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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
195
Highest
1.48 GPI
Tuvalu
Lowest
0.4228 GPI
Afghanistan
Median
1.03 GPI
Years covered
40
1986–2025
Data points
10,051

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 1.48 GPI in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0.4228 GPI in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.03 GPI, and the mean is 1.02 GPI.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 78.9%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 32.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tuvalu 1.48 GPI 2024 up 5.6% rising
2 Suriname 1.34 GPI 2024 down 15.4% falling
3 Maldives 1.33 GPI 2023 down 3.7% rising
4 Lesotho 1.29 GPI 2017 up 14.1% rising
5 Algeria 1.29 GPI 2024 down 1.4% rising
6 Cape Verde 1.26 GPI 2022 down 0.2% rising
7 Aruba 1.25 GPI 2024 up 26.7% rising
8 Honduras 1.23 GPI 2024 down 1.1% falling
9 Botswana 1.22 GPI 2021 up 8.7% rising
10 Senegal 1.22 GPI 2023 up 44.9% rising
11 Burundi 1.22 GPI 2025 up 63.1% rising
12 Tonga 1.22 GPI 2024 up 2.8% flat
13 Syrian Arab Republic 1.21 GPI 2024 up 11.3% rising
14 Tunisia 1.21 GPI 2016 up 2.7% rising
15 Namibia 1.2 GPI 2024 up 8.7% rising
16 Dominican Republic 1.2 GPI 2024 up 6.4% flat
17 Myanmar 1.19 GPI 2018 up 10.3% rising
18 Palestine, State of 1.19 GPI 2023 up 2.1% rising
19 Kiribati 1.19 GPI 2024 flat
20 Kuwait 1.19 GPI 2012 up 3.4% flat
21 Sweden 1.17 GPI 2024 up 0.3% flat
22 Uruguay 1.17 GPI 2023 down 5.5% flat
23 Marshall Islands 1.17 GPI 2024 up 2.9% rising
24 Finland 1.17 GPI 2024 up 3.0% rising
25 Cambodia 1.16 GPI 2024 up 9.0% rising
26 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 GPI 2017 up 46.9% rising
27 Morocco 1.16 GPI 2024 up 25.2% rising
28 Belgium 1.15 GPI 2023 down 0.5% rising
29 Rwanda 1.15 GPI 2024 up 15.7% rising
30 Lebanon 1.15 GPI 2024 up 2.3% flat
31 Costa Rica 1.15 GPI 2024 down 1.3% flat
32 Antigua and Barbuda 1.15 GPI 2023 down 22.0% falling
33 Belize 1.14 GPI 2024 up 0.7% flat
34 Ireland 1.14 GPI 2022 up 8.4% flat
35 Bermuda 1.14 GPI 2023 down 6.6% flat
36 Fiji 1.14 GPI 2024 up 4.3% rising
37 New Zealand 1.14 GPI 2024 up 2.6% flat
38 Seychelles 1.14 GPI 2024 up 5.2% flat
39 Grenada 1.13 GPI 2024 down 1.5% falling
40 Timor-Leste 1.13 GPI 2020 up 17.0% rising
41 Guatemala 1.13 GPI 2024 up 10.1% rising
42 Panama 1.13 GPI 2017 down 1.4% flat
43 El Salvador 1.13 GPI 2024 up 4.6% rising
44 South Africa 1.12 GPI 2023 up 1.1% flat
45 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.12 GPI 2024 down 5.6% falling
46 Samoa 1.12 GPI 2016 down 3.6% flat
47 Russian Federation 1.12 GPI 2023 up 21.6% rising
48 Colombia 1.12 GPI 2022 down 4.4% flat
49 Mauritius 1.12 GPI 2024 up 6.7% rising
50 Cook Islands 1.12 GPI 2024 down 1.1% falling
51 Netherlands 1.12 GPI 2023 up 11.7% rising
52 Thailand 1.12 GPI 2025 up 12.0% flat
53 Guyana 1.11 GPI 2024 up 3.9% rising
54 Mexico 1.11 GPI 2024 up 7.8% rising
55 Barbados 1.11 GPI 2024 up 0.2% flat
56 Sudan 1.11 GPI 2019 up 19.2% flat
57 Kyrgyzstan 1.11 GPI 2025 up 5.1% rising
58 Estonia 1.1 GPI 2024 up 7.2% flat
59 Saint Lucia 1.1 GPI 2024 up 5.0% falling
60 Sri Lanka 1.09 GPI 2023 down 0.7% falling
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.09 GPI 2023 up 4.0% rising
62 Bangladesh 1.09 GPI 2024 up 12.7% rising
63 Jordan 1.09 GPI 2024 down 3.9% rising
64 Trinidad and Tobago 1.09 GPI 2024 down 5.0% flat
65 Bhutan 1.08 GPI 2024 down 4.6% rising
66 Cuba 1.08 GPI 2024 up 0.9% flat
67 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.08 GPI 2024 down 5.5% falling
68 Luxembourg 1.08 GPI 2024 up 4.8% flat
69 Mongolia 1.08 GPI 2023 up 1.2% falling
70 Paraguay 1.08 GPI 2024 down 1.1% flat
71 Brazil 1.08 GPI 2024 down 6.0% flat
72 Spain 1.08 GPI 2024 up 3.8% falling
73 Argentina 1.07 GPI 2023 down 7.5% flat
74 Croatia 1.07 GPI 2023 up 4.3% flat
75 Sierra Leone 1.07 GPI 2023 up 38.5% rising
76 Burkina Faso 1.07 GPI 2024 up 65.4% rising
77 Montserrat 1.06 GPI 2023 up 12.5% falling
78 Montenegro 1.06 GPI 2023 up 3.6% flat
79 Puerto Rico 1.06 GPI 2024 up 0.9% flat
80 Gibraltar 1.06 GPI 2024 up 5.1% flat
81 Comoros 1.05 GPI 2022 up 3.0% rising
82 Bahamas 1.05 GPI 2024 down 1.0% flat
83 Brunei Darussalam 1.05 GPI 2023 down 2.4% falling
84 Tokelau 1.05 GPI 2025 down 32.3% flat
85 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.05 GPI 2023 up 9.2% flat
86 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.05 GPI 2023 down 2.9% flat
87 United States of America 1.05 GPI 2022 up 2.4% flat
88 Malaysia 1.04 GPI 2024 down 10.9% falling
89 Latvia 1.04 GPI 2024 up 6.1% flat
90 Slovakia 1.04 GPI 2024 down 0.7% flat
91 Malta 1.04 GPI 2023 down 2.9% rising
92 India 1.04 GPI 2025 up 9.4% rising
93 Ecuador 1.04 GPI 2023 down 2.1% flat
94 Madagascar 1.03 GPI 2021 up 12.6% rising
95 Portugal 1.03 GPI 2023 up 0.0% falling
96 Republic of Moldova 1.03 GPI 2024 down 1.7% falling
97 China 1.03 GPI 2024 down 2.6% rising
98 Naoero 1.03 GPI 2025 down 2.9% flat
99 Philippines 1.03 GPI 2024 down 10.7% falling
100 Romania 1.03 GPI 2023 up 4.1% flat
101 France 1.02 GPI 2024 down 1.5% flat
102 Slovenia 1.02 GPI 2023 up 2.5% flat
103 Kenya 1.02 GPI 2023 up 14.9% rising
104 Jamaica 1.02 GPI 2024 down 4.7% falling
105 Palau 1.02 GPI 2024 down 6.6% falling
106 Belarus 1.02 GPI 2024 up 8.1% rising
107 Ghana 1.02 GPI 2024 up 17.0% rising
108 Czechia 1.01 GPI 2023 down 0.1% flat
109 Dominica 1.01 GPI 2023 down 0.9% falling
110 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.01 GPI 2024 down 0.4% rising
111 Peru 1.01 GPI 2024 up 5.1% rising
112 Nepal 1.01 GPI 2025 down 3.7% rising
113 Cyprus 1.01 GPI 2024 down 1.3% falling
114 North Macedonia 1.01 GPI 2023 up 3.9% rising
115 Macau, China 1.01 GPI 2024 up 1.0% falling
116 Qatar 1 GPI 2024 up 6.2% falling
117 Japan 1 GPI 2023 down 0.7% flat
118 Canada 1 GPI 2023 down 1.0% flat
119 Israel 1 GPI 2024 down 1.6% flat
120 British Virgin Islands 1 GPI 2024 down 17.9% falling
121 Poland 1 GPI 2024 up 4.1% flat
122 Kazakhstan 1 GPI 2025 down 5.5% flat
123 Italy 0.9983 GPI 2023 down 0.4% flat
124 Serbia 0.9947 GPI 2024 down 7.4% flat
125 Armenia 0.9941 GPI 2024 down 4.0% flat
126 Singapore 0.9917 GPI 2023 down 1.2% flat
127 Chile 0.989 GPI 2024 down 3.3% falling
128 Ethiopia 0.9887 GPI 2015 up 42.9% rising
129 Mauritania 0.9881 GPI 2020 up 35.2% rising
130 Republic of Korea 0.988 GPI 2024 down 0.7% flat
131 Andorra 0.9863 GPI 2024 down 12.7% falling
132 Saudi Arabia 0.984 GPI 2024 up 0.7% falling
133 Hungary 0.9835 GPI 2024 down 4.1% flat
134 Eswatini 0.9834 GPI 2016 up 13.9% rising
135 Nigeria 0.9819 GPI 2023 up 11.6% rising
136 Ukraine 0.9812 GPI 2024 up 6.6% falling
137 Austria 0.9804 GPI 2024 up 4.5% rising
138 Greece 0.9793 GPI 2023 up 1.7% falling
139 Cayman Islands 0.9789 GPI 2024 down 8.5% flat
140 Denmark 0.9762 GPI 2024 down 8.0% falling
141 Bulgaria 0.974 GPI 2024 down 0.6% falling
142 Hong Kong, China 0.9703 GPI 2024 up 0.5% falling
143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9664 GPI 2023 down 23.3% falling
144 Egypt 0.9631 GPI 2024 down 1.9% flat
145 Monaco 0.9619 GPI 2024 up 2.2% falling
146 Liberia 0.9603 GPI 2020 up 22.3% rising
147 Norway 0.9602 GPI 2024 up 2.0% falling
148 Switzerland 0.9583 GPI 2024 up 1.0% rising
149 Vanuatu 0.9581 GPI 2023 down 1.6% rising
150 Indonesia 0.9562 GPI 2025 down 0.2% rising
151 Uzbekistan 0.9562 GPI 2025 down 3.9% rising
152 Oman 0.9556 GPI 2024 down 7.0% rising
153 Albania 0.95 GPI 2024 up 8.8% flat
154 Australia 0.9496 GPI 2024 up 11.9% rising
155 Nicaragua 0.948 GPI 2023 down 20.1% falling
156 Türkiye 0.9439 GPI 2023 up 0.3% rising
157 Lithuania 0.9431 GPI 2024 down 0.9% falling
158 Bahrain 0.9359 GPI 2024 down 9.3% falling
159 Iceland 0.9277 GPI 2023 down 11.2% falling
160 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9268 GPI 2025 up 2.8% rising
161 Anguilla 0.9249 GPI 2019 down 24.5% falling
162 United Arab Emirates 0.9217 GPI 2024 down 4.3% falling
163 Malawi 0.9194 GPI 2023 up 19.4% rising
164 Georgia 0.9143 GPI 2024 down 8.9% rising
165 Viet Nam 0.9098 GPI 2022 up 21.8% rising
166 San Marino 0.9057 GPI 2024 down 17.8% falling
167 Cameroon 0.9039 GPI 2023 up 6.5% rising
168 Eritrea 0.9002 GPI 2022 up 21.8% rising
169 Pakistan 0.8998 GPI 2024 up 21.4% rising
170 Azerbaijan 0.8996 GPI 2024 down 12.8% falling
171 Germany 0.8833 GPI 2024 down 1.3% falling
172 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8803 GPI 2024 up 27.5% rising
173 Zimbabwe 0.8769 GPI 2013 up 11.0% rising
174 Togo 0.8732 GPI 2023 up 49.7% rising
175 Niue 0.8712 GPI 2024 down 4.2% falling
176 Solomon Islands 0.8579 GPI 2012 up 24.9% rising
177 Mali 0.855 GPI 2023 up 31.1% rising
178 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.8459 GPI 2024 down 16.8% falling
179 Niger 0.8428 GPI 2024 up 8.7% rising
180 Angola 0.8256 GPI 2023 up 45.9% rising
181 Mozambique 0.819 GPI 2017 up 24.3% rising
182 Papua New Guinea 0.8189 GPI 2023 up 13.4% rising
183 Tajikistan 0.7981 GPI 2024 up 17.5% rising
184 Iraq 0.7729 GPI 2007 up 19.4% rising
185 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7549 GPI 2021 up 1.0% flat
186 Liechtenstein 0.753 GPI 2021 up 9.8% flat
187 Benin 0.7303 GPI 2022 up 56.7% rising
188 Yemen 0.705 GPI 2016 up 54.1% rising
189 Guinea 0.6354 GPI 2014 up 78.9% rising
190 Chad 0.6322 GPI 2024 up 67.7% rising
191 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6147 GPI 2021 up 18.8% rising
192 Central African Republic 0.5991 GPI 2017 up 5.7% rising
193 Congo 0.569 GPI 2012 down 17.1% rising
194 Equatorial Guinea 0.4437 GPI 2005 up 47.7% rising
195 Afghanistan 0.4228 GPI 2023 down 18.4% 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, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
416 places, 10,051 data points, 1986–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release