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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.1 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.08 GPIA
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 1.06 GPIA
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Africa Western and Central 1.05 GPIA
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 1.05 GPIA
- GPE: Region 2 1.05 GPIA
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 1.04 GPIA
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.03 GPIA
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.03 GPIA
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 1.03 GPIA
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 1.03 GPIA
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 1.03 GPIA
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 1.03 GPIA
- WB: South Asia 1.03 GPIA
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 1.03 GPIA
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 1.03 GPIA
- UNICEF: Africa 1.03 GPIA
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 1.03 GPIA
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 1.03 GPIA
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.03 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 1.02 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.02 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1.02 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release