Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
194
Highest
1.29 GPIA
Senegal
Lowest
0.6829 GPIA
Central African Republic
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
13,116
What the numbers show
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 1.29 GPIA in Senegal; the lowest is 0.6829 GPIA in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 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 124 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 82.6%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 19.3%).
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 1.29 GPIA | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 2 | British Virgin Islands | 1.28 GPIA | 2024 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 3 | Tuvalu | 1.23 GPIA | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 1.22 GPIA | 2021 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 5 | Gambia | 1.19 GPIA | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 8 | Bhutan | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 9 | Tokelau | 1.16 GPIA | 2025 | up 67.8% | falling |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 1.16 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 11 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.16 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 12 | Cook Islands | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 13 | Burundi | 1.14 GPIA | 2020 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 14 | Lesotho | 1.14 GPIA | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 15 | Naoero | 1.13 GPIA | 2025 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 16 | Montserrat | 1.13 GPIA | 2014 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 17 | Suriname | 1.12 GPIA | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 18 | Malawi | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 19 | Liechtenstein | 1.11 GPIA | 2021 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 20 | Palau | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 21 | Madagascar | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 22 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 23 | Barbados | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 24 | Maldives | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.08 GPIA | 2015 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 27 | New Caledonia | 1.07 GPIA | 1990 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 28 | Bermuda | 1.06 GPIA | 2013 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 29 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 32.7% | falling |
| 30 | Cyprus | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 31 | Tunisia | 1.05 GPIA | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.05 GPIA | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Malaysia | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 36 | Cambodia | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 38 | Belize | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 39 | Qatar | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 40 | Cayman Islands | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 42 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 43 | Namibia | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 44 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 46 | Angola | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 47 | Liberia | 1.04 GPIA | 2022 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 48 | Lebanon | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 49 | Botswana | 1.04 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 50 | El Salvador | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 51 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 53 | Eswatini | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 54 | Montenegro | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 55 | Tonga | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 56 | Mauritania | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 57 | Switzerland | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 59 | Guatemala | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 61 | Gabon | 1.03 GPIA | 2003 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 62 | Myanmar | 1.03 GPIA | 2018 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 63 | Ecuador | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 64 | Mongolia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 65 | Uganda | 1.02 GPIA | 2017 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 66 | Ireland | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 67 | San Marino | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 68 | Comoros | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 70 | Ukraine | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 71 | Hungary | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 73 | Argentina | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 74 | Cape Verde | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 76 | Cuba | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 77 | Jamaica | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 78 | India | 1.02 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 80 | Jordan | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 81 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 82 | Gibraltar | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 83 | Aruba | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 84 | Morocco | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 85 | Bahamas | 1.01 GPIA | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 86 | Ghana | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 87 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 88 | Bahrain | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 89 | Germany | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 90 | Mexico | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 91 | China | 1.01 GPIA | 2010 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 92 | Uruguay | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 93 | Israel | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 94 | Belarus | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.01 GPIA | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 96 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.01 GPIA | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 97 | Estonia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 98 | Serbia | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 99 | Egypt | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 100 | Lithuania | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 101 | Saudi Arabia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 102 | Latvia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 103 | Slovakia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 104 | Austria | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 105 | Oman | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 106 | Norway | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 107 | Spain | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 108 | Timor-Leste | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 109 | Romania | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 110 | Italy | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 112 | Finland | 0.9994 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 113 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.9993 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 114 | Panama | 0.9991 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 115 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.999 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 116 | Malta | 0.9989 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 117 | Portugal | 0.9986 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 118 | Kenya | 0.9984 GPIA | 2016 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritius | 0.9982 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 120 | Albania | 0.9982 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 121 | Sweden | 0.9973 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 122 | Congo | 0.9969 GPIA | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 123 | Singapore | 0.9967 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 124 | Vanuatu | 0.9961 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 125 | Peru | 0.9957 GPIA | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 126 | Macau, China | 0.9956 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 127 | Republic of Korea | 0.9956 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 128 | Iceland | 0.9948 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 129 | Denmark | 0.9948 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 130 | Greece | 0.9945 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 131 | Republic of Moldova | 0.9945 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 132 | Togo | 0.9942 GPIA | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 133 | Croatia | 0.9937 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 134 | Russian Federation | 0.9932 GPIA | 2019 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 135 | Colombia | 0.9926 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 136 | Seychelles | 0.9923 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 137 | Ethiopia | 0.9922 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 138 | Poland | 0.992 GPIA | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 139 | Niger | 0.9918 GPIA | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 0.9918 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 141 | Paraguay | 0.9911 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 142 | Nepal | 0.99 GPIA | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 0.9894 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 144 | Philippines | 0.9886 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 145 | Slovenia | 0.9882 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 146 | Uzbekistan | 0.9881 GPIA | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 147 | Sudan | 0.986 GPIA | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 148 | Thailand | 0.985 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 149 | Georgia | 0.9848 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 0.9848 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 151 | Czechia | 0.9842 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 152 | South Africa | 0.9826 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 153 | Algeria | 0.982 GPIA | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 0.9812 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 155 | Palestine, State of | 0.9806 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 156 | Hong Kong, China | 0.9799 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 157 | Guyana | 0.9798 GPIA | 2012 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 158 | Marshall Islands | 0.978 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 159 | Indonesia | 0.9776 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 160 | Chile | 0.9758 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 161 | Dominica | 0.9734 GPIA | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 162 | Türkiye | 0.9732 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 163 | Samoa | 0.9698 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 164 | Armenia | 0.9688 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 165 | Pakistan | 0.9667 GPIA | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 166 | United States of America | 0.9664 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9656 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 168 | Viet Nam | 0.9642 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 169 | Fiji | 0.9578 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 170 | Tajikistan | 0.9555 GPIA | 2017 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 171 | Zambia | 0.9505 GPIA | 2013 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 172 | Mali | 0.9489 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 173 | Grenada | 0.9439 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 174 | Andorra | 0.9382 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 175 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.9289 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 176 | Cameroon | 0.9267 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 177 | Haiti | 0.9216 GPIA | 1997 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 178 | Benin | 0.9212 GPIA | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 179 | Libya | 0.9172 GPIA | 1983 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 0.9079 GPIA | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 181 | Mozambique | 0.9003 GPIA | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 182 | Nigeria | 0.8776 GPIA | 2010 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 183 | Anguilla | 0.8648 GPIA | 2019 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.8616 GPIA | 2023 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 185 | Eritrea | 0.8356 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 186 | Yemen | 0.8147 GPIA | 2016 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 187 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.8043 GPIA | 2010 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 188 | Niue | 0.7897 GPIA | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 189 | Guinea | 0.7887 GPIA | 2020 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 190 | Chad | 0.7671 GPIA | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 0.7425 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7383 GPIA | 2022 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 193 | Iraq | 0.7342 GPIA | 2007 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 194 | Central African Republic | 0.6829 GPIA | 2016 | up 6.6% | 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) 1.08 GPIA
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 1.06 GPIA
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 1.04 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.04 GPIA
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.04 GPIA
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.04 GPIA
- WB: South Asia 1.04 GPIA
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 1.04 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 1.03 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 1.03 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.02 GPIA
- WB: Caribbean Small States 1.02 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 1.02 GPIA
- MDG: Eastern Asia 1.01 GPIA
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 1.01 GPIA
- GPE: Region 1 1.01 GPIA
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 1.01 GPIA
- SDG: Eastern Asia 1.01 GPIA
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1.01 GPIA
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 1.01 GPIA
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 1.01 GPIA
- UNICEF: South Asia 1.01 GPIA
- AIMS: South and West Asia 1.01 GPIA
- MDG: Southern Asia 1.01 GPIA
- SDG: Southern Asia 1.01 GPIA
- UIS: South and West Asia 1.01 GPIA
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 1.01 GPIA
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 1.01 GPIA
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 1.01 GPIA
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 1.01 GPIA
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 1.01 GPIA
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 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
About this data
February 2026 Data Release