising
71 Bulgaria 1.29 GPIA 2024 up 7.3% flat
72 Denmark 1.29 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
73 Nicaragua 1.29 GPIA 2023 rising
74 Italy 1.29 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
75 Armenia 1.28 GPIA 2024 up 13.8% flat
76 Kyrgyzstan 1.28 GPIA 2025 up 8.2% rising
77 United Kingdom 1.27 GPIA 2023 up 2.7% flat
78 Belgium 1.27 GPIA 2023 up 3.3% rising
79 Canada 1.27 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
80 Suriname 1.27 GPIA 2024 up 6.4% rising
81 Marshall Islands 1.27 GPIA 2024 up 18.6% flat
82 Czechia 1.26 GPIA 2023 down 2.2% rising
83 El Salvador 1.26 GPIA 2024 up 9.4% rising
84 Thailand 1.26 GPIA 2025 down 3.1% rising
85 France 1.25 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% flat
86 Finland 1.25 GPIA 2024 up 6.3% flat
87 Albania 1.24 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% rising
88 Moldova 1.24 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% flat
89 Romania 1.24 GPIA 2023 up 3.1% flat
90 Lebanon 1.24 GPIA 2019 up 5.6% rising
91 Austria 1.23 GPIA 2024 up 6.0% rising
92 Spain 1.23 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% flat
93 Fiji 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 12.4% rising
94 Grenada 1.22 GPIA 2018 down 4.8% flat
95 Azerbaijan 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 8.5% rising
96 Philippines 1.22 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% flat
97 United Arab Emirates 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 18.1% rising
98 Nepal 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 19.8% rising
99 Zimbabwe 1.21 GPIA 2024 up 60.6% rising
100 Ecuador 1.21 GPIA 2023 down 2.0% flat
101 Hungary 1.21 GPIA 2024 down 1.7% falling
102 Guatemala 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 15.1% volatile
103 Indonesia 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% rising
104 Morocco 1.19 GPIA 2024 up 21.7% rising
105 Ireland 1.19 GPIA 2022 up 12.3% falling
106 Costa Rica 1.18 GPIA 2019 down 2.3% flat
107 Portugal 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 2.2% flat
108 Kazakhstan 1.17 GPIA 2025 down 1.4% flat
109 Netherlands 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 7.7% rising
110 Georgia 1.16 GPIA 2025 up 0.7% rising
111 Mexico 1.16 GPIA 2024 up 17.7% rising
112 Vietnam 1.16 GPIA 2024 up 12.9% rising
113 Luxembourg 1.16 GPIA 2024 up 8.3% flat
114 Colombia 1.15 GPIA 2022 up 4.7% rising
115 Chile 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
116 Syria 1.15 GPIA 2016 up 28.0% rising
117 Uzbekistan 1.14 GPIA 2025 up 83.4% rising
118 Belarus 1.14 GPIA 2024 down 8.7% falling
119 China 1.14 GPIA 2024 down 1.3% rising
120 Switzerland 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 10.6% rising
121 Libya 1.12 GPIA 2003 up 19.4% volatile
122 Bhutan 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 30.8% rising
123 Cambodia 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 40.2% volatile
124 Senegal 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 88.3% rising
125 Macao 1.11 GPIA 2024 down 9.9% rising
126 Germany 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 16.1% rising
127 Hong Kong 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 2.7% rising
128 Singapore 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 2.9% rising
129 Andorra 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 18.3% flat
130 Peru 1.08 GPIA 2017 up 2.5% rising
131 Turkey 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 22.8% rising
132 Turkmenistan 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 66.1% rising
133 Russia 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 7.5% falling
134 India 1.07 GPIA 2025 up 10.0% rising
135 Greece 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 7.5% falling
136 Egypt 1.03 GPIA 2025 up 5.5% rising
137 Sao Tome and Principe 1.03 GPIA 2015 up 10.9% flat
138 Pakistan 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 3.9% rising
139 Madagascar 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 6.6% rising
140 Ghana 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 55.6% volatile
141 Iran 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 0.7% rising
142 San Marino 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 21.3% falling
143 Saudi Arabia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 22.6% rising
144 Sudan 1 GPIA 2015 down 6.2% falling
145 Mauritius 1 GPIA 2025 down 18.9% rising
146 Angola 0.9887 GPIA 2024 up 22.6% rising
147 Eswatini 0.9874 GPIA 2013 down 10.7% rising
148 Japan 0.9742 GPIA 2023 up 6.7% rising
149 Cameroon 0.9648 GPIA 2024 up 24.3% rising
150 Tajikistan 0.9453 GPIA 2024 up 70.3% rising
151 Comoros 0.9443 GPIA 2017 up 46.8% rising
152 Dominica 0.9163 GPIA 1993 down 50.2% flat
153 Burundi 0.9032 GPIA 2025 up 173.6% rising
154 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8937 GPIA 2024 up 61.5% volatile
155 South Korea 0.8915 GPIA 2024 up 15.3% rising
156 Ukraine 0.8539 GPIA 2024 down 25.1% falling
157 Tanzania 0.8225 GPIA 2024 up 54.8% volatile
158 Mozambique 0.8098 GPIA 2018 up 32.4% rising
159 Rwanda 0.8043 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% volatile
160 Kenya 0.7935 GPIA 2024 up 13.5% rising
161 Bangladesh 0.7715 GPIA 2024 up 7.0% volatile
162 Uganda 0.7671 GPIA 2014 up 25.2% rising
163 Zambia 0.7534 GPIA 2012 up 68.2% rising
164 Laos 0.7453 GPIA 2023 down 16.1% rising
165 Burkina Faso 0.7401 GPIA 2024 up 54.5% rising
166 Eritrea 0.7043 GPIA 2016 up 375.9% volatile
167 Malawi 0.6959 GPIA 2022 up 8.8% rising
168 Nigeria 0.6941 GPIA 2011 down 10.4% rising
169 Djibouti 0.6718 GPIA 2011 down 6.1% falling
170 Congo 0.6691 GPIA 2023 down 10.9% volatile
171 Liechtenstein 0.6517 GPIA 2021 up 22.6% rising
172 Niger 0.6364 GPIA 2019 up 49.0% rising
173 Liberia 0.6122 GPIA 2012 up 13.0% rising
174 Benin 0.5931 GPIA 2022 up 70.4% rising
175 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5923 GPIA 2020 up 91.8% volatile
176 Iraq 0.5838 GPIA 2005 up 9.1% rising
177 Gabon 0.5778 GPIA 2003 up 36.1% rising
178 Papua New Guinea 0.5725 GPIA 1999 up 50.9% rising
179 Togo 0.5698 GPIA 2020 up 62.8% volatile
180 Mauritania 0.566 GPIA 2020 up 50.9% rising
181 Yemen 0.4451 GPIA 2011 up 30.3% rising
182 Guinea 0.4411 GPIA 2014 up 143.9% volatile
183 Ethiopia 0.433 GPIA 2014 up 24.7% rising
184 Mali 0.4234 GPIA 2015 down 16.9% volatile
185 Sierra Leone 0.4024 GPIA 2002 volatile
186 Chad 0.3945 GPIA 2020 up 126.0% volatile
187 Afghanistan 0.3809 GPIA 2020 up 66.6% rising
188 Haiti 0.3482 GPIA 1986 up 12.6% rising
189 Central African Republic 0.348 GPIA 2012 up 76.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
410 places, 14,225 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release