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