Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
176
Highest
1.24 GPIA
Cook Islands
Lowest
0.7579 GPIA
British Virgin Islands
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
7,492

What the numbers show

Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 1.24 GPIA in Cook Islands; the lowest is 0.7579 GPIA in British Virgin Islands.

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 88 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 199.8%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 40.6%).

Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cook Islands 1.24 GPIA 2024 up 17.0% rising
1 Senegal 1.17 GPIA 2024 up 4.5% rising
2 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 1.23 GPIA 2023 up 6.8% rising
2 Samoa 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 5.7% flat
3 Kyrgyz Republic 1.14 GPIA 2025 up 13.0% rising
3 Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 1.03 GPIA 2020 down 21.5% rising
4 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 14.0% falling
4 Niue 1 GPIA 2025 down 40.6% flat
5 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 1.12 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
5 Tokelau 0.75 GPIA 2025 down 7.1% falling
6 Maldives 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
7 Bahamas, The 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 7.1% rising
8 Madagascar, Republic of 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% rising
9 Gambia, The 1.1 GPIA 2025 up 3.7% rising
10 Sierra Leone 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
11 Georgia 1.09 GPIA 2007 up 9.2% flat
12 Congo, Republic of 1.08 GPIA 2018 up 6.9% falling
13 Côte d'Ivoire 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% rising
14 Jordan 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 10.7% rising
15 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 1.08 GPIA 2016 up 4.3% flat
16 Trinidad and Tobago 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% flat
17 St. Lucia 1.07 GPIA 2023 down 3.6% flat
18 Bangladesh 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 16.4% rising
19 Niger 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% rising
20 Tonga 1.06 GPIA 2024 flat
21 Myanmar 1.06 GPIA 2018 down 0.6% flat
22 Belize 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% flat
23 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 1.06 GPIA 2020 down 0.4% flat
24 Ecuador 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% flat
25 Oman 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% flat
26 Cambodia 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% flat
27 Seychelles 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 3.6% rising
28 Kuwait 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 2.8% rising
29 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 1.05 GPIA 2013 up 5.2% rising
30 Vanuatu 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 5.7% flat
31 Bhutan 1.05 GPIA 2020 rising
32 Cabo Verde 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% flat
33 Honduras 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
34 El Salvador 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
35 Dominican Republic 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
36 Togo 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
37 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.04 GPIA 2025 up 0.2% flat
39 Comoros, Union of the 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% rising
40 Saudi Arabia 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 8.9% falling
41 Burundi 1.03 GPIA 2025 up 1.8% flat
42 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.03 GPIA 2020 up 0.7% falling
43 St. 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, Kingdom of 1.03 GPIA 2020 down 2.4% flat
46 Panama 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
47 Botswana 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 1.5% flat
48 Morocco 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 25.9% rising
49 Argentina 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% flat
50 Namibia 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
51 Puerto Rico 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
52 Zimbabwe 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
53 Mali 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
54 India 1.02 GPIA 2025 up 3.4% flat
55 Dominica 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 12.9% falling
56 Switzerland 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 5.5% flat
57 United Arab Emirates 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 15.6% rising
58 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.02 GPIA 2017 down 0.0% flat
59 Lebanon 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 5.7% flat
60 Naoero, Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2025 down 10.6% rising
61 Palestine 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 6.1% rising
62 Cameroon 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
63 Kenya 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 7.1% flat
64 Nicaragua 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
65 Mexico 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
66 Colombia 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 0.8% flat
67 Paraguay 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
68 Solomon Islands 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% flat
69 Cuba 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% flat
70 Austria 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
71 Benin 1.02 GPIA 2018 down 0.6% rising
72 Netherlands, The 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
73 Brazil 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
74 Qatar 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% flat
75 Barbados 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 2.5% flat
76 Vietnam 1.01 GPIA 2024 rising
77 Algeria 1.01 GPIA 2025 down 1.6% flat
78 Slovak Republic 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
79 Ghana 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 0.3% flat
80 Guatemala 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
81 Liberia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 5.7% rising
82 Israel 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
83 Andorra, Principality of 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 2.7% flat
84 Costa Rica 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
85 Latvia, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
86 Albania 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% falling
87 France 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
88 Romania 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% flat
89 Czech Republic 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% flat
90 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% rising
91 Poland, Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
92 Malta 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% flat
93 Peru 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% flat
94 Guyana 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
95 New Zealand 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
96 Syrian Arab Republic 1 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% rising
97 Portugal 1 GPIA 2023 up 3.1% flat
98 Philippines 1 GPIA 2024 down 2.4% flat
99 Jamaica 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.8% flat
100 Germany 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% flat
101 Bolivia 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% flat
102 Greece 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% flat
103 Malaysia 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.7% falling
104 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1 GPIA 2025 down 8.6% flat
105 Cyprus 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.6% flat
106 Mongolia 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
107 Belgium 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
108 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
109 South Africa 1 GPIA 2023 up 199.8% falling
110 Luxembourg 0.9996 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
111 Rwanda 0.9995 GPIA 2024 down 5.3% rising
112 Australia 0.9995 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
113 Denmark 0.9995 GPIA 2024 down 1.8% flat
114 Burkina Faso 0.9994 GPIA 2024 down 4.5% flat
115 Sweden 0.9986 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
116 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.9986 GPIA 2024 down 2.3% rising
117 Bulgaria 0.9986 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
118 Papua New Guinea 0.9985 GPIA 2023 down 2.2% flat
119 Norway 0.9984 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
120 Angola 0.9983 GPIA 2023 down 24.4% flat
121 Finland 0.9983 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
122 Korea, Republic of 0.9982 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
123 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.9979 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% rising
124 Slovenia, Republic of 0.9971 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
125 Moldova, Republic of 0.9968 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% flat
126 Ireland 0.9965 GPIA 2022 up 4.3% rising
127 Mauritius 0.9964 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
128 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.996 GPIA 2023 down 2.1% flat
129 Russian Federation 0.9959 GPIA 2019 up 0.3% flat
130 Iraq 0.9955 GPIA 2007 up 1.0% flat
131 Spain 0.9954 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
132 Montenegro 0.9954 GPIA 2023 up 4.3% rising
133 Thailand 0.9952 GPIA 2025 up 0.9% flat
134 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0.9949 GPIA 2015 down 5.0% falling
135 Iceland 0.9948 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
136 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.9946 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% flat
137 San Marino, Republic of 0.9943 GPIA 2024 down 4.5% flat
138 Grenada 0.9943 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% falling
139 Sri Lanka 0.9935 GPIA 2023 down 8.6% falling
140 Armenia, Republic of 0.9925 GPIA 2024 down 5.3% falling
141 Ukraine 0.9922 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% flat
142 Suriname 0.992 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
143 Lithuania, Republic of 0.9914 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
144 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.9894 GPIA 2023 up 8.6% rising
145 Italy 0.9825 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
146 Chile 0.9823 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% falling
147 Croatia, Republic of 0.982 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
148 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.9819 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
149 Guinea 0.9815 GPIA 2020 up 0.2% flat
150 Hungary 0.9742 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
151 Fiji, Republic of 0.9706 GPIA 2024 down 3.7% falling
152 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.9671 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
153 Türkiye, Republic of 0.967 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
154 Liechtenstein, Principality of 0.9667 GPIA 2021 up 0.5% flat
155 Belarus, Republic of 0.9645 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% flat
156 Indonesia 0.9635 GPIA 2025 down 6.1% falling
157 United Kingdom 0.9632 GPIA 2015 down 6.1% flat
158 Serbia, Republic of 0.9612 GPIA 2024 down 4.3% flat
159 United States 0.9543 GPIA 2022 down 6.1% flat
160 Tuvalu 0.9464 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% falling
161 Eritrea, The State of 0.9452 GPIA 2022 down 2.7% flat
162 Chad 0.9429 GPIA 2024 down 10.8% flat
163 Antigua and Barbuda 0.94 GPIA 2014 down 5.5% flat
164 Gibraltar 0.9378 GPIA 2024 down 16.2% flat
165 Cayman Islands 0.9208 GPIA 2024 down 10.6% flat
166 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9066 GPIA 2024 down 10.2% falling
167 Yemen, Republic of 0.905 GPIA 2016 down 4.2% flat
168 Nepal 0.8646 GPIA 2025 down 14.4% falling
169 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.8501 GPIA 2025 down 14.4% falling
170 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.8238 GPIA 2017 down 10.7% falling
171 British Virgin Islands 0.7579 GPIA 2024 down 22.4% flat

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, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
383 places, 7,492 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release