Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
121
Highest
1.18 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.3001 GPIA
Afghanistan
Median
0.985 GPIA
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,376

What the numbers show

Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 1.18 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.3001 GPIA in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.985 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9367 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 43.9%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 6.0%).

Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.18 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
2 Kuwait 1.14 GPIA 2018 up 1.5% rising
3 Lesotho 1.12 GPIA 2024 down 4.4% flat
4 Bahrain 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 19.0% rising
5 Dominican Republic 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% rising
6 Samoa 1.06 GPIA 2019 up 4.4% rising
7 Argentina 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 2.7% rising
8 Honduras 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% rising
9 Saint Lucia 1.06 GPIA 2019 down 0.7% rising
10 Jamaica 1.06 GPIA 2022 down 3.9% rising
11 Estonia 1.06 GPIA 2021 down 0.1% rising
12 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.06 GPIA 2016 up 1.5% rising
13 Puerto Rico 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% rising
14 Uruguay 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
15 Philippines 1.05 GPIA 2020 up 2.3% rising
16 Latvia 1.05 GPIA 2019 up 0.4% rising
17 Panama 1.05 GPIA 2019 up 0.2% rising
18 Oman 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 12.9% rising
19 Bermuda 1.04 GPIA 2016 down 1.4% flat
20 Brazil 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% rising
21 Poland 1.04 GPIA 2021 up 3.5% rising
22 Ireland 1.03 GPIA 2017 down 0.4% flat
23 Bahamas 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 0.7% flat
24 Denmark 1.03 GPIA 2020 up 3.0% rising
25 Trinidad and Tobago 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 2.5% rising
26 Finland 1.03 GPIA 2021 up 1.1% rising
27 Sweden 1.03 GPIA 2019 up 1.0% rising
28 Tonga 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 2.8% rising
29 Lithuania 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 3.1% rising
30 Suriname 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 4.4% rising
31 Israel 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 2.6% rising
32 Norway 1.02 GPIA 2019 up 1.7% rising
33 Costa Rica 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% rising
34 Palestine, State of 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 13.6% rising
35 Armenia 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 1.8% flat
36 United Arab Emirates 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 8.3% rising
37 Bulgaria 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 1.4% rising
38 Cayman Islands 1.02 GPIA 2015 up 0.7% rising
39 Portugal 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 1.9% rising
40 Republic of Moldova 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% rising
41 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% flat
42 Belize 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 0.7% rising
43 United States of America 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% flat
44 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
45 Australia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 1.0% rising
46 Georgia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% flat
47 Fiji 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 1.8% rising
48 Canada 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 1.2% flat
49 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 2.6% flat
50 Slovenia 1 GPIA 2019 up 4.0% rising
51 Paraguay 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% rising
52 New Zealand 0.9986 GPIA 2020 up 0.8% rising
53 Cyprus 0.9951 GPIA 2020 up 5.4% rising
54 Luxembourg 0.9946 GPIA 2015 up 8.4% rising
55 Slovakia 0.993 GPIA 2019 up 2.5% rising
56 Belgium 0.9907 GPIA 2019 up 4.2% rising
57 Sri Lanka 0.989 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% rising
58 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9879 GPIA 2016 up 3.8% flat
59 Czechia 0.987 GPIA 2021 up 3.6% rising
60 Hungary 0.9853 GPIA 2022 up 0.7% rising
61 Spain 0.985 GPIA 2020 up 3.7% rising
62 Andorra 0.9845 GPIA 2022 down 0.5% flat
63 Azerbaijan 0.9839 GPIA 2023 up 4.9% flat
64 Ecuador 0.9828 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% rising
65 Malaysia 0.9795 GPIA 2022 up 3.8% rising
66 Albania 0.979 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% rising
67 South Africa 0.9788 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% rising
68 Chile 0.9779 GPIA 2017 down 0.4% rising
69 Italy 0.9741 GPIA 2020 up 3.4% rising
70 Uzbekistan 0.9725 GPIA 2022 up 0.8% flat
71 France 0.969 GPIA 2019 down 0.6% rising
72 Mexico 0.9677 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% rising
73 Malta 0.9673 GPIA 2020 up 4.7% rising
74 Netherlands 0.9637 GPIA 2020 up 2.4% rising
75 Germany 0.9625 GPIA 2020 up 3.2% flat
76 Serbia 0.9612 GPIA 2022 up 6.6% rising
77 Thailand 0.9606 GPIA 2022 up 2.3% rising
78 Macau, China 0.959 GPIA 2016 up 5.1% rising
79 Romania 0.9565 GPIA 2022 up 3.0% rising
80 Switzerland 0.9463 GPIA 2019 up 3.2% rising
81 Japan 0.9459 GPIA 2020 down 0.2% rising
82 Singapore 0.9458 GPIA 2022 up 3.0% rising
83 Greece 0.9447 GPIA 2020 up 1.0% rising
84 Austria 0.9442 GPIA 2021 up 1.7% rising
85 Saudi Arabia 0.9393 GPIA 2024 up 5.1% rising
86 Hong Kong, China 0.938 GPIA 2022 up 1.9% rising
87 Indonesia 0.9209 GPIA 2020 up 7.8% rising
88 El Salvador 0.9199 GPIA 2023 up 2.7% rising
89 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9104 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% rising
90 Viet Nam 0.8992 GPIA 2022 up 3.8% rising
91 Peru 0.8916 GPIA 2018 up 5.9% rising
92 Jordan 0.8903 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
93 Republic of Korea 0.8875 GPIA 2015 up 4.6% rising
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8848 GPIA 2022 up 16.2% rising
95 Mauritius 0.8752 GPIA 2011 up 9.5% rising
96 Kenya 0.8647 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% rising
97 Algeria 0.8615 GPIA 2019 up 7.8% rising
98 Guatemala 0.8594 GPIA 2024 up 14.7% rising
99 Zimbabwe 0.8528 GPIA 2019 down 6.0% rising
100 Tunisia 0.8515 GPIA 2023 up 14.4% rising
101 Bangladesh 0.8492 GPIA 2021 up 15.9% rising
102 Rwanda 0.8448 GPIA 2022 up 12.9% rising
103 Türkiye 0.8362 GPIA 2019 up 9.6% rising
104 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8181 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% rising
105 Ghana 0.7826 GPIA 2024 up 12.1% rising
106 Uganda 0.7727 GPIA 2024 up 20.1% rising
107 Syrian Arab Republic 0.7609 GPIA 2009 down 2.5% rising
108 India 0.7269 GPIA 2023 up 17.0% rising
109 Nigeria 0.7239 GPIA 2024 up 8.6% falling
110 Cambodia 0.7054 GPIA 2021 up 14.7% rising
111 Malawi 0.6711 GPIA 2020 up 1.4% rising
112 Mozambique 0.661 GPIA 2022 up 13.0% rising
113 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6533 GPIA 2023 up 12.5% rising
114 Senegal 0.6458 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% rising
115 Pakistan 0.635 GPIA 2021 up 29.9% rising
116 Nepal 0.5982 GPIA 2021 up 26.9% rising
117 Ethiopia 0.5568 GPIA 2022 up 41.6% rising
118 Mali 0.5254 GPIA 2020 down 4.7% rising
119 Burkina Faso 0.517 GPIA 2021 up 3.3% rising
120 Guinea 0.3878 GPIA 2018 up 43.9% rising
121 Afghanistan 0.3001 GPIA 2022 up 37.7% volatile

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Indicator
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
121 places, 1,376 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release