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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
77
Highest
1.51 GPIA
Canada
Lowest
0.5185 GPIA
Chile
Median
0.9914 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
886

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 1.51 GPIA in Canada; the lowest is 0.5185 GPIA in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9914 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9723 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 136.0%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 41.1%).

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Canada 1.51 GPIA 2018 up 1.1% falling
2 Portugal 1.5 GPIA 2021 up 120.1% rising
3 Egypt 1.35 GPIA 2022 up 12.0% flat
4 Cameroon 1.33 GPIA 2018 up 4.3% flat
5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.31 GPIA 2024 down 16.6% falling
6 Nepal 1.3 GPIA 2022 down 3.2% falling
7 Mozambique 1.22 GPIA 2022 down 7.3% falling
8 Sierra Leone 1.21 GPIA 2019 down 12.3% falling
9 Norway 1.2 GPIA 2021 up 136.0% rising
10 Togo 1.2 GPIA 2021 down 15.7% falling
11 Côte d'Ivoire 1.17 GPIA 2022 down 6.7% falling
12 Malawi 1.16 GPIA 2020 down 9.3% falling
13 Benin 1.16 GPIA 2021 down 13.4% falling
14 Zimbabwe 1.15 GPIA 2019 down 5.6% falling
15 Mali 1.15 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% falling
16 Zambia 1.15 GPIA 2023 down 11.7% falling
17 Uganda 1.13 GPIA 2023 down 13.8% falling
18 Niger 1.13 GPIA 2021 up 0.1% flat
19 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.11 GPIA 2022 down 7.0% falling
20 Switzerland 1.11 GPIA 2021 up 9.1% falling
21 Panama 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 27.1% rising
22 Rwanda 1.09 GPIA 2020 down 1.0% flat
23 Spain 1.08 GPIA 2021 up 36.8% rising
24 Mauritania 1.06 GPIA 2021 down 8.2% flat
25 Lithuania 1.06 GPIA 2021 up 97.7% rising
26 Sweden 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 13.5% rising
27 Greece 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 6.4% rising
28 Uruguay 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 57.0% rising
29 Guatemala 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 3.4% falling
30 Peru 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% falling
31 Ecuador 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 7.7% rising
32 Israel 1.03 GPIA 2016 falling
33 Estonia 1.03 GPIA 2021 up 52.2% rising
34 Germany 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 30.8% rising
35 Ghana 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 9.8% falling
36 Türkiye 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 12.4% falling
37 Bulgaria 1 GPIA 2021 down 24.7% falling
38 Bangladesh 0.9952 GPIA 2022 down 11.7% falling
39 Ethiopia 0.9914 GPIA 2022 down 10.1% falling
40 Brazil 0.987 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% rising
41 South Africa 0.9781 GPIA 2024 down 22.5% falling
42 Kenya 0.9643 GPIA 2024 down 23.8% falling
43 Nigeria 0.9604 GPIA 2024 down 25.8% falling
44 Lesotho 0.9329 GPIA 2023 down 1.6% falling
45 Honduras 0.9328 GPIA 2024 up 7.7% rising
46 Poland 0.9308 GPIA 2021 up 45.5% flat
47 United States of America 0.9252 GPIA 2024 up 20.1% rising
48 Luxembourg 0.9227 GPIA 2021 up 70.2% rising
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9153 GPIA 2014 up 16.2% flat
50 Senegal 0.912 GPIA 2023 down 20.0% falling
51 Denmark 0.8767 GPIA 2021 down 4.6% rising
52 Romania 0.8726 GPIA 2021 down 1.5% rising
53 Cambodia 0.858 GPIA 2021 down 26.1% falling
54 Colombia 0.854 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% falling
55 Russian Federation 0.8414 GPIA 2022 up 48.7% rising
56 Mexico 0.8318 GPIA 2024 down 18.1% falling
57 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.8245 GPIA 2024 down 20.4% falling
58 Dominican Republic 0.82 GPIA 2024 down 21.0% falling
59 France 0.8185 GPIA 2021 up 46.9% rising
60 El Salvador 0.8042 GPIA 2023 down 24.3% falling
61 Paraguay 0.8012 GPIA 2024 down 6.5% falling
62 Cyprus 0.7986 GPIA 2021 down 10.0% rising
63 Jordan 0.7797 GPIA 2023 up 18.6% flat
64 Latvia 0.7577 GPIA 2021 down 32.3% flat
65 Gambia 0.7505 GPIA 2023 down 37.2% falling
66 Hungary 0.7433 GPIA 2021 down 25.9% falling
67 China 0.7356 GPIA 2018 down 14.5% falling
68 Burkina Faso 0.732 GPIA 2022 down 35.9% falling
69 Slovenia 0.703 GPIA 2021 down 13.5% rising
70 Kyrgyzstan 0.6931 GPIA 2023 down 34.1% flat
71 Armenia 0.6702 GPIA 2023 up 21.5% rising
72 Tunisia 0.6673 GPIA 2024 down 17.5% falling
73 Croatia 0.6663 GPIA 2021 down 41.1% falling
74 Finland 0.6379 GPIA 2021 down 40.5% flat
75 Costa Rica 0.6034 GPIA 2024 down 18.4% falling
76 Mongolia 0.5518 GPIA 2022 down 2.1% falling
77 Chile 0.5185 GPIA 2022 down 38.1% falling

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About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary 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
77 places, 886 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release