Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South and West Asia, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
150
Highest
2 GPIA
Aruba
Lowest
0 GPIA
Samoa
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
4,764
What the numbers show
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South and West Asia, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 2 GPIA in Aruba; the lowest is 0 GPIA in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8917 GPIA.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 129.4%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary … South West adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 2 GPIA | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Armenia | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Belgium | 2 GPIA | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Bahamas | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belarus | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Belize | 2 GPIA | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cuba | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Czechia | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ecuador | 2 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 1 | Estonia | 2 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Georgia | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Croatia | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 GPIA | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Latvia | 2 GPIA | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 2 GPIA | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | New Zealand | 2 GPIA | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Panama | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Peru | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Poland | 2 GPIA | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | El Salvador | 2 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 1 | Serbia | 2 GPIA | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Suriname | 2 GPIA | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Slovenia | 2 GPIA | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Seychelles | 2 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 2 GPIA | 2017 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Argentina | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Austria | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Burundi | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Bahrain | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Brazil | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 27 | Brunei | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Bhutan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Botswana | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Canada | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Switzerland | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | China | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Cape Verde | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Germany | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Denmark | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 1 GPIA | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Algeria | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Egypt | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Spain | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | France | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Gabon | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Guinea | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Guyana | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Hungary | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Indonesia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | India | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Ireland | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 27 | Iran | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Italy | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Japan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | South Korea | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Kuwait | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Laos | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Libya | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Lesotho | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Morocco | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Madagascar | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Maldives | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Mexico | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Malta | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Mongolia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Mauritius | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Malawi | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Malaysia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Namibia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Netherlands | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Norway | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Oman | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Pakistan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | North Korea | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Portugal | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Romania | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Russia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Singapore | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Sweden | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Eswatini | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Thailand | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Tajikistan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Tunisia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | falling |
| 27 | Turkey | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Tanzania | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Ukraine | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | United States | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Vietnam | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | South Africa | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Zambia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Saudi Arabia | 0.7588 GPIA | 2023 | up 129.4% | rising |
| 109 | Angola | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Albania | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Benin | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Bangladesh | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 0 GPIA | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Bolivia | 0 GPIA | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Barbados | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Central African Republic | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Chile | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Congo | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Comoros | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Cyprus | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Djibouti | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Eritrea | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Finland | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Fiji | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 109 | Ghana | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Greece | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Hong Kong | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Iraq | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Iceland | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Israel | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Jamaica | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Kenya | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Liberia | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Lithuania | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Mali | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Mozambique | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritania | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Niger | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Nepal | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Papua New Guinea | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Rwanda | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Senegal | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Slovakia | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Tonga | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Uganda | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Samoa | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 2 GPIA
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 1 GPIA
- AIMS: Central Asia 1 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia 1 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 1 GPIA
- AIMS: Pacific 1 GPIA
- AIMS: South and West Asia 1 GPIA
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1 GPIA
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 1 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1 GPIA
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 1 GPIA
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 1 GPIA
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 1 GPIA
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 1 GPIA
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 1 GPIA
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 1 GPIA
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 1 GPIA
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 1 GPIA
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 1 GPIA
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Asean (asean) (unsdcode:98406) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 1 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release