Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-24 years old, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
110
Highest
1.38 GPIA
Palestine, State of
Lowest
0.783 GPIA
Bangladesh
Median
1.06 GPIA
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
2,012
What the numbers show
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-24 years old, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 1.38 GPIA in Palestine, State of; the lowest is 0.783 GPIA in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.06 GPIA, and the mean is 1.04 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 54.1%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 10.3%).
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 | 1.38 GPIA | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 2 | Armenia | 1.24 GPIA | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 1.22 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 4 | Montenegro | 1.21 GPIA | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 5 | Switzerland | 1.2 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 1.19 GPIA | 2023 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 7 | Tunisia | 1.19 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.18 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 9 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.18 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 10 | North Macedonia | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 11 | Serbia | 1.16 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 12 | Iceland | 1.16 GPIA | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 1.16 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 14 | Slovakia | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 15 | Croatia | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 16 | Jamaica | 1.13 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 17 | Canada | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 1.12 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 19 | Georgia | 1.12 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 20 | Slovenia | 1.12 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 21 | Thailand | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Grenada | 1.11 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 23 | Jordan | 1.11 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Austria | 1.11 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 26 | Mauritius | 1.1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 27 | Albania | 1.1 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 28 | Philippines | 1.1 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 29 | Poland | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 30 | Panama | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 31 | Belize | 1.1 GPIA | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 32 | Latvia | 1.1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 33 | Argentina | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 34 | France | 1.09 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 35 | Malta | 1.09 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | Norway | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 37 | Spain | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 38 | United States of America | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 39 | Indonesia | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 40 | Mexico | 1.08 GPIA | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 41 | Sweden | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 43 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.08 GPIA | 2017 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 46 | Honduras | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 47 | Israel | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 49 | Botswana | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | — | falling |
| 51 | Australia | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 52 | Belgium | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 1.07 GPIA | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 54 | Timor-Leste | 1.06 GPIA | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 55 | Brazil | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 56 | Finland | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 57 | Hungary | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 58 | Germany | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 59 | Portugal | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 60 | New Caledonia | 1.06 GPIA | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 61 | Romania | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 62 | Greece | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 63 | Cambodia | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 64 | Belarus | 1.05 GPIA | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 65 | El Salvador | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 66 | Senegal | 1.05 GPIA | 2022 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 67 | Czechia | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 68 | Türkiye | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 69 | Republic of Moldova | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 70 | Lithuania | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 71 | Estonia | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 72 | Paraguay | 1.04 GPIA | 2017 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 73 | Netherlands | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 74 | Ireland | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 75 | Chile | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 76 | Peru | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 77 | Myanmar | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 78 | South Africa | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 79 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 81 | Denmark | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 83 | Viet Nam | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 84 | Ecuador | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 85 | Vanuatu | 1 GPIA | 2020 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 86 | Colombia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 87 | Cyprus | 0.9977 GPIA | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 88 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.9914 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 89 | Egypt | 0.9824 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 90 | Namibia | 0.9661 GPIA | 2018 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 91 | Bhutan | 0.9646 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 92 | Rwanda | 0.955 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 93 | Zambia | 0.8957 GPIA | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 94 | Korea | 0.891 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 95 | Guatemala | 0.8872 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 96 | Ghana | 0.8863 GPIA | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 0.8844 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 98 | India | 0.8797 GPIA | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 99 | Kenya | 0.8717 GPIA | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 100 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.8686 GPIA | 2022 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 101 | Angola | 0.8663 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 102 | Nigeria | 0.8529 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 103 | Mali | 0.8469 GPIA | 2022 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 104 | Togo | 0.8402 GPIA | 2022 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 105 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.8318 GPIA | 2020 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 106 | Uganda | 0.8195 GPIA | 2021 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 107 | Pakistan | 0.816 GPIA | 2021 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 108 | Malawi | 0.7994 GPIA | 2020 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 109 | Niger | 0.7864 GPIA | 2022 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 110 | Bangladesh | 0.783 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release