Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (UIS estimate) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
208
Highest
1.55 UIS estimate
Paraguay
Lowest
0.052 UIS estimate
Tajikistan
Median
0.9641 UIS estimate
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
5,354
What the numbers show
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (UIS estimate) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 1.55 UIS estimate in Paraguay; the lowest is 0.052 UIS estimate in Tajikistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9641 UIS estimate, and the mean is 0.8972 UIS estimate.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 169 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Palau (up 532.7%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 62.2%).
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 1.55 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 1 | Anguilla | 0.7642 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 273.1% | rising |
| 2 | Finland | 1.5 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 2 | Montserrat | 0.5797 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 3 | Poland | 1.47 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 3 | Niue | 0.3826 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 78.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Romania | 1.43 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Tokelau | 0.2124 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 327.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Maldives | 1.43 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 0.0444 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Slovenia | 1.42 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 7 | Croatia | 1.42 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 8 | Norway | 1.41 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 1.41 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 10 | Suriname | 1.4 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 1.4 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 1.39 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 13 | Albania | 1.39 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 14 | Seychelles | 1.37 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 15 | Ireland | 1.36 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 16 | Montenegro | 1.34 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 1.34 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 18 | Cape Verde | 1.33 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 19 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.33 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 20 | Serbia | 1.32 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 1.32 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 22 | Japan | 1.31 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 1.31 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 1.3 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Puerto Rico | 1.29 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 27 | Sweden | 1.29 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 28 | United States | 1.29 UIS estimate | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 29 | Hungary | 1.27 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 30 | Thailand | 1.27 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 31 | Brazil | 1.27 UIS estimate | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 32 | Korea | 1.26 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 33 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.26 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 34 | Andorra | 1.25 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 35 | Venezuela | 1.25 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 36 | France | 1.25 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 1.25 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands | 1.25 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 39 | Denmark | 1.24 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 40 | Austria | 1.23 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 41 | Slovak Republic | 1.23 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 1.23 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 43 | Mongolia | 1.23 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 44 | Malta | 1.23 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 45 | China | 1.22 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 46 | Portugal | 1.22 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 1.22 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 48 | Canada | 1.21 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 1.21 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 50 | Peru | 1.21 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 51 | Estonia | 1.21 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 52 | San Marino | 1.2 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 53 | Germany | 1.2 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 1.2 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 55 | Bahrain | 1.19 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 56 | Jamaica | 1.19 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 57 | Switzerland | 1.18 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 58 | Greece | 1.18 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 59 | Lesotho | 1.17 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 1.17 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 61 | Italy | 1.17 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 62 | Bhutan | 1.17 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 63 | Madagascar | 1.16 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 64 | Viet Nam | 1.16 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 65 | Oman | 1.16 UIS estimate | 2022 | up 99.7% | rising |
| 66 | Qatar | 1.15 UIS estimate | 2022 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 67 | Belgium | 1.15 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 68 | Myanmar | 1.14 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 69 | Latvia | 1.13 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 70 | Argentina | 1.13 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 71 | Ukraine | 1.12 UIS estimate | 2022 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 72 | Namibia | 1.11 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 73 | Cuba | 1.1 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 74 | Cyprus | 1.1 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 75 | Colombia | 1.1 UIS estimate | 2022 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 76 | Gibraltar | 1.1 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 77 | Australia | 1.09 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 78 | Barbados | 1.09 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 79 | Fiji | 1.08 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 80 | Honduras | 1.08 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 81 | Panama | 1.07 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 82 | Georgia | 1.07 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 83 | Bermuda | 1.07 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 84 | Malaysia | 1.06 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 85 | Cayman Islands | 1.06 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 86 | British Virgin Islands | 1.05 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 87 | Ecuador | 1.04 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 88 | Papua New Guinea | 1.03 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 89 | El Salvador | 1.03 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 90 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.03 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 91 | Liechtenstein | 1.03 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 92 | Kenya | 1.02 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 93 | Mexico | 1.02 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 94 | Macau (China) | 1.01 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritius | 1.01 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 1 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 97 | New Zealand | 0.9994 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 0.9969 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 99 | Gabon | 0.9962 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 100 | Algeria | 0.987 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 0.9847 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 102 | United Kingdom | 0.984 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 103 | Bahamas | 0.969 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 104 | Hong Kong (China) | 0.9655 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 105 | Chile | 0.9626 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 0.9498 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.934 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 0.9156 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 109 | Republic of Moldova | 0.9152 UIS estimate | 2020 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 110 | Eswatini | 0.9114 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 111 | Iran | 0.91 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9053 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 113 | Tunisia | 0.8873 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 114 | South Africa | 0.8855 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 115 | Guatemala | 0.873 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 116 | Dominica | 0.8627 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 117 | Indonesia | 0.8598 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 118 | Morocco | 0.8228 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 119 | Nigeria | 0.8088 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 120 | Curaçao | 0.8028 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 48.4% | rising |
| 121 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 0.7995 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 122 | Timor-Leste | 0.7929 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 123 | Grenada | 0.779 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 124 | Lebanon | 0.7785 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 125 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.7783 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 126 | Liberia | 0.7772 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 127 | Guyana | 0.7766 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 128 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.7703 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 129 | Saudi Arabia | 0.7664 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 130 | Türkiye | 0.758 UIS estimate | 2022 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 131 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.7548 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 132 | Cameroon | 0.7433 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 133 | Belarus | 0.7381 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 224.2% | rising |
| 134 | Malawi | 0.7338 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 135 | Mozambique | 0.7271 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 136 | Haiti | 0.7255 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 137 | Nepal | 0.7195 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 138 | Israel | 0.7122 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 104.9% | rising |
| 139 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.7118 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 140 | Comoros | 0.7108 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 141 | Eritrea | 0.7028 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 142 | India | 0.6996 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 143 | Belize | 0.6925 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 144 | Uganda | 0.6856 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 145 | Cambodia | 0.6825 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 146 | Congo | 0.6804 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 147 | Palau | 0.6786 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 532.7% | rising |
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.6759 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 149 | Armenia | 0.6704 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 96.7% | rising |
| 150 | Palestine, State of | 0.6618 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 151 | Burundi | 0.6584 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 152 | Angola | 0.6578 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 153 | Rwanda | 0.6516 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 154 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.6383 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 155 | Zambia | 0.6327 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 156 | Kuwait | 0.6274 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 157 | South Sudan | 0.6166 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 145.3% | rising |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.6129 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 159 | Jordan | 0.6004 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 160 | Senegal | 0.5988 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 161 | Aruba | 0.5895 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 162 | Benin | 0.5708 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 163 | Yemen | 0.5635 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 164 | Togo | 0.5588 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 165 | Sudan | 0.5488 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 166 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.5423 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 0.5286 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 168 | Mali | 0.5269 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 169 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5164 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 170 | Djibouti | 0.5111 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 171 | Central African Republic | 0.5079 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 172 | Afghanistan | 0.4978 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 173 | Iraq | 0.4878 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 174 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.4711 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 175 | Ghana | 0.4664 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 176 | Samoa | 0.4559 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 177 | Somalia | 0.4451 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 178 | Micronesia | 0.4333 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 179 | Azerbaijan | 0.4269 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 135.3% | rising |
| 180 | Tonga | 0.4184 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 181 | Libya | 0.4164 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 0.4141 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 183 | Kiribati | 0.4099 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 184 | Egypt | 0.4025 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 185 | Guinea | 0.3915 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 186 | Sierra Leone | 0.3822 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 187 | Mauritania | 0.3774 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 188 | Gambia | 0.3761 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 189 | Bangladesh | 0.3725 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 190 | Nauru | 0.3723 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 191 | Vanuatu | 0.359 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 192 | Tuvalu | 0.3542 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 193 | Niger | 0.3535 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 194 | Pakistan | 0.3453 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 195 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3377 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 196 | Uzbekistan | 0.3359 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 197 | Marshall Islands | 0.3324 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 178.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Chad | 0.3107 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 199 | Kazakhstan | 0.2569 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 200 | Solomon Islands | 0.252 UIS estimate | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 201 | Turkmenistan | 0.2468 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 202 | Sint Maarten | 0.228 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 203 | Tajikistan | 0.052 UIS estimate | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 1.34 UIS estimate
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 1.34 UIS estimate
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 1.32 UIS estimate
- UNICEF: North America 1.26 UIS estimate
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 1.26 UIS estimate
- SDG: Northern America 1.26 UIS estimate
- WB: North America 1.26 UIS estimate
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 1.24 UIS estimate
- WB: European Union 1.24 UIS estimate
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 1.22 UIS estimate
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 1.22 UIS estimate
- SDG: Europe 1.22 UIS estimate
About this data
February 2026 Data Release