Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
199
Highest
1.27 GPIA
Burundi
Lowest
0.6556 GPIA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
41
1985–2025
Data points
10,386

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 1.27 GPIA in Burundi; the lowest is 0.6556 GPIA in Congo, Democratic Republic of the.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 47.8%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 33.9%).

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 1.27 GPIA 2025 up 24.8% rising
2 Bangladesh 1.25 GPIA 2024 up 10.6% rising
3 Lesotho 1.24 GPIA 2017 down 1.2% flat
4 Senegal 1.24 GPIA 2023 up 21.7% rising
5 Gambia 1.24 GPIA 2024 up 20.0% rising
6 Burkina Faso 1.23 GPIA 2024 up 34.0% rising
7 Bhutan 1.19 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
8 Rwanda 1.18 GPIA 2024 up 6.6% rising
9 Mexico 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% rising
10 Bermuda 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 3.7% flat
11 Tuvalu 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 8.1% falling
12 Mauritania 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 29.9% rising
13 Cambodia 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 8.3% rising
14 Montserrat 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% rising
15 Syrian Arab Republic 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 14.9% rising
16 Honduras 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% falling
17 Maldives 1.09 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% falling
18 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.09 GPIA 2021 up 32.6% rising
19 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% falling
20 Myanmar 1.09 GPIA 2018 up 5.9% rising
21 Zambia 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 17.7% rising
22 Anguilla 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 10.6% flat
23 Timor-Leste 1.08 GPIA 2020 up 3.5% rising
24 Solomon Islands 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 9.1% rising
25 Madagascar 1.07 GPIA 2021 up 8.9% rising
26 Vanuatu 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 7.0% flat
27 Sierra Leone 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 13.6% rising
28 Lebanon 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
29 Naoero 1.07 GPIA 2025 up 6.9% rising
30 Saint Lucia 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 5.9% falling
31 Belgium 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% falling
32 Equatorial Guinea 1.07 GPIA 2015 up 30.1% rising
33 Namibia 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% falling
34 Sao Tome and Principe 1.06 GPIA 2017 down 6.6% falling
35 Malawi 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 17.4% rising
36 Sweden 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
37 Monaco 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 4.6% flat
38 El Salvador 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% rising
39 Comoros 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 3.8% rising
40 Croatia 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% rising
41 Nicaragua 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% flat
42 Nigeria 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 10.5% rising
43 Tunisia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 2.8% rising
44 Gibraltar 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 7.8% flat
45 Trinidad and Tobago 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% flat
46 Dominican Republic 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% falling
47 China 1.03 GPIA 2012 up 5.2% rising
48 Marshall Islands 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 4.6% rising
49 Kuwait 1.03 GPIA 2012 up 3.1% flat
50 Cape Verde 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 9.8% falling
51 India 1.03 GPIA 2025 down 0.9% rising
52 Mongolia 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% falling
53 Zimbabwe 1.03 GPIA 2013 up 10.9% rising
54 Norway 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
55 Ecuador 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% rising
56 Liberia 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 25.7% rising
57 Saudi Arabia 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% falling
58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
59 Sri Lanka 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% flat
60 Botswana 1.02 GPIA 2022 down 0.6% falling
61 Bahamas 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% rising
62 Ireland 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 1.2% flat
63 Ghana 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 7.6% rising
64 Malaysia 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 4.6% flat
65 Tokelau 1.02 GPIA 2025 up 16.3% falling
66 Thailand 1.02 GPIA 2025 up 9.1% flat
67 Philippines 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 5.2% falling
68 Türkiye 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% rising
69 Congo 1.01 GPIA 2012 up 33.4% rising
70 Ethiopia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 10.0% rising
71 Peru 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 7.7% rising
72 Argentina 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.7% flat
73 Bahrain 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% falling
74 Eswatini 1.01 GPIA 2016 up 2.9% flat
75 Côte d'Ivoire 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 30.5% rising
76 Ukraine 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
77 Sudan 1.01 GPIA 2019 up 26.4% rising
78 Cook Islands 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 4.6% falling
79 Samoa 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
80 Puerto Rico 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% flat
81 Kyrgyzstan 1.01 GPIA 2025 up 1.6% rising
82 Panama 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% flat
83 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% flat
84 Slovenia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% flat
85 Niger 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 39.8% rising
86 Costa Rica 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% flat
87 Paraguay 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 3.5% flat
88 Palestine, State of 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
89 Denmark 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
90 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% rising
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 GPIA 2025 up 7.8% rising
92 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2023 down 5.5% falling
93 Colombia 1 GPIA 2022 down 4.2% falling
94 Czechia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
95 Israel 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
96 Nepal 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.6% rising
97 France 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
98 Belarus 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
99 Canada 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
100 United States of America 1 GPIA 2022 up 1.7% flat
101 Switzerland 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
102 Japan 0.9994 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
103 Finland 0.9993 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
104 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.999 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
105 North Macedonia 0.9989 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% rising
106 United Arab Emirates 0.9987 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% falling
107 Uzbekistan 0.9986 GPIA 2025 up 0.6% flat
108 Cayman Islands 0.9983 GPIA 2024 down 3.4% flat
109 Jordan 0.9979 GPIA 2024 down 3.9% flat
110 New Zealand 0.9973 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
111 Republic of Korea 0.9973 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
112 Montenegro 0.997 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% flat
113 Oman 0.9968 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% rising
114 San Marino 0.9966 GPIA 2024 down 3.4% flat
115 Tonga 0.9963 GPIA 2024 down 9.1% flat
116 Iceland 0.9958 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
117 Azerbaijan 0.9955 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% flat
118 Qatar 0.9954 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% falling
119 Seychelles 0.9951 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% falling
120 Mauritius 0.995 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% falling
121 Andorra 0.995 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% flat
122 Lithuania 0.9948 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% flat
123 Austria 0.9941 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
124 Estonia 0.994 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
125 Slovakia 0.994 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
126 Jamaica 0.9936 GPIA 2024 down 5.8% flat
127 Cyprus 0.9933 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
128 Kenya 0.993 GPIA 2023 up 2.8% flat
129 Singapore 0.9929 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
130 Libya 0.9928 GPIA 2006 down 0.5% flat
131 Bulgaria 0.9926 GPIA 2024 up 7.2% rising
132 Egypt 0.9916 GPIA 2024 down 1.3% rising
133 Latvia 0.9915 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% flat
134 Spain 0.9912 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
135 Macau, China 0.9898 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% flat
136 Kiribati 0.9892 GPIA 2024 down 13.1% flat
137 Italy 0.9885 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% flat
138 Albania 0.9878 GPIA 2024 up 2.8% flat
139 Romania 0.9874 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
140 Guatemala 0.9872 GPIA 2024 up 10.5% rising
141 Republic of Moldova 0.9871 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
142 Hungary 0.9869 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
143 Portugal 0.986 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
144 Germany 0.9856 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
145 Kazakhstan 0.9846 GPIA 2025 down 2.1% flat
146 Malta 0.9831 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
147 Barbados 0.982 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% flat
148 Brunei Darussalam 0.9819 GPIA 2023 down 4.3% falling
149 Armenia 0.9802 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
150 Belize 0.9786 GPIA 2024 down 5.3% falling
151 Greece 0.9784 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
152 Brazil 0.9772 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
153 Indonesia 0.9766 GPIA 2025 down 6.0% flat
154 Hong Kong, China 0.9765 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
155 Australia 0.9677 GPIA 2024 up 9.2% rising
156 Poland 0.9672 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
157 Liechtenstein 0.9669 GPIA 2021 down 0.9% falling
158 Viet Nam 0.9654 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% rising
159 Georgia 0.9653 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% flat
160 South Africa 0.965 GPIA 2023 down 3.9% falling
161 Netherlands 0.9647 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
162 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9633 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
163 Guyana 0.9621 GPIA 2024 down 4.0% falling
164 Russian Federation 0.9609 GPIA 2023 down 5.2% flat
165 Chile 0.9591 GPIA 2024 down 2.4% flat
166 Cuba 0.9581 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% falling
167 Fiji 0.9571 GPIA 2024 down 3.1% falling
168 Luxembourg 0.9554 GPIA 2024 down 4.2% falling
169 Pakistan 0.9541 GPIA 2024 up 17.2% rising
170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9526 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% falling
171 Mali 0.952 GPIA 2023 up 10.9% rising
172 Serbia 0.9517 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% flat
173 Grenada 0.9484 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% flat
174 Morocco 0.9458 GPIA 2024 up 9.3% rising
175 Aruba 0.9448 GPIA 2024 down 7.2% flat
176 Mozambique 0.9446 GPIA 2017 up 28.0% rising
177 Tajikistan 0.9382 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
178 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9264 GPIA 2023 up 2.2% rising
179 Benin 0.9144 GPIA 2022 up 31.3% rising
180 British Virgin Islands 0.9139 GPIA 2024 down 4.0% falling
181 Palau 0.9119 GPIA 2024 down 10.3% rising
182 Angola 0.9096 GPIA 2023 up 30.6% falling
183 Algeria 0.9013 GPIA 2024 down 4.3% rising
184 Cameroon 0.8991 GPIA 2023 up 5.8% rising
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.8981 GPIA 2024 up 7.6% falling
186 Togo 0.8731 GPIA 2023 up 9.9% rising
187 Papua New Guinea 0.871 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% rising
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.8683 GPIA 2023 down 13.5% falling
189 Suriname 0.8197 GPIA 2022 down 26.9% falling
190 Niue 0.8183 GPIA 2024 down 33.9% falling
191 Eritrea 0.8158 GPIA 2022 up 0.6% rising
192 Dominica 0.8145 GPIA 2023 down 10.6% falling
193 Yemen 0.752 GPIA 2016 up 45.3% rising
194 Chad 0.7462 GPIA 2024 up 47.8% rising
195 Afghanistan 0.7359 GPIA 2023 up 28.6% rising
196 Iraq 0.7163 GPIA 2007 up 16.4% rising
197 Central African Republic 0.7072 GPIA 2017 up 0.8% rising
198 Guinea 0.6738 GPIA 2014 up 38.4% rising
199 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6556 GPIA 2021 up 1.0% rising

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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About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
420 places, 10,386 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release