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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-24 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, 2,012 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release