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
0.75 GPIA
Tokelau
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 0.75 GPIA in Tokelau.
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 (GPIA): 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 | Samoa | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.14 GPIA | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 6 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 7 | Marshall Islands | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 8 | Maldives | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 9 | Bahamas | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 10 | Madagascar | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 11 | Gambia | 1.1 GPIA | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Georgia | 1.09 GPIA | 2007 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 14 | Congo | 1.08 GPIA | 2018 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 16 | Jordan | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 17 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.08 GPIA | 2016 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 19 | Saint Lucia | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 21 | Niger | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 22 | Tonga | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | — | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 1.06 GPIA | 2018 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 24 | Belize | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 25 | East Timor | 1.06 GPIA | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | Ecuador | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 27 | Oman | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 28 | Cambodia | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Seychelles | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 30 | Kuwait | 1.05 GPIA | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 31 | Aruba | 1.05 GPIA | 2013 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 32 | Vanuatu | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 33 | Bhutan | 1.05 GPIA | 2020 | — | rising |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 1.05 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 35 | Honduras | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 36 | El Salvador | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Togo | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 39 | Macao | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 40 | Laos | 1.04 GPIA | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Comoros | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 43 | Burundi | 1.03 GPIA | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 44 | Iran | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 46 | Brunei | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 47 | Lesotho | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 48 | Panama | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 49 | Botswana | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 50 | Montserrat | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 51 | Morocco | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 52 | Argentina | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 53 | Namibia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | Mali | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 57 | India | 1.02 GPIA | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 58 | Dominica | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 59 | Switzerland | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 61 | Venezuela | 1.02 GPIA | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 62 | Lebanon | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 63 | Nauru | 1.02 GPIA | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 64 | Palestine | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 65 | Cameroon | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 66 | Kenya | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 68 | Mexico | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 69 | Colombia | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 70 | Paraguay | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 71 | Solomon Islands | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 72 | Cuba | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 73 | Austria | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 74 | Benin | 1.02 GPIA | 2018 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 75 | Netherlands | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 76 | Brazil | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 77 | Qatar | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 78 | Barbados | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 79 | Vietnam | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | — | rising |
| 80 | Algeria | 1.01 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 81 | Slovakia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 82 | Ghana | 1.01 GPIA | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 83 | Guatemala | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Liberia | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 85 | Israel | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 86 | Andorra | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 88 | Latvia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 89 | Albania | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 90 | France | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 91 | Romania | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 92 | Czechia | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 94 | Poland | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 95 | Malta | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 96 | Peru | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 97 | Guyana | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 98 | New Zealand | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 99 | Syria | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 101 | Philippines | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 102 | Jamaica | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 103 | Germany | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 104 | Bolivia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 105 | Greece | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 106 | Malaysia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 107 | Kazakhstan | 1 GPIA | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 108 | Cyprus | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 109 | Mongolia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 110 | Belgium | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 111 | Uruguay | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 112 | South Africa | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 199.8% | falling |
| 113 | Niue | 1 GPIA | 2025 | down 40.6% | flat |
| 114 | Luxembourg | 0.9996 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 115 | Rwanda | 0.9995 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 116 | Australia | 0.9995 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 117 | Denmark | 0.9995 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 118 | Burkina Faso | 0.9994 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 119 | Sweden | 0.9986 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 120 | Micronesia (country) | 0.9986 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 0.9986 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9985 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 123 | Norway | 0.9984 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 124 | Angola | 0.9983 GPIA | 2023 | down 24.4% | flat |
| 125 | Finland | 0.9983 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 126 | South Korea | 0.9982 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 127 | Bahrain | 0.9979 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 128 | Slovenia | 0.9971 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 129 | Moldova | 0.9968 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 130 | Ireland | 0.9965 GPIA | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 131 | Mauritius | 0.9964 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 0.996 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 133 | Russia | 0.9959 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 134 | Iraq | 0.9955 GPIA | 2007 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 135 | Spain | 0.9954 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 136 | Montenegro | 0.9954 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 137 | Thailand | 0.9952 GPIA | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.9949 GPIA | 2015 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 139 | Iceland | 0.9948 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 140 | Egypt | 0.9946 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 141 | San Marino | 0.9943 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 142 | Grenada | 0.9943 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 0.9935 GPIA | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 144 | Armenia | 0.9925 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 145 | Ukraine | 0.9922 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 146 | Suriname | 0.992 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 147 | Lithuania | 0.9914 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 148 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9894 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 149 | Italy | 0.9825 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 150 | Chile | 0.9823 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 151 | Croatia | 0.982 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 152 | Hong Kong | 0.9819 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 153 | Guinea | 0.9815 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 154 | Hungary | 0.9742 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 155 | Fiji | 0.9706 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 156 | Ethiopia | 0.9671 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 157 | Turkey | 0.967 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 158 | Liechtenstein | 0.9667 GPIA | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 159 | Belarus | 0.9645 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 160 | Indonesia | 0.9635 GPIA | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 161 | United Kingdom | 0.9632 GPIA | 2015 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 162 | Serbia | 0.9612 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 163 | United States | 0.9543 GPIA | 2022 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 164 | Tuvalu | 0.9464 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 165 | Eritrea | 0.9452 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 166 | Chad | 0.9429 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.94 GPIA | 2014 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 168 | Gibraltar | 0.9378 GPIA | 2024 | down 16.2% | flat |
| 169 | Cayman Islands | 0.9208 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 170 | Tanzania | 0.9066 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 171 | Yemen | 0.905 GPIA | 2016 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 172 | Nepal | 0.8646 GPIA | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 173 | Uzbekistan | 0.8501 GPIA | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 0.8238 GPIA | 2017 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 175 | British Virgin Islands | 0.7579 GPIA | 2024 | down 22.4% | flat |
| 176 | Tokelau | 0.75 GPIA | 2025 | down 7.1% | 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) 1.07 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
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 1.05 GPIA
- GPE: Region 2 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 1.04 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.04 GPIA
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 1.03 GPIA
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: South Asia 1.03 GPIA
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 1.03 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.03 GPIA
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Pacific Island Small States 1.03 GPIA
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1.03 GPIA
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 1.03 GPIA
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 1.03 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 1.02 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1.02 GPIA
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.02 GPIA
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 1.02 GPIA
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 1.02 GPIA
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 1.02 GPIA
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 1.02 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release