Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
52
Highest
1.28 GPIA
Brazil
Lowest
0.5144 GPIA
Paraguay
Median
0.8957 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
530

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 1.28 GPIA in Brazil; the lowest is 0.5144 GPIA in Paraguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8957 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8759 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 75.3%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 63.0%).

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 1.28 GPIA 2024 up 28.0% rising
2 Cameroon 1.22 GPIA 2018 down 3.4% flat
3 Nepal 1.21 GPIA 2022 down 20.8% falling
4 Benin 1.17 GPIA 2021 down 5.0% falling
5 Niger 1.15 GPIA 2021 down 0.6% falling
6 Nigeria 1.12 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% falling
7 Côte d'Ivoire 1.08 GPIA 2021 down 7.4% falling
8 Egypt 1.06 GPIA 2022 down 5.7% falling
9 Mali 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 4.2% falling
10 Ghana 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% falling
11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 13.3% falling
12 Guatemala 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 22.0% falling
13 Mexico 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 13.0% falling
14 Togo 1.02 GPIA 2021 down 12.0% falling
15 Panama 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
16 Honduras 0.9949 GPIA 2024 up 15.0% flat
17 Kenya 0.9818 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% falling
18 Mauritania 0.941 GPIA 2021 up 1.0% flat
19 Costa Rica 0.9408 GPIA 2024 up 5.8% rising
20 Uganda 0.935 GPIA 2023 down 15.9% falling
21 United States of America 0.9345 GPIA 2024 down 4.9% flat
22 Mozambique 0.9331 GPIA 2022 down 6.8% falling
23 Dominican Republic 0.9272 GPIA 2024 up 47.2% rising
24 Burkina Faso 0.9244 GPIA 2022 down 13.8% falling
25 Cambodia 0.9051 GPIA 2021 up 17.3% rising
26 Ethiopia 0.9009 GPIA 2022 down 10.4% falling
27 Uruguay 0.8905 GPIA 2024 down 28.8% rising
28 Peru 0.875 GPIA 2023 down 12.5% falling
29 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8743 GPIA 2022 up 1.7% flat
30 Kyrgyzstan 0.8506 GPIA 2023 up 42.5% falling
31 Tunisia 0.8406 GPIA 2024 down 34.0% falling
32 Senegal 0.8199 GPIA 2023 down 14.9% falling
33 Zambia 0.8112 GPIA 2023 down 2.9% falling
34 Ecuador 0.7879 GPIA 2024 down 10.0% rising
35 Zimbabwe 0.7649 GPIA 2019 down 4.6% falling
36 Colombia 0.7619 GPIA 2024 down 9.2% rising
37 Malawi 0.7385 GPIA 2020 down 10.2% falling
38 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7143 GPIA 2021 down 28.6% falling
39 Mongolia 0.7016 GPIA 2022 up 61.8% rising
40 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7 GPIA 2014 down 20.0% falling
41 Jordan 0.6959 GPIA 2023 down 10.1% falling
42 Gambia 0.6954 GPIA 2023 down 27.7% falling
43 Sierra Leone 0.679 GPIA 2019 down 32.9% falling
44 Armenia 0.6712 GPIA 2023 down 50.9% falling
45 Chile 0.6667 GPIA 2022 up 11.1% falling
46 Bangladesh 0.6384 GPIA 2022 down 17.3% falling
47 Rwanda 0.6367 GPIA 2020 down 24.8% falling
48 South Africa 0.6278 GPIA 2024 down 17.9% falling
49 El Salvador 0.6071 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% falling
50 Russian Federation 0.6037 GPIA 2022 up 7.1% flat
51 Lesotho 0.5539 GPIA 2023 up 75.3% rising
52 Paraguay 0.5144 GPIA 2024 down 63.0% falling

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About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
52 places, 530 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release