Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-64 years old, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
110
Highest
1.36 GPIA
Palestine, State of
Lowest
0.6589 GPIA
Niger
Median
1.05 GPIA
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
2,034

What the numbers show

Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-64 years old, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 1.36 GPIA in Palestine, State of; the lowest is 0.6589 GPIA in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.05 GPIA, and the mean is 1.03 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 45.2%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 18.7%).

Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palestine, State of 1.36 GPIA 2024 up 15.0% rising
2 Estonia 1.26 GPIA 2023 up 3.8% rising
3 Dominican Republic 1.25 GPIA 2024 up 8.3% rising
4 Sweden 1.24 GPIA 2023 down 3.0% rising
5 Latvia 1.24 GPIA 2023 up 9.2% rising
6 Iceland 1.23 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% rising
7 Brunei Darussalam 1.22 GPIA 2023 up 29.3% rising
8 Uruguay 1.21 GPIA 2024 up 8.6% flat
9 Montenegro 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 18.0% rising
10 Finland 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% rising
11 Denmark 1.18 GPIA 2023 down 2.2% rising
12 Saint Lucia 1.18 GPIA 2024 up 23.7% rising
13 Grenada 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% flat
14 Lithuania 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 12.5% flat
15 Ireland 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 12.5% rising
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 9.3% rising
17 Malta 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 8.0% rising
18 Slovenia 1.15 GPIA 2023 down 1.7% rising
19 Canada 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 3.9% rising
20 Serbia 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% rising
21 Switzerland 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% rising
22 Jordan 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 12.4% rising
23 Tunisia 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 3.6% rising
24 Czechia 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% rising
25 Norway 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 3.7% flat
26 Slovakia 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 4.4% rising
27 North Macedonia 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 10.9% rising
28 Spain 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% flat
29 Paraguay 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 6.2% rising
30 Jamaica 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% rising
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% rising
32 United States of America 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% rising
33 Australia 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
34 Croatia 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 2.5% rising
35 Hungary 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 14.3% rising
36 Argentina 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 2.8% rising
37 Poland 1.1 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% rising
38 Luxembourg 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 3.6% rising
39 Albania 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% rising
40 Belize 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
41 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.09 GPIA 2017 down 1.1% flat
42 Mauritius 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% rising
43 Brazil 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 7.4% flat
44 Philippines 1.09 GPIA 2022 up 3.9% flat
45 Trinidad and Tobago 1.09 GPIA 2023 flat
46 Belgium 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 2.8% rising
47 Thailand 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% rising
48 France 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% flat
49 Greece 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 4.7% rising
50 Portugal 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 8.7% flat
51 Bulgaria 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% rising
52 Austria 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 3.5% rising
53 Italy 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% rising
54 Panama 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% falling
55 South Africa 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 7.6% rising
56 Mongolia 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% flat
57 Netherlands 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% rising
58 New Caledonia 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 10.3% rising
59 Türkiye 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 17.8% rising
60 Germany 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 7.7% rising
61 Indonesia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 5.9% rising
62 Kyrgyzstan 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
63 Bhutan 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 18.6% rising
64 Timor-Leste 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 11.8% rising
65 Armenia 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 26.7% flat
66 Chile 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% rising
67 Honduras 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 8.7% falling
68 Costa Rica 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% flat
69 Georgia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 7.8% rising
70 Botswana 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 12.6% rising
71 Romania 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
72 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA 2022 up 1.1% flat
73 Mexico 0.9959 GPIA 2025 up 11.7% rising
74 Burkina Faso 0.9825 GPIA 2024 up 41.3% rising
75 Cambodia 0.9818 GPIA 2023 up 28.0% rising
76 Vanuatu 0.9768 GPIA 2020 up 10.8% rising
77 Republic of Moldova 0.962 GPIA 2024 down 3.6% falling
78 Myanmar 0.9488 GPIA 2020 down 9.5% falling
79 Colombia 0.9483 GPIA 2024 down 5.5% rising
80 Namibia 0.9446 GPIA 2018 up 3.5% rising
81 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9382 GPIA 2023 up 2.5% rising
82 Viet Nam 0.9379 GPIA 2023 down 3.2% rising
83 Korea 0.9362 GPIA 2024 down 1.3% rising
84 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9308 GPIA 2023 up 7.8% falling
85 Peru 0.9116 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
86 Guatemala 0.9052 GPIA 2023 up 12.7% rising
87 Senegal 0.9025 GPIA 2022 up 33.2% rising
88 Zambia 0.8972 GPIA 2023 up 7.7% flat
89 Cyprus 0.8956 GPIA 2023 down 18.7% falling
90 Belarus 0.8914 GPIA 2022 down 10.7% falling
91 Ecuador 0.8913 GPIA 2024 down 5.8% falling
92 Rwanda 0.8873 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% rising
93 Israel 0.8845 GPIA 2023 down 8.2% falling
94 Egypt 0.8758 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% rising
95 Kenya 0.872 GPIA 2022 up 8.2% rising
96 Nigeria 0.8521 GPIA 2023 up 30.6% rising
97 Uganda 0.8415 GPIA 2021 up 13.6% rising
98 Angola 0.8349 GPIA 2022 down 2.2% flat
99 El Salvador 0.8204 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% falling
100 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8163 GPIA 2022 up 14.3% rising
101 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8131 GPIA 2020 up 16.6% rising
102 Zimbabwe 0.812 GPIA 2023 up 16.3% rising
103 India 0.8051 GPIA 2022 up 13.3% rising
104 Ghana 0.7758 GPIA 2022 up 5.4% rising
105 Bangladesh 0.7651 GPIA 2023 down 2.0% flat
106 Togo 0.7537 GPIA 2022 up 45.2% rising
107 Malawi 0.741 GPIA 2020 up 2.0% rising
108 Mali 0.7393 GPIA 2022 up 29.4% rising
109 Pakistan 0.6822 GPIA 2019 up 0.1% flat
110 Niger 0.6589 GPIA 2022 up 8.7% rising

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Indicator
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-64 years old, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
110 places, 2,034 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release