Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
160
Highest
1.24 GPIA
Cook Islands
Lowest
0.8238 GPIA
Tajikistan
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
5,134

What the numbers show

Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 1.24 GPIA in Cook Islands; the lowest is 0.8238 GPIA in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 1.02 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 26.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 24.4%).

Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cook Islands 1.24 GPIA 2024 up 17.0% rising
2 Anguilla 1.23 GPIA 2023 up 6.8% rising
3 Senegal 1.17 GPIA 2024 up 4.5% rising
4 Montserrat 1.16 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% rising
5 Samoa 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 5.7% flat
6 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 20.2% falling
7 Bahamas 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 7.1% rising
8 Madagascar 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% rising
9 Gambia 1.1 GPIA 2025 up 4.4% flat
10 Sierra Leone 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
11 Georgia 1.09 GPIA 2007 up 9.2% flat
12 Maldives 1.08 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% flat
13 Congo 1.08 GPIA 2018 up 6.9% falling
14 Côte d'Ivoire 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% rising
15 Jordan 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 10.7% rising
16 Sao Tome and Principe 1.08 GPIA 2016 up 4.6% flat
17 Trinidad and Tobago 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% flat
18 Bangladesh 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 16.2% rising
19 Niger 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% rising
20 Naoero 1.06 GPIA 2025 down 5.0% rising
21 Antigua and Barbuda 1.06 GPIA 2018 up 10.2% rising
22 Tonga 1.06 GPIA 2024 flat
23 Belize 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% flat
24 Timor-Leste 1.06 GPIA 2020 down 0.4% flat
25 Ecuador 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% flat
26 Seychelles 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 3.6% rising
27 Kuwait 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 2.8% rising
28 Aruba 1.05 GPIA 2013 up 5.2% rising
29 Vanuatu 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 5.7% flat
30 Saint Lucia 1.05 GPIA 2023 down 5.7% flat
31 El Salvador 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
32 Namibia 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
33 Cape Verde 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% flat
34 Honduras 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
35 Barbados 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
36 Dominican Republic 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
37 Togo 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
38 Macau, China 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
39 Comoros 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% rising
40 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.04 GPIA 2025 down 0.1% flat
41 Cuba 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% falling
42 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.03 GPIA 2020 up 0.7% falling
43 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
44 Brunei Darussalam 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% flat
45 Lesotho 1.03 GPIA 2020 down 2.4% flat
46 Botswana 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 1.4% flat
47 Panama 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% flat
48 Morocco 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 24.9% rising
49 Dominica 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 26.0% rising
50 Marshall Islands 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 7.7% flat
51 Puerto Rico 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
52 Zimbabwe 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 1.7% flat
53 Mali 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
54 India 1.02 GPIA 2025 up 3.4% flat
55 Switzerland 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 5.5% flat
56 Kyrgyzstan 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% rising
57 Lebanon 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 5.7% flat
58 Palestine, State of 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 6.1% rising
59 Cameroon 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
60 Kenya 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 7.1% flat
61 Argentina 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% flat
62 Mexico 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
63 Solomon Islands 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% flat
64 Paraguay 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
65 Uruguay 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% flat
66 Liberia 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 6.4% rising
67 Benin 1.02 GPIA 2018 down 0.6% rising
68 Burundi 1.02 GPIA 2020 up 3.8% flat
69 Netherlands 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
70 Liechtenstein 1.02 GPIA 2016 up 5.8% flat
71 Austria 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
72 Viet Nam 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% flat
73 Slovakia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
74 Romania 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
75 Algeria 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
76 Mauritius 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
77 Andorra 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 2.7% flat
78 Guatemala 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% flat
79 France 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
80 Jamaica 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 5.5% falling
81 Czechia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
82 Poland 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
83 Malta 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% flat
84 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPIA 2025 down 7.7% falling
85 Latvia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
86 Guyana 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
87 New Zealand 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.6% flat
88 Syria 1 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% rising
89 Philippines 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.4% flat
90 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.8% rising
91 Peru 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
92 Iceland 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
93 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% flat
94 Russian Federation 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
95 Malaysia 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.7% falling
96 Germany 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% flat
97 Mongolia 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
98 San Marino 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.2% falling
99 Estonia 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
100 Niue 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.4% rising
101 Slovenia 0.9997 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
102 Costa Rica 0.9996 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
103 Rwanda 0.9995 GPIA 2024 down 5.1% rising
104 Burkina Faso 0.9994 GPIA 2024 down 4.5% flat
105 Qatar 0.9986 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
106 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.9986 GPIA 2024 down 2.3% rising
107 Bulgaria 0.9986 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
108 Sweden 0.9986 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
109 Papua New Guinea 0.9985 GPIA 2023 down 2.2% flat
110 Angola 0.9983 GPIA 2023 down 24.4% flat
111 Denmark 0.9981 GPIA 2024 down 1.3% flat
112 Finland 0.9973 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
113 Brazil 0.9973 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% flat
114 Iraq 0.9955 GPIA 2007 up 1.0% flat
115 Republic of Moldova 0.9954 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% flat
116 Norway 0.9954 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% flat
117 Ukraine 0.9949 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% flat
118 Egypt 0.9946 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% flat
119 Montenegro 0.9939 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% rising
120 Republic of Korea 0.9937 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
121 Sri Lanka 0.9935 GPIA 2023 down 8.6% falling
122 Australia 0.9933 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
123 Israel 0.993 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
124 North Macedonia 0.993 GPIA 2023 down 1.6% flat
125 Spain 0.993 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
126 Armenia 0.9925 GPIA 2024 down 5.3% falling
127 Thailand 0.9923 GPIA 2025 up 2.1% falling
128 Suriname 0.992 GPIA 2024 down 2.3% flat
129 Ghana 0.9894 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% flat
130 Bahrain 0.989 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% rising
131 Grenada 0.9854 GPIA 2024 up 6.2% falling
132 Ireland 0.9844 GPIA 2022 up 3.1% rising
133 Lithuania 0.9842 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
134 Cyprus 0.9842 GPIA 2024 down 3.3% flat
135 Italy 0.9825 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
136 Hong Kong, China 0.9819 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
137 Guinea 0.9815 GPIA 2020 up 0.2% flat
138 Chile 0.9808 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
139 Croatia 0.9791 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
140 Hungary 0.974 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
141 Fiji 0.9706 GPIA 2024 down 3.7% falling
142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9705 GPIA 2023 down 8.1% flat
143 Serbia 0.9697 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% flat
144 Türkiye 0.9691 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
145 Belarus 0.9677 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
146 Indonesia 0.9627 GPIA 2025 down 7.7% falling
147 Ethiopia 0.9586 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% flat
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9523 GPIA 2023 down 4.7% flat
149 Tuvalu 0.9464 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% falling
150 Eritrea 0.9452 GPIA 2022 down 2.7% flat
151 Chad 0.9429 GPIA 2024 down 10.8% flat
152 Cayman Islands 0.9428 GPIA 2024 down 2.6% flat
153 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9401 GPIA 2024 down 7.0% falling
154 Gibraltar 0.9235 GPIA 2024 down 17.5% falling
155 Tokelau 0.9231 GPIA 2025 up 14.4% flat
156 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9139 GPIA 2023 down 9.5% falling
157 British Virgin Islands 0.889 GPIA 2024 down 9.0% falling
158 Nepal 0.8743 GPIA 2024 down 15.0% falling
159 Uzbekistan 0.8501 GPIA 2025 down 14.4% falling
160 Tajikistan 0.8238 GPIA 2017 down 10.7% falling

Regions and income groups

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
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
343 places, 5,134 data points, 1997–2025
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February 2026 Data Release