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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
214
Highest
1.21 GPIA
Senegal
Lowest
0.7772 GPIA
Afghanistan
Median
0.9969 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
17,336

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 1.21 GPIA in Senegal; the lowest is 0.7772 GPIA in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9969 GPIA, and the mean is 0.989 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 147 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 58.1%), and the largest decrease in Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (down 32.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Senegal 1.21 GPIA 2024 up 9.3% rising
2 Niue 1.19 GPIA 2025 up 40.9% flat
3 Gambia 1.14 GPIA 2025 up 7.4% rising
4 Kuwait 1.13 GPIA 2021 up 12.0% rising
5 Bangladesh 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 6.0% rising
6 Maldives 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% flat
7 Sweden 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% rising
8 Bhutan 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
9 Tanzania 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% rising
10 Sierra Leone 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% rising
11 Zambia 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 6.4% rising
12 Cook Islands 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 5.3% falling
13 Nauru 1.04 GPIA 2025 up 6.3% rising
14 Madagascar 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 3.6% rising
15 Venezuela 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% flat
16 Aruba 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 2.8% rising
17 Tonga 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% rising
18 Gibraltar 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 5.2% flat
19 Burkina Faso 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 6.4% rising
20 Mauritania 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% rising
21 Ecuador 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% flat
22 American Samoa 1.03 GPIA 1992 up 0.1% flat
23 San Marino 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% flat
24 Liberia 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 14.1% rising
25 Malawi 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% rising
26 Qatar 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% falling
27 Côte d’Ivoire 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 10.7% rising
28 Ireland 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% flat
29 British Virgin Islands 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 7.9% flat
30 Cayman Islands 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 6.0% falling
31 China (People’s Republic of) 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
32 Burundi 1.02 GPIA 2025 down 0.8% rising
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
34 Ukraine 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
35 Oman 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 3.6% rising
36 Timor-Leste 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% rising
37 Sri Lanka 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% rising
38 Honduras 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% flat
39 Uganda 1.01 GPIA 2017 up 2.2% rising
40 Argentina 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
41 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% flat
42 Cyprus 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
43 Bahrain 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% rising
44 Puerto Rico 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% flat
45 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 10.8% flat
46 Bermuda 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 3.6% flat
47 Marshall Islands 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
48 Palau 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 7.7% rising
49 Angola 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 58.1% rising
50 Saint Lucia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
51 Mauritius 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% flat
52 Peru 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% rising
53 Zimbabwe 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% rising
54 Montenegro 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
55 Luxembourg 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
56 Panama 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% flat
57 El Salvador 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% flat
58 Germany 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
59 Dominica 1.01 GPIA 2025 up 7.8% flat
60 Russia 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
61 Algeria 1 GPIA 2025 up 4.9% rising
62 Brunei Darussalam 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.2% flat
63 Jordan 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% rising
64 Mexico 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
65 Latvia 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
66 North Macedonia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% rising
67 Portugal 1 GPIA 2023 up 3.3% flat
68 Lithuania 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
69 Saudi Arabia 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.7% rising
70 Georgia 1 GPIA 2024 up 6.9% flat
71 New Zealand 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
72 Syrian Arab Republic 1 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% rising
73 Seychelles 1 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% falling
74 Kyrgyzstan 1 GPIA 2025 up 1.1% rising
75 Canada 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
76 Spain 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% flat
77 Iran 1 GPIA 2023 down 3.1% rising
78 Macau (China) 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% rising
79 Australia 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
80 Israel 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
81 Croatia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
82 Bulgaria 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
83 Malaysia 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.7% rising
84 Iceland 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
85 United States 1 GPIA 2022 up 0.9% flat
86 France 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
86 Slovak Republic 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
88 Norway 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
89 Egypt 0.9999 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% rising
90 Belgium 0.9997 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
91 Hungary 0.9997 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
92 Brazil 0.9994 GPIA 2024 up 5.2% flat
93 Malta 0.9991 GPIA 2023 down 1.9% flat
94 Turkmenistan 0.999 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
95 United Kingdom 0.9986 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
96 Japan 0.9986 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% flat
97 Albania 0.9986 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
98 Belarus 0.9986 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
99 Costa Rica 0.9985 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% rising
100 Switzerland 0.9985 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
101 Andorra 0.9981 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
102 Korea 0.998 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
103 Finland 0.998 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
104 Denmark 0.9973 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
105 Poland 0.9971 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
106 Singapore 0.997 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
107 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9969 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
108 Equatorial Guinea 0.9968 GPIA 2015 up 2.8% rising
109 Czechia 0.9966 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
110 Greece 0.9966 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
111 Jamaica 0.9957 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% flat
112 Netherlands 0.9957 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
113 Austria 0.9957 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
114 Guyana 0.9955 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
115 Estonia 0.9951 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
116 Ghana 0.9943 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% rising
117 Myanmar 0.994 GPIA 2018 down 3.8% rising
118 Azerbaijan 0.9932 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
119 Bolivia 0.9931 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% rising
120 Slovenia 0.9928 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% flat
121 India 0.9927 GPIA 2025 down 2.6% rising
122 Belize 0.9916 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% flat
123 Palestine, State of 0.9915 GPIA 2023 up 2.1% flat
124 Lebanon 0.9912 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% flat
125 Martinique 0.9907 GPIA 1996 up 5.2% flat
126 United Arab Emirates 0.9906 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% falling
127 Cuba 0.9901 GPIA 2024 up 5.3% flat
128 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9896 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
129 Romania 0.9895 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
130 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0.9894 GPIA 2025 up 3.8% rising
131 Moldova 0.9893 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
132 Uruguay 0.9893 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
133 Italy 0.9891 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% flat
134 Comoros 0.9864 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% rising
135 Paraguay 0.9856 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% rising
136 Thailand 0.9852 GPIA 2025 up 3.0% rising
137 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9836 GPIA 2024 up 10.7% falling
138 Tunisia 0.9825 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% rising
139 Guatemala 0.982 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% rising
140 Armenia 0.9818 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
141 Cabo Verde 0.9818 GPIA 2022 up 2.0% flat
142 Anguilla 0.9817 GPIA 2023 up 5.5% flat
143 Botswana 0.981 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% falling
144 Morocco 0.981 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% rising
145 Togo 0.9808 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% rising
146 Haiti 0.9803 GPIA 2016 rising
147 Barbados 0.9792 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
148 Tuvalu 0.9786 GPIA 2024 down 4.0% flat
149 Kazakhstan 0.9773 GPIA 2025 down 2.0% flat
150 Congo 0.9771 GPIA 2023 down 8.5% rising
151 Türkiye 0.9765 GPIA 2023 down 2.9% rising
152 Grenada 0.9754 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
153 Liechtenstein 0.9753 GPIA 2021 down 3.3% flat
154 Indonesia 0.9749 GPIA 2025 up 0.9% rising
155 Colombia 0.9742 GPIA 2022 up 0.4% flat
156 Bahamas 0.9737 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% flat
157 Guadeloupe 0.9734 GPIA 1994 up 5.3% flat
158 Nicaragua 0.9729 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% falling
159 New Caledonia 0.9725 GPIA 1991 up 1.3% flat
160 Monaco 0.9722 GPIA 2024 down 6.3% falling
161 Solomon Islands 0.9715 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% rising
162 Hong Kong (China) 0.9706 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% flat
163 Pakistan 0.9703 GPIA 2024 up 15.8% rising
164 Nigeria 0.97 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% rising
165 Dominican Republic 0.9695 GPIA 2024 up 6.8% falling
166 Chile 0.9686 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
167 Kenya 0.9677 GPIA 2023 down 3.2% rising
168 Nepal 0.9677 GPIA 2025 down 10.5% rising
169 Vanuatu 0.9672 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
170 Papua New Guinea 0.9662 GPIA 2023 up 3.7% rising
171 Samoa 0.9632 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% flat
172 Uzbekistan 0.9623 GPIA 2025 down 2.9% flat
173 Rwanda 0.9621 GPIA 2024 down 5.1% rising
174 Sudan 0.9619 GPIA 2019 up 8.1% rising
175 Lesotho 0.9614 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% falling
176 Philippines 0.9607 GPIA 2024 down 2.5% falling
177 Viet Nam 0.9604 GPIA 2024 down 1.7% flat
178 Cambodia 0.9601 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% rising
179 Kiribati 0.9598 GPIA 2024 down 3.7% flat
180 Niger 0.959 GPIA 2024 up 13.0% rising
181 Gabon 0.9569 GPIA 2019 up 0.1% rising
182 Namibia 0.9544 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% falling
183 Suriname 0.953 GPIA 2024 down 2.2% falling
184 Libya 0.9528 GPIA 2006 down 4.0% rising
185 South Africa 0.9511 GPIA 2023 down 2.0% falling
186 French Polynesia 0.9508 GPIA 1996 down 1.3% flat
187 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9503 GPIA 2017 down 4.3% flat
188 Réunion 0.9503 GPIA 1994 up 1.8% flat
189 Montserrat 0.9499 GPIA 2023 down 6.3% rising
190 Mozambique 0.9498 GPIA 2022 up 5.2% rising
191 Guinea-Bissau 0.9488 GPIA 2010 up 39.3% rising
192 Serbia 0.9482 GPIA 2024 down 6.7% flat
193 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.9459 GPIA 2023 up 5.8% rising
194 Fiji 0.9443 GPIA 2024 down 2.2% flat
195 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9399 GPIA 2023 down 2.6% flat
196 Tokelau 0.9385 GPIA 2025 up 1.4% falling
197 Tajikistan 0.9359 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% rising
198 Eswatini 0.9344 GPIA 2023 up 2.7% falling
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9342 GPIA 2023 down 1.7% flat
200 Ethiopia 0.9324 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% rising
201 Benin 0.9272 GPIA 2022 up 1.7% rising
202 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.9218 GPIA 1987 up 2.4% flat
203 Cameroon 0.9187 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% rising
204 Mali 0.9109 GPIA 2023 up 4.5% rising
205 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0.8921 GPIA 1998 down 16.2% falling
206 Yemen 0.8785 GPIA 2016 up 17.9% rising
207 Chad 0.8621 GPIA 2024 up 11.5% rising
208 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.8607 GPIA 1995 down 32.2% falling
209 Guinea 0.8593 GPIA 2020 up 3.0% rising
210 Eritrea 0.8504 GPIA 2022 up 3.3% flat
211 Iraq 0.8337 GPIA 2007 down 1.7% rising
212 Somalia 0.8324 GPIA 2023 rising
213 Central African Republic 0.7866 GPIA 2016 up 11.5% rising
214 Afghanistan 0.7772 GPIA 2023 up 10.1% rising

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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, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
435 places, 17,336 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release