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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
206
Highest
1.22 GPIA
Senegal
Lowest
0.6611 GPIA
Guinea-Bissau
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,550

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 1.22 GPIA in Senegal; the lowest is 0.6611 GPIA in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9972 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 50.8%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 15.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Senegal 1.22 GPIA 2023 up 17.3% rising
2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 4.7% rising
3 Gambia 1.14 GPIA 2021 up 13.5% rising
4 Tuvalu 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% rising
5 Bhutan 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% rising
6 Maldives 1.1 GPIA 2023 down 1.5% rising
7 Sweden 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
8 Bermuda 1.08 GPIA 2023 down 2.2% flat
9 Burkina Faso 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 14.6% rising
10 Belgium 1.07 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
11 Kuwait 1.07 GPIA 2015 up 1.8% rising
12 Sierra Leone 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 9.0% rising
13 French Polynesia 1.07 GPIA 1993 flat
14 Mexico 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
15 Finland 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
16 Honduras 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% rising
17 Burundi 1.06 GPIA 2025 up 5.9% rising
18 Marshall Islands 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% flat
19 Venezuela 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% flat
20 Syria 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 8.0% rising
21 Cape Verde 1.06 GPIA 2022 down 1.8% rising
22 Aruba 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% rising
23 Zambia 1.05 GPIA 2024 rising
24 Libya 1.05 GPIA 2006 rising
25 Tonga 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 1.3% rising
26 Tunisia 1.05 GPIA 2016 up 1.6% rising
27 Nauru 1.05 GPIA 2025 up 8.6% flat
28 Lesotho 1.05 GPIA 2017 up 1.7% falling
29 Myanmar 1.05 GPIA 2018 up 1.6% rising
30 Ireland 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 3.8% flat
31 Uruguay 1.05 GPIA 2023 down 2.4% flat
32 Cook Islands 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% flat
33 Lebanon 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% rising
34 Croatia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
35 New Zealand 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
37 El Salvador 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% rising
38 East Timor 1.04 GPIA 2020 up 4.7% rising
39 Saint Lucia 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% falling
40 Sri Lanka 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% flat
41 Palestine 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
42 Mongolia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
43 Madagascar 1.04 GPIA 2021 up 4.6% rising
44 Gibraltar 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% flat
45 Costa Rica 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% rising
46 Mauritius 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
47 Tanzania 1.03 GPIA 2021 up 6.2% rising
48 Martinique 1.03 GPIA 1996 down 3.1% flat
49 Samoa 1.03 GPIA 2016 down 1.2% flat
50 Argentina 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 1.6% flat
51 Ecuador 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% flat
52 Seychelles 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% falling
53 Dominican Republic 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% flat
54 Netherlands 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% flat
55 Estonia 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% flat
56 Thailand 1.02 GPIA 2025 up 6.5% rising
57 Kiribati 1.02 GPIA 2024 rising
58 Puerto Rico 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% flat
59 Trinidad and Tobago 1.02 GPIA 2024 flat
60 Brunei 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 2.5% flat
61 Spain 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
62 Cambodia 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
63 China 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% rising
64 Kyrgyzstan 1.02 GPIA 2025 up 1.9% rising
65 Malawi 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% rising
66 Montenegro 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
67 Panama 1.02 GPIA 2017 up 0.6% flat
68 Montserrat 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
69 Algeria 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
70 Luxembourg 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
71 India 1.01 GPIA 2025 down 2.7% rising
72 Malaysia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 5.5% rising
73 Tokelau 1.01 GPIA 2025 up 7.7% falling
74 United Kingdom 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.1% flat
75 Jordan 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% rising
76 Botswana 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.1% falling
77 Qatar 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% falling
78 United States 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 1.5% flat
79 Rwanda 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% rising
80 Brazil 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
81 Sao Tome and Principe 1.01 GPIA 2017 down 0.4% flat
82 Iran 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% rising
83 Paraguay 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% rising
84 Latvia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% flat
85 Peru 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
86 Barbados 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
87 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 1.8% flat
88 Ukraine 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
89 Slovakia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
90 Malta 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 2.1% rising
91 Portugal 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% flat
92 Cayman Islands 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% falling
93 France 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
94 Cote d'Ivoire 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 16.3% rising
95 Slovenia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% flat
96 Cyprus 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
97 Belize 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% flat
98 Bahamas 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
99 Ghana 1 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% rising
100 Czechia 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
101 Cuba 1 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% flat
102 Belarus 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
103 Saudi Arabia 1 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% rising
104 Guyana 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% flat
105 North Macedonia 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% rising
106 Nepal 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.4% rising
107 Canada 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
108 Congo 1 GPIA 2012 up 13.1% rising
109 Israel 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% flat
111 Morocco 1 GPIA 2024 up 7.9% rising
112 Turkmenistan 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% flat
113 Japan 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
114 Macao 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
115 Jamaica 0.9996 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% flat
116 Romania 0.9996 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
117 Oman 0.9991 GPIA 2024 down 4.0% rising
118 San Marino 0.999 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
119 Namibia 0.9989 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
120 Guatemala 0.9984 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% rising
121 South Africa 0.9979 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% falling
122 Gabon 0.9977 GPIA 2019 rising
123 Moldova 0.9956 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% flat
124 South Korea 0.9954 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
125 Singapore 0.9952 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
126 Andorra 0.9943 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% falling
127 Monaco 0.9943 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% rising
128 Bahrain 0.9942 GPIA 2024 down 1.7% rising
129 Grenada 0.9937 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% falling
130 Norway 0.9934 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
131 Denmark 0.9932 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% flat
132 Bolivia 0.9931 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% rising
133 Italy 0.9927 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
134 Palau 0.9925 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
135 Russia 0.9914 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
136 Sudan 0.9912 GPIA 2019 up 13.0% rising
137 Egypt 0.9911 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
138 Poland 0.9907 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
139 Austria 0.9901 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% flat
140 Hungary 0.9897 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
141 Lithuania 0.9887 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% flat
142 Philippines 0.988 GPIA 2024 down 3.2% flat
143 Vanuatu 0.988 GPIA 2023 up 3.2% rising
144 Bulgaria 0.9875 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% flat
145 Switzerland 0.987 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
146 Nigeria 0.987 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% rising
147 Greece 0.9868 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
148 Nicaragua 0.9867 GPIA 2023 down 1.7% falling
149 Kenya 0.9867 GPIA 2023 up 3.3% rising
150 Laos 0.985 GPIA 2025 up 4.8% rising
151 British Virgin Islands 0.9847 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% falling
152 Kazakhstan 0.9846 GPIA 2025 down 2.7% flat
153 Comoros 0.9839 GPIA 2022 up 0.6% rising
154 Armenia 0.9825 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% flat
155 Albania 0.982 GPIA 2024 up 3.6% rising
156 Mauritania 0.9817 GPIA 2020 up 1.7% rising
157 Fiji 0.9814 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% flat
158 Micronesia (country) 0.9801 GPIA 2005 rising
159 Australia 0.9784 GPIA 2024 up 5.9% rising
160 Azerbaijan 0.9783 GPIA 2024 down 2.6% flat
161 Iceland 0.9754 GPIA 2023 down 3.9% rising
162 Turkey 0.9752 GPIA 2023 down 1.8% rising
163 Uzbekistan 0.9751 GPIA 2025 down 1.8% flat
164 Liberia 0.9744 GPIA 2020 up 12.1% rising
165 Chile 0.9739 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
166 United Arab Emirates 0.9737 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% falling
167 Georgia 0.9733 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% rising
168 Hong Kong 0.9717 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
169 Indonesia 0.9708 GPIA 2025 down 1.2% rising
170 Solomon Islands 0.9708 GPIA 2012 up 8.4% rising
171 Germany 0.9693 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
172 Zimbabwe 0.9678 GPIA 2013 up 3.7% rising
173 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9675 GPIA 2023 down 7.2% flat
174 Uganda 0.9642 GPIA 2007 up 13.8% rising
175 Serbia 0.9634 GPIA 2024 down 6.0% flat
176 Angola 0.9633 GPIA 2023 up 50.8% rising
177 Niger 0.9615 GPIA 2024 up 16.3% rising
178 Anguilla 0.9534 GPIA 2022 down 0.0% falling
179 Pakistan 0.953 GPIA 2024 up 16.6% rising
180 Niue 0.9506 GPIA 2024 down 12.8% falling
181 Vietnam 0.9479 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% falling
182 Togo 0.9411 GPIA 2023 up 6.2% rising
183 Papua New Guinea 0.94 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% rising
184 Eswatini 0.9382 GPIA 2016 up 3.9% flat
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9342 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% falling
186 Ethiopia 0.9291 GPIA 2015 up 16.4% rising
187 Equatorial Guinea 0.927 GPIA 2005 up 6.4% rising
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9222 GPIA 2023 down 10.4% flat
189 Tajikistan 0.9221 GPIA 2024 up 4.9% rising
190 Mozambique 0.9214 GPIA 2017 up 8.4% rising
191 Dominica 0.9177 GPIA 2023 down 1.5% falling
192 Mali 0.9117 GPIA 2023 up 8.7% rising
193 Cameroon 0.9095 GPIA 2023 up 5.4% rising
194 Benin 0.9093 GPIA 2022 up 11.5% rising
195 Suriname 0.908 GPIA 2022 down 15.9% flat
196 Liechtenstein 0.9 GPIA 2021 up 0.8% falling
197 Eritrea 0.8469 GPIA 2022 up 5.2% rising
198 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.8468 GPIA 2021 up 8.3% rising
199 Chad 0.8291 GPIA 2024 up 17.0% rising
200 Yemen 0.8279 GPIA 2016 up 25.9% rising
201 Somalia 0.8049 GPIA 2023 rising
202 Iraq 0.8028 GPIA 2007 up 3.2% rising
203 Guinea 0.7953 GPIA 2014 up 14.3% rising
204 Central African Republic 0.7684 GPIA 2016 up 8.9% rising
205 Afghanistan 0.7236 GPIA 2023 up 10.3% rising
206 Guinea-Bissau 0.6611 GPIA 2000 up 21.1% 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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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and 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
427 places, 15,550 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release