Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
108
Highest
1.82 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.1066 GPIA
Liechtenstein
Median
1.34 GPIA
Years covered
28
1997–2024
Data points
5,283
What the numbers show
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 1.82 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.1066 GPIA in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.34 GPIA, and the mean is 1.26 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 163.6%), and the largest decrease in Liechtenstein (down 88.7%).
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED) … adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 1.82 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 2 | Aruba | 1.75 GPIA | 2014 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Oman | 1.73 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 4 | Seychelles | 1.69 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 5 | Tunisia | 1.65 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 6 | Bahrain | 1.64 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 7 | Barbados | 1.59 GPIA | 2011 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 1.52 GPIA | 2022 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 1.52 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 10 | Brunei | 1.51 GPIA | 2020 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.5 GPIA | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Panama | 1.5 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 1.5 GPIA | 2017 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 14 | Algeria | 1.49 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 15 | Slovenia | 1.49 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 16 | South Africa | 1.48 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 17 | Palestine | 1.48 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 18 | New Zealand | 1.48 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 1.48 GPIA | 2023 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 20 | Cuba | 1.48 GPIA | 2018 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 21 | Namibia | 1.48 GPIA | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 1.47 GPIA | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 23 | Jordan | 1.45 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 24 | Latvia | 1.45 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 25 | Mongolia | 1.45 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 26 | Iceland | 1.44 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.44 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 28 | Estonia | 1.44 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 29 | Argentina | 1.44 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 30 | Slovakia | 1.43 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 31 | Albania | 1.42 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 32 | Finland | 1.42 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 33 | Israel | 1.42 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 34 | Philippines | 1.42 GPIA | 2006 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 35 | Czechia | 1.41 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 36 | Croatia | 1.41 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 37 | Norway | 1.41 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 38 | Thailand | 1.41 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 39 | Malta | 1.41 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 40 | Honduras | 1.4 GPIA | 2019 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 1.4 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 42 | Belgium | 1.4 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 43 | Indonesia | 1.39 GPIA | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 1.38 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 45 | Canada | 1.38 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 46 | Morocco | 1.38 GPIA | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 47 | Vietnam | 1.37 GPIA | 2022 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 48 | Australia | 1.37 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 49 | Austria | 1.37 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Poland | 1.36 GPIA | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 51 | Portugal | 1.35 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 52 | Guyana | 1.35 GPIA | 2012 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 53 | Moldova | 1.35 GPIA | 2020 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 54 | Greece | 1.34 GPIA | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 55 | Denmark | 1.34 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 1.34 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 57 | Italy | 1.34 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 1.33 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 59 | Romania | 1.33 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 60 | Georgia | 1.32 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 61 | El Salvador | 1.32 GPIA | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 62 | Hungary | 1.32 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 63 | France | 1.32 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 64 | United Kingdom | 1.31 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 65 | Armenia | 1.31 GPIA | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 66 | Ecuador | 1.29 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 67 | Colombia | 1.28 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 68 | Russia | 1.28 GPIA | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 69 | Netherlands | 1.27 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 70 | China | 1.25 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 1.25 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 72 | Lebanon | 1.25 GPIA | 2011 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 73 | Turkey | 1.25 GPIA | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 74 | Ireland | 1.24 GPIA | 2010 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 75 | Cyprus | 1.24 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 76 | Singapore | 1.23 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 77 | Mexico | 1.23 GPIA | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 78 | Madagascar | 1.19 GPIA | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 79 | South Korea | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 80 | Belarus | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 81 | Egypt | 1.16 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 82 | Ukraine | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 83 | Samoa | 1.14 GPIA | 2021 | — | rising |
| 84 | Germany | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 85 | Macao | 1.13 GPIA | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 86 | Uruguay | 1.12 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 88 | Switzerland | 1.11 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 89 | India | 1.09 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 90 | Syria | 1.09 GPIA | 2010 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 91 | Iran | 1.05 GPIA | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.9973 GPIA | 2024 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 93 | Chile | 0.996 GPIA | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 94 | Laos | 0.989 GPIA | 2019 | up 104.3% | rising |
| 95 | Japan | 0.9331 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 96 | Ghana | 0.9177 GPIA | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 97 | Rwanda | 0.913 GPIA | 2024 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 0.8281 GPIA | 2011 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 99 | San Marino | 0.8021 GPIA | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 0.7235 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 101 | Eswatini | 0.5952 GPIA | 2013 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 102 | Cambodia | 0.4675 GPIA | 2007 | up 163.6% | rising |
| 103 | Andorra | 0.4623 GPIA | 2024 | down 67.2% | rising |
| 104 | Niger | 0.4361 GPIA | 2019 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Burundi | 0.4309 GPIA | 2014 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 106 | Eritrea | 0.3457 GPIA | 2014 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 107 | Ethiopia | 0.3144 GPIA | 2010 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 108 | Liechtenstein | 0.1066 GPIA | 2020 | down 88.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1.56 GPIA
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 1.56 GPIA
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 1.54 GPIA
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 1.47 GPIA
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 1.46 GPIA
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 1.46 GPIA
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 1.42 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.41 GPIA
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 1.4 GPIA
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 1.4 GPIA
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.38 GPIA
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 1.38 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.37 GPIA
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 1.36 GPIA
- AIMS: Pacific 1.36 GPIA
- SDG: Oceania 1.36 GPIA
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 1.36 GPIA
- UNICEF: Association of South East Asian Nations (asean) 1.34 GPIA
- ESCAP: Asean (asean) (unsdcode:98406) 1.34 GPIA
- ESCAP: South-east Asia (sea) (unsdcode:98419) 1.34 GPIA
- MDG: South-eastern Asia 1.34 GPIA
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 1.34 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1.33 GPIA
- UIS: Arab States 1.32 GPIA
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.32 GPIA
- ALECSO: Member Countries 1.32 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 1.32 GPIA
- WB: Arab World 1.32 GPIA
- MDG: Western Asia 1.32 GPIA
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 1.32 GPIA
- WB: European Union 1.32 GPIA
- SDG: Western Asia 1.31 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.31 GPIA
- UNICEF: Western Europe 1.31 GPIA
- SDG: Europe 1.3 GPIA
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 1.3 GPIA
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 1.3 GPIA
- WB: Euro Area 1.3 GPIA
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 1.3 GPIA
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 1.3 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release