Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
180
Highest
1.93 GPIA
Cook Islands
Lowest
0 GPIA
Algeria
Median
0.9727 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
3,574
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 1.93 GPIA in Cook Islands; the lowest is 0 GPIA in Algeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9727 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9909 GPIA.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 1,088.2%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 100.0%).
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook Islands | 1.93 GPIA | 2015 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 2 | Nepal | 1.92 GPIA | 2025 | — | flat |
| 3 | Serbia | 1.87 GPIA | 2024 | up 1,088.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Fiji | 1.83 GPIA | 2016 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 5 | Samoa | 1.78 GPIA | 2024 | up 276.0% | rising |
| 6 | Cameroon | 1.78 GPIA | 2019 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 7 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.76 GPIA | 2015 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 8 | Grenada | 1.76 GPIA | 2021 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 1.74 GPIA | 2017 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 10 | Iraq | 1.71 GPIA | 2007 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 11 | Thailand | 1.68 GPIA | 2025 | — | rising |
| 12 | Dominica | 1.67 GPIA | 2023 | up 89.0% | rising |
| 13 | Montenegro | 1.64 GPIA | 2016 | up 38.0% | falling |
| 14 | Armenia | 1.6 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea | 1.59 GPIA | 2020 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 16 | Mozambique | 1.58 GPIA | 2018 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 1.56 GPIA | 2024 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 18 | Tonga | 1.56 GPIA | 1999 | up 63.5% | falling |
| 19 | Hong Kong, China | 1.54 GPIA | 2007 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 20 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.46 GPIA | 2017 | up 84.1% | falling |
| 21 | Benin | 1.45 GPIA | 2022 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 22 | Portugal | 1.43 GPIA | 2019 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 23 | Albania | 1.43 GPIA | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 24 | Togo | 1.42 GPIA | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 1.39 GPIA | 2020 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 26 | Cambodia | 1.39 GPIA | 2024 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 27 | Indonesia | 1.39 GPIA | 2018 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 28 | Chad | 1.37 GPIA | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 1.36 GPIA | 2022 | up 88.1% | falling |
| 30 | Eswatini | 1.35 GPIA | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 31 | Andorra | 1.35 GPIA | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 32 | Kiribati | 1.35 GPIA | 2024 | — | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 1.35 GPIA | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 34 | Rwanda | 1.32 GPIA | 2019 | — | falling |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 1.29 GPIA | 2012 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 36 | Peru | 1.25 GPIA | 2003 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 37 | Yemen | 1.24 GPIA | 2016 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 1.22 GPIA | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 1.21 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 40 | French Polynesia | 1.2 GPIA | 1996 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 41 | Libya | 1.2 GPIA | 1983 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 42 | British Virgin Islands | 1.2 GPIA | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 43 | India | 1.17 GPIA | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 1.17 GPIA | 2025 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 45 | Philippines | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 46 | Korea | 1.17 GPIA | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 47 | Mali | 1.17 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 49 | Eritrea | 1.14 GPIA | 2022 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 50 | Uruguay | 1.11 GPIA | 2015 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 51 | Italy | 1.1 GPIA | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 52 | Nigeria | 1.09 GPIA | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 54 | Spain | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 55 | Somalia | 1.08 GPIA | 1980 | — | flat |
| 56 | Tokelau | 1.07 GPIA | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.07 GPIA | 2010 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 58 | Palestine, State of | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 59 | Suriname | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 60 | Niger | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 61 | Haiti | 1.06 GPIA | 1997 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 62 | Greece | 1.06 GPIA | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 63 | Austria | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 64 | Guyana | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 65 | New Caledonia | 1.05 GPIA | 1991 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 66 | Bahamas | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 141.2% | rising |
| 67 | Solomon Islands | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 68 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.03 GPIA | 1999 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 69 | Belgium | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 70 | Estonia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 71 | Malta | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 72 | Romania | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 73 | Paraguay | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 74 | Angola | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 75 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.01 GPIA | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 76 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 77 | Norway | 0.9996 GPIA | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 78 | Sweden | 0.9952 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 79 | Jamaica | 0.9908 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 80 | Comoros | 0.9883 GPIA | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.9874 GPIA | 2015 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 82 | Lebanon | 0.9872 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 83 | China | 0.9859 GPIA | 1997 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 84 | Guatemala | 0.984 GPIA | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 85 | Finland | 0.9819 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 86 | Congo | 0.9813 GPIA | 2023 | up 89.5% | falling |
| 87 | Egypt | 0.9801 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 88 | Lesotho | 0.9743 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 89 | Barbados | 0.9736 GPIA | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 90 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.9733 GPIA | 2017 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 91 | Macau, China | 0.9721 GPIA | 2024 | up 135.3% | falling |
| 92 | Czechia | 0.9714 GPIA | 2023 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 93 | Poland | 0.969 GPIA | 2020 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 94 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.9686 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 0.9675 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 0.9656 GPIA | 2024 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 97 | Canada | 0.9635 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 98 | South Africa | 0.9621 GPIA | 2023 | up 136.3% | falling |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 0.954 GPIA | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 0.9536 GPIA | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 0.9514 GPIA | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 102 | Liberia | 0.9514 GPIA | 2022 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 103 | Israel | 0.9459 GPIA | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 104 | Ukraine | 0.9446 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 105 | Kenya | 0.9432 GPIA | 2022 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 106 | Iceland | 0.9411 GPIA | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 107 | Oman | 0.9325 GPIA | 2024 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 108 | Honduras | 0.9254 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 109 | New Zealand | 0.9232 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 110 | Belize | 0.9213 GPIA | 2024 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 111 | Botswana | 0.9206 GPIA | 2014 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 112 | Sudan | 0.9174 GPIA | 2019 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 113 | Hungary | 0.9173 GPIA | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 114 | Georgia | 0.9154 GPIA | 2024 | — | falling |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.9113 GPIA | 2024 | — | rising |
| 116 | Seychelles | 0.9093 GPIA | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | United States of America | 0.9077 GPIA | 2022 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 0.8922 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 119 | Burundi | 0.8884 GPIA | 2025 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 0.8884 GPIA | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 121 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.8864 GPIA | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 0.8762 GPIA | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 123 | Martinique | 0.8726 GPIA | 1996 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 124 | Malaysia | 0.8688 GPIA | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 125 | Zambia | 0.8685 GPIA | 2017 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 126 | Colombia | 0.8661 GPIA | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 127 | Slovenia | 0.8592 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 128 | Puerto Rico | 0.8559 GPIA | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 129 | Switzerland | 0.8553 GPIA | 2024 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 130 | El Salvador | 0.8533 GPIA | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 131 | Slovakia | 0.8454 GPIA | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 132 | Mauritania | 0.8447 GPIA | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 133 | Mongolia | 0.8447 GPIA | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 134 | Cuba | 0.8443 GPIA | 2024 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 0.8435 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 0.8429 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8397 GPIA | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 138 | Morocco | 0.8133 GPIA | 2019 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 139 | Denmark | 0.79 GPIA | 2024 | up 65.4% | flat |
| 140 | Jordan | 0.7743 GPIA | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.7679 GPIA | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 142 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.7625 GPIA | 2018 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 143 | Russian Federation | 0.7593 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 144 | Bahrain | 0.7479 GPIA | 2024 | up 41.0% | falling |
| 145 | Ghana | 0.747 GPIA | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 146 | Brazil | 0.7206 GPIA | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 147 | Uganda | 0.7104 GPIA | 2013 | — | falling |
| 148 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.7033 GPIA | 2020 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 149 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.7031 GPIA | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 150 | Latvia | 0.6945 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 0.6851 GPIA | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | San Marino | 0.6722 GPIA | 2024 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 153 | Germany | 0.6639 GPIA | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 154 | Qatar | 0.6555 GPIA | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Cayman Islands | 0.647 GPIA | 2024 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 156 | Mauritius | 0.6288 GPIA | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 0.5567 GPIA | 2018 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 158 | Naoero | 0.5472 GPIA | 2025 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 159 | Türkiye | 0.5469 GPIA | 2017 | — | falling |
| 160 | Netherlands | 0.5396 GPIA | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 0.53 GPIA | 2023 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 0.5189 GPIA | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5133 GPIA | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Ecuador | 0.5093 GPIA | 2023 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Namibia | 0.4895 GPIA | 2012 | down 37.7% | flat |
| 166 | Bhutan | 0.4698 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 167 | Senegal | 0.4668 GPIA | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 168 | Gambia | 0.4356 GPIA | 2025 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 169 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3753 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3607 GPIA | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 171 | Australia | 0.3256 GPIA | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.279 GPIA | 2007 | up 329.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Tunisia | 0.2753 GPIA | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 174 | Myanmar | 0.2193 GPIA | 2009 | down 72.4% | falling |
| 175 | Kuwait | 0.173 GPIA | 2016 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 176 | Cyprus | 0.1672 GPIA | 2017 | down 84.3% | falling |
| 177 | Maldives | 0.1634 GPIA | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 178 | France | 0.0845 GPIA | 2016 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Madagascar | 0.0274 GPIA | 2018 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Algeria | 0 GPIA | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release