Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
199
Highest
1.22 GPIA
Senegal
Lowest
0.7677 GPIA
Afghanistan
Median
0.9977 GPIA
Years covered
41
1985–2025
Data points
10,306
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 1.22 GPIA in Senegal; the lowest is 0.7677 GPIA in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9977 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9923 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 53.0%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 18.3%).
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 1.22 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 2 | Gambia | 1.16 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 1.16 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 4 | Bhutan | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 5 | Maldives | 1.09 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 10 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 11 | Congo | 1.05 GPIA | 2012 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 12 | Naoero | 1.05 GPIA | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 13 | Zambia | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 14 | Burundi | 1.05 GPIA | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 15 | Bermuda | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 16 | Mauritania | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 17 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.04 GPIA | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 18 | Madagascar | 1.04 GPIA | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 19 | Tuvalu | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 20 | Honduras | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 21 | Gibraltar | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 22 | Syria | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 23 | Cook Islands | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 24 | Croatia | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 25 | Myanmar | 1.03 GPIA | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 26 | Lesotho | 1.03 GPIA | 2017 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 28 | Kuwait | 1.03 GPIA | 2012 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 29 | Malawi | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 31 | Belgium | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 32 | Liberia | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 33 | El Salvador | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 34 | Ireland | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 37 | China | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 38 | Mongolia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 39 | Tonga | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.02 GPIA | 2015 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 42 | Timor-Leste | 1.02 GPIA | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Anguilla | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 44 | Qatar | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 45 | Marshall Islands | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 46 | Lebanon | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 47 | San Marino | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 48 | Ukraine | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | Argentina | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 51 | Bahrain | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 52 | Monaco | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 54 | Peru | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 55 | Micronesia (country) | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 56 | Montserrat | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 59 | Aruba | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 61 | Norway | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 62 | Malaysia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.01 GPIA | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 64 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 65 | Oman | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 66 | Cyprus | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 67 | India | 1 GPIA | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 68 | Mauritius | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 69 | Iran | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 70 | Panama | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 71 | Montenegro | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 72 | Israel | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 73 | Jordan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 74 | Canada | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 76 | Ghana | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 79 | France | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 80 | New Zealand | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 81 | Rwanda | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 82 | United States | 1 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 83 | Seychelles | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 84 | Denmark | 0.9999 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 85 | Latvia | 0.9998 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 86 | Tunisia | 0.9998 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 87 | Belarus | 0.9998 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 88 | Czechia | 0.9994 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 89 | Nepal | 0.9992 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 90 | Switzerland | 0.9991 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 91 | Iceland | 0.999 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Palestine, State of | 0.999 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 93 | Japan | 0.9989 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 94 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.9988 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 95 | Macao | 0.9985 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 96 | Finland | 0.9984 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 97 | Lithuania | 0.9981 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 98 | Slovenia | 0.998 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 99 | Republic of Korea | 0.9978 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 100 | Spain | 0.9977 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 101 | Cambodia | 0.9975 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 102 | Egypt | 0.9974 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 0.9972 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 0.9971 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 105 | Portugal | 0.997 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 106 | Slovakia | 0.9968 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 107 | Andorra | 0.9967 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 108 | Singapore | 0.996 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 109 | Türkiye | 0.9954 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 110 | Thailand | 0.9952 GPIA | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 111 | Jamaica | 0.995 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 0.9949 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 113 | Austria | 0.9949 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 114 | Estonia | 0.9948 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9946 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 116 | Uruguay | 0.9941 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 117 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.9941 GPIA | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 118 | Germany | 0.9939 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 119 | Malta | 0.9939 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 120 | Albania | 0.9936 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 121 | Hungary | 0.9936 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 0.9926 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 123 | Paraguay | 0.9915 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 124 | Botswana | 0.9912 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 125 | Zimbabwe | 0.991 GPIA | 2013 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 126 | Georgia | 0.9906 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 127 | Greece | 0.9897 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 128 | Brazil | 0.9894 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 129 | Italy | 0.9889 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 130 | Bahamas | 0.9886 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 131 | Romania | 0.9885 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 0.9884 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 133 | Republic of Moldova | 0.9882 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 134 | Australia | 0.9881 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 135 | Colombia | 0.9871 GPIA | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 136 | Nigeria | 0.9871 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 137 | Luxembourg | 0.9867 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 138 | Belize | 0.9865 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 139 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.9853 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 140 | Guyana | 0.9843 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 141 | Angola | 0.9842 GPIA | 2023 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 142 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.9841 GPIA | 2017 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 143 | Palau | 0.9833 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 144 | Netherlands | 0.9832 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 145 | Guatemala | 0.983 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 146 | Poland | 0.983 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 147 | Samoa | 0.9825 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 0.9812 GPIA | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 149 | Armenia | 0.981 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 150 | Namibia | 0.9808 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 151 | Philippines | 0.9805 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 152 | Russian Federation | 0.9804 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 153 | Barbados | 0.9803 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 154 | Uzbekistan | 0.979 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 155 | Cuba | 0.979 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 156 | British Virgin Islands | 0.978 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.9763 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 158 | Indonesia | 0.9755 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 159 | Kenya | 0.9741 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 160 | Niue | 0.9727 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 161 | Comoros | 0.9722 GPIA | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 162 | Hong Kong | 0.9721 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 163 | Liechtenstein | 0.9716 GPIA | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 164 | Sudan | 0.9707 GPIA | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 165 | Kiribati | 0.9701 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 166 | Morocco | 0.9693 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 167 | Niger | 0.9681 GPIA | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 168 | Grenada | 0.9668 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 169 | Chile | 0.966 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 170 | Libya | 0.966 GPIA | 2006 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 171 | Pakistan | 0.9655 GPIA | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 172 | Tokelau | 0.9643 GPIA | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 173 | Viet Nam | 0.9608 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 174 | Algeria | 0.957 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 175 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.955 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 176 | South Africa | 0.9543 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 0.951 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 178 | Serbia | 0.9499 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 179 | Fiji | 0.9494 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 180 | Togo | 0.9483 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9424 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 182 | Tajikistan | 0.9371 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9352 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 184 | Eswatini | 0.9313 GPIA | 2016 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 185 | Mozambique | 0.9285 GPIA | 2017 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 186 | Benin | 0.9248 GPIA | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 187 | Mali | 0.9195 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9152 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 189 | Cameroon | 0.9109 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 190 | Dominica | 0.9014 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 191 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.8927 GPIA | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 192 | Yemen | 0.8481 GPIA | 2016 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 193 | Chad | 0.8444 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 194 | Eritrea | 0.8394 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 195 | Suriname | 0.8244 GPIA | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 196 | Guinea | 0.8136 GPIA | 2014 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 197 | Iraq | 0.8072 GPIA | 2007 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 198 | Central African Republic | 0.773 GPIA | 2016 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 199 | Afghanistan | 0.7677 GPIA | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.03 GPIA
- MDG: Eastern Asia 1.02 GPIA
- WB: South Asia 1.02 GPIA
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Eastern Asia 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 1.02 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.02 GPIA
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.02 GPIA
- MDG: Latin America 1.01 GPIA
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 1.01 GPIA
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 1.01 GPIA
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 1.01 GPIA
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 1.01 GPIA
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 1.01 GPIA
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 1.01 GPIA
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 1.01 GPIA
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 1.01 GPIA
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 1.01 GPIA
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 1.01 GPIA
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 1.01 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.01 GPIA
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 1.01 GPIA
- WB: Oecd Members 1.01 GPIA
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.01 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 1.01 GPIA
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 1 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1 GPIA
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 1 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1 GPIA
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 1 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 1 GPIA
- SDG: Northern America 1 GPIA
- WB: North America 1 GPIA
- UNICEF: North America 1 GPIA
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 1 GPIA
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 1 GPIA
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 1 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release