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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
212
Highest
1.26 GPIA
Lesotho
Lowest
0.5549 GPIA
Guinea-Bissau
Median
1.02 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,760

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 1.26 GPIA in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.5549 GPIA in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.02 GPIA, and the mean is 1.01 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 56.7%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 30.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 1.26 GPIA 2017 up 2.2% flat
2 Tuvalu 1.25 GPIA 2024 up 8.0% rising
3 Burundi 1.25 GPIA 2025 up 32.5% rising
4 Senegal 1.24 GPIA 2023 up 27.6% rising
5 French Polynesia 1.2 GPIA 1993 flat
6 Burkina Faso 1.19 GPIA 2024 up 38.1% rising
7 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.17 GPIA 1997 up 6.8% rising
8 Rwanda 1.17 GPIA 2024 up 9.8% rising
9 Bangladesh 1.17 GPIA 2024 up 10.1% rising
10 Bhutan 1.16 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% rising
11 Gambia 1.16 GPIA 2021 up 20.8% rising
12 Honduras 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% rising
13 Libya 1.15 GPIA 2006 rising
14 Syrian Arab Republic 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 15.6% rising
15 Cambodia 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
16 Bermuda 1.13 GPIA 2023 down 2.1% flat
17 Cape Verde 1.13 GPIA 2022 down 4.7% rising
18 Sweden 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
19 Maldives 1.12 GPIA 2023 down 4.7% rising
20 Mexico 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 6.1% rising
21 Belgium 1.12 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% flat
22 Myanmar 1.12 GPIA 2018 up 7.6% rising
23 Marshall Islands 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
24 Finland 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% flat
25 Lebanon 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% rising
26 Tunisia 1.11 GPIA 2016 up 1.5% rising
27 Sierra Leone 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 25.2% rising
28 Timor-Leste 1.1 GPIA 2020 up 9.2% rising
29 Namibia 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% falling
30 Dominican Republic 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% falling
31 Sao Tome and Principe 1.1 GPIA 2017 up 1.8% rising
32 New Caledonia 1.1 GPIA 1997 up 1.0% flat
33 Uruguay 1.1 GPIA 2023 down 4.3% flat
34 Botswana 1.09 GPIA 2021 up 1.1% rising
35 Kiribati 1.09 GPIA 2024 rising
36 Montserrat 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% falling
37 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
38 Kuwait 1.08 GPIA 2015 down 0.3% rising
39 El Salvador 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
40 Guadeloupe 1.08 GPIA 1995 flat
41 Samoa 1.08 GPIA 2016 down 2.8% flat
42 Saint Lucia 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 5.6% falling
43 Ireland 1.08 GPIA 2022 up 5.2% flat
44 Zambia 1.08 GPIA 2024 rising
45 Tonga 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 3.2% rising
46 Costa Rica 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% flat
47 Aruba 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 7.0% rising
48 New Zealand 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
49 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.07 GPIA 2021 up 31.1% rising
50 Palestine, State of 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 2.8% flat
51 Thailand 1.06 GPIA 2025 up 10.4% rising
52 Madagascar 1.06 GPIA 2021 up 9.3% rising
53 Martinique 1.06 GPIA 1996 down 6.9% falling
54 Croatia 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 3.7% flat
55 South Africa 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% falling
56 Panama 1.06 GPIA 2017 down 0.9% flat
57 Seychelles 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% falling
58 Tokelau 1.06 GPIA 2025 up 7.5% flat
59 Sudan 1.06 GPIA 2019 up 24.1% rising
60 Naoero 1.06 GPIA 2025 up 3.9% falling
61 Mauritius 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 3.9% rising
62 Trinidad and Tobago 1.06 GPIA 2024 flat
63 Comoros 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 1.9% rising
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% flat
65 Sri Lanka 1.05 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
66 Estonia 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 4.9% flat
67 Mongolia 1.05 GPIA 2023 down 1.7% flat
68 Gabon 1.05 GPIA 2019 rising
69 French Guiana 1.05 GPIA 1997 down 10.1% falling
70 Netherlands 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 6.7% rising
71 Cook Islands 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% flat
72 Argentina 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 3.8% flat
73 Gibraltar 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 5.7% flat
74 Paraguay 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 2.2% rising
75 Colombia 1.04 GPIA 2022 down 4.0% flat
76 Spain 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% flat
77 Barbados 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% falling
78 Bahamas 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
79 Guatemala 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 10.5% rising
80 Puerto Rico 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
81 India 1.03 GPIA 2025 up 3.9% rising
82 Malawi 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 17.7% rising
83 Kyrgyzstan 1.03 GPIA 2025 up 2.3% rising
84 Malaysia 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 8.0% rising
85 Brunei Darussalam 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 3.1% falling
86 Ecuador 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% flat
87 China 1.03 GPIA 2012 up 8.1% rising
88 Morocco 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 18.2% rising
89 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 1.7% flat
90 Montenegro 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% flat
91 Algeria 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 3.8% rising
92 Jordan 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 3.8% rising
93 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 7.1% rising
94 United States of America 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% rising
95 Luxembourg 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
96 Fiji 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% rising
97 Belize 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 3.3% flat
98 Nigeria 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 12.0% rising
99 Brazil 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 3.5% flat
100 Philippines 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 6.4% flat
101 Grenada 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% falling
102 Ghana 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 10.8% rising
103 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.02 GPIA 2005 rising
104 Cuba 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% falling
105 Slovenia 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% flat
106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% falling
107 Latvia 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% flat
108 Malta 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 2.2% rising
109 Nicaragua 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 6.3% rising
110 Slovakia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
111 Peru 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 6.8% flat
112 Guyana 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% flat
113 France 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
114 Portugal 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% falling
115 Nepal 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 3.9% rising
116 Monaco 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% rising
117 Kenya 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 7.9% rising
118 Mauritania 1.01 GPIA 2020 up 24.8% rising
119 Czechia 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
120 Belarus 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% falling
121 Romania 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
122 Ukraine 1 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
123 Jamaica 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.4% falling
124 Vanuatu 1 GPIA 2023 up 2.9% rising
125 Eswatini 1 GPIA 2016 up 6.4% rising
126 Israel 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% flat
127 Canada 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
128 Saudi Arabia 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
129 Antigua and Barbuda 1 GPIA 2023 down 12.2% rising
130 North Macedonia 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% rising
131 Japan 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
132 Turkmenistan 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% flat
133 Suriname 1 GPIA 2022 down 19.0% flat
134 Qatar 0.9996 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% falling
135 Cyprus 0.9996 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
136 Republic of Moldova 0.9995 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% flat
137 Macau, China 0.9973 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
138 Italy 0.9947 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
139 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9932 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% rising
140 Republic of Korea 0.9927 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
141 Singapore 0.9923 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
142 Andorra 0.9915 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% falling
143 Cayman Islands 0.9907 GPIA 2024 down 5.9% falling
144 Denmark 0.9898 GPIA 2024 down 4.2% falling
145 Kazakhstan 0.9891 GPIA 2025 down 3.2% flat
146 Oman 0.9881 GPIA 2024 down 3.1% rising
147 Poland 0.9876 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
148 Norway 0.9875 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% falling
149 Austria 0.9872 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
150 Uzbekistan 0.9865 GPIA 2025 down 0.7% flat
151 Hungary 0.9851 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% flat
152 Armenia 0.9829 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% flat
153 Russian Federation 0.9819 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
154 Palau 0.9818 GPIA 2024 down 8.2% flat
155 Lithuania 0.9816 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% flat
156 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9811 GPIA 2025 up 6.3% rising
157 Bulgaria 0.9811 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% flat
158 Egypt 0.9793 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% rising
159 Greece 0.9787 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% flat
160 Chile 0.9787 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% flat
161 Switzerland 0.9771 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
162 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0.9767 GPIA 1997 up 7.5% rising
163 Côte d'Ivoire 0.9756 GPIA 2024 up 31.1% rising
164 Bahrain 0.9755 GPIA 2024 down 3.8% flat
165 San Marino 0.9754 GPIA 2024 down 2.5% flat
166 Anguilla 0.9752 GPIA 2022 down 4.4% falling
167 Türkiye 0.9748 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% rising
168 Hong Kong, China 0.973 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% falling
169 Serbia 0.9715 GPIA 2024 down 5.6% flat
170 Albania 0.9711 GPIA 2024 up 5.6% rising
171 Azerbaijan 0.9693 GPIA 2024 down 3.3% flat
172 Niger 0.968 GPIA 2024 up 32.2% rising
173 Indonesia 0.9666 GPIA 2025 down 3.7% rising
174 Ethiopia 0.9662 GPIA 2015 up 56.7% rising
175 Liberia 0.9629 GPIA 2020 up 20.3% rising
176 United Arab Emirates 0.9619 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
177 Australia 0.9589 GPIA 2024 up 10.5% rising
178 Iceland 0.9548 GPIA 2023 down 7.1% rising
179 British Virgin Islands 0.9541 GPIA 2024 down 8.6% falling
180 Germany 0.9522 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% falling
181 Solomon Islands 0.9469 GPIA 2012 up 18.4% rising
182 United States Virgin Islands 0.944 GPIA 1997 down 2.3% flat
183 Zimbabwe 0.9421 GPIA 2013 up 11.4% rising
184 Georgia 0.9412 GPIA 2024 down 2.8% rising
185 Viet Nam 0.9411 GPIA 2022 up 6.5% falling
186 Pakistan 0.9298 GPIA 2024 up 18.8% rising
187 Mali 0.9123 GPIA 2023 up 15.9% rising
188 Tajikistan 0.9115 GPIA 2024 up 9.4% rising
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9019 GPIA 2023 down 19.4% falling
190 Cameroon 0.9008 GPIA 2023 up 6.1% rising
191 Mozambique 0.9006 GPIA 2017 up 24.1% rising
192 Dominica 0.8814 GPIA 2023 down 6.8% falling
193 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.8793 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% falling
194 Angola 0.8774 GPIA 2023 up 35.2% rising
195 Togo 0.8733 GPIA 2023 up 18.4% rising
196 Papua New Guinea 0.866 GPIA 2023 up 8.5% rising
197 Congo 0.8658 GPIA 2012 up 16.4% rising
198 Benin 0.8618 GPIA 2022 up 37.0% rising
199 Liechtenstein 0.8537 GPIA 2021 up 3.2% falling
200 Niue 0.8438 GPIA 2024 down 30.4% falling
201 Eritrea 0.8433 GPIA 2022 up 7.6% rising
202 Uganda 0.8049 GPIA 2007 up 26.6% rising
203 Equatorial Guinea 0.765 GPIA 2005 up 44.4% rising
204 Iraq 0.7358 GPIA 2007 up 17.2% rising
205 Yemen 0.7329 GPIA 2016 up 49.0% rising
206 Chad 0.7084 GPIA 2024 up 54.7% rising
207 Somalia 0.7034 GPIA 2023 rising
208 Central African Republic 0.6815 GPIA 2017 up 18.9% rising
209 Guinea 0.6612 GPIA 2014 up 46.0% rising
210 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6334 GPIA 2021 up 8.4% rising
211 Afghanistan 0.6156 GPIA 2023 up 11.7% rising
212 Guinea-Bissau 0.5549 GPIA 2000 up 21.6% 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, 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
433 places, 15,760 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release