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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release