Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
180
Highest
2.0%
Grenada
Lowest
0.4%
Afghanistan
Median
1.0%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
2,574

What the numbers show

Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 2.0% in Grenada; the lowest is 0.4% in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 1.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 179.8%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 39.6%).

Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Grenada 2.0% 2023 up 64.6% rising
1 Cook Islands 0.9% 2024 down 16.4% falling
2 Sao Tome and Principe 1.6% 2017 down 14.3% falling
3 Barbados 1.4% 2024 down 3.5% falling
4 Dominica 1.3% 2023 down 10.9% rising
5 Bulgaria 1.3% 2024 up 96.8% rising
6 Bangladesh 1.2% 2020 up 4.0% rising
7 Suriname 1.2% 2021 down 3.4% flat
8 Luxembourg 1.2% 2024 down 19.6% falling
9 Burkina Faso 1.2% 2024 up 10.4% rising
10 Seychelles 1.2% 2024 up 43.1% rising
11 Iceland 1.2% 2023 up 7.3% rising
12 Zambia 1.2% 2017 up 15.8% rising
13 Sierra Leone 1.1% 2021 down 1.8% falling
14 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.1% 2021 up 5.0% rising
15 Saint Lucia 1.1% 2023 up 166.2% rising
16 Cape Verde 1.1% 2022 down 9.5% falling
17 Germany 1.1% 2024 down 4.8% falling
18 Trinidad and Tobago 1.1% 2023 up 2.0% flat
19 Eswatini 1.1% 2016 up 0.8% flat
20 Senegal 1.1% 2023 up 11.9% rising
21 Tonga 1.1% 2020 up 8.9% rising
22 Netherlands 1.1% 2022 down 9.4% falling
23 Honduras 1.1% 2024 down 1.2% falling
24 Nigeria 1.1% 2023 up 9.5% rising
25 Namibia 1.1% 2017 down 19.5% flat
26 Comoros 1.1% 2017 up 16.9% rising
27 Congo 1.1% 2004 down 7.3% falling
28 Burundi 1.1% 2025 down 6.9% falling
29 Argentina 1.1% 2023 down 3.3% flat
30 Mozambique 1.1% 2017 up 22.3% rising
31 Bermuda 1.1% 2023 down 10.7% flat
32 Mauritania 1.1% 2024 up 7.6% rising
33 Madagascar 1.1% 2019 up 4.4% flat
34 Monaco 1.1% 2024 up 7.1% rising
35 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.1% 2022 up 26.3% flat
36 Mexico 1.1% 2024 down 3.9% flat
37 Samoa 1.1% 2021 up 2.6% flat
38 Cameroon 1.1% 2023 up 4.2% rising
39 Solomon Islands 1.1% 2019 up 14.9% rising
40 South Africa 1.1% 2023 down 0.4% flat
41 Japan 1.1% 2023 down 4.4% flat
42 Lesotho 1.1% 2016 down 22.1% falling
43 Estonia 1.1% 2024 up 18.2% rising
44 Angola 1.1% 2023 up 28.4% rising
45 Denmark 1.1% 2024 up 2.9% flat
46 Gambia 1.1% 2021 up 31.7% rising
47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.1% 2018 down 16.8% falling
48 Austria 1.0% 2024 down 4.0% flat
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.0% 2024 up 2.0% flat
50 New Zealand 1.0% 2024 up 16.3% rising
51 Thailand 1.0% 2020 down 2.7% flat
52 Bahamas 1.0% 2024 down 4.0% flat
53 Niger 1.0% 2024 up 29.5% rising
54 Timor-Leste 1.0% 2019 up 4.7% flat
55 Ghana 1.0% 2024 up 2.2% rising
56 Ethiopia 1.0% 2017 down 38.1% falling
57 Lithuania 1.0% 2024 up 2.3% flat
58 Croatia 1.0% 2023 down 6.1% rising
59 El Salvador 1.0% 2024 up 6.7% flat
60 Sweden 1.0% 2024 down 0.7% flat
61 Slovenia 1.0% 2023 up 17.4% rising
62 Paraguay 1.0% 2024 down 2.8% falling
63 Finland 1.0% 2024 down 7.4% flat
64 Kiribati 1.0% 2023 down 5.8% flat
65 United States of America 1.0% 2023 down 1.2% falling
66 Belgium 1.0% 2023 up 1.1% flat
67 British Virgin Islands 1.0% 2021 down 2.0% rising
68 Botswana 1.0% 2013 down 22.0% falling
69 Brazil 1.0% 2024 up 1.6% flat
70 Eritrea 1.0% 2018 up 9.2% rising
71 Liberia 1.0% 2020 up 11.8% rising
72 Mongolia 1.0% 2019 up 3.7% flat
73 Malawi 1.0% 2018 down 3.4% flat
74 Aruba 1.0% 2012 down 1.1% flat
75 Ecuador 1.0% 2024 down 1.3% flat
76 Cambodia 1.0% 2019 up 15.9% rising
77 Slovakia 1.0% 2024 up 0.8% flat
78 Portugal 1.0% 2023 up 8.5% rising
79 Cayman Islands 1.0% 2024 down 8.4% falling
80 Canada 1.0% 2023 down 1.7% flat
81 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2024 down 0.1% falling
82 Greece 1.0% 2023 down 3.2% flat
83 Saudi Arabia 1.0% 2024 up 72.5% rising
84 Lebanon 1.0% 2024 up 3.0% flat
85 Panama 1.0% 2016 down 6.0% flat
86 Belize 1.0% 2024 down 5.6% flat
87 Hungary 1.0% 2024 up 1.7% flat
88 Philippines 1.0% 2020 down 2.7% falling
89 Kenya 1.0% 2016 up 2.2% flat
90 Mali 1.0% 2023 up 20.3% rising
91 Czechia 1.0% 2023 down 0.7% flat
92 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.0% 2024 up 4.0% flat
93 Uruguay 1.0% 2023 down 5.5% falling
94 Norway 1.0% 2024 down 0.0% flat
95 Guatemala 1.0% 2024 up 9.3% rising
96 Chile 1.0% 2024 down 2.8% falling
97 Jamaica 1.0% 2024 up 14.0% falling
98 Peru 1.0% 2024 up 4.1% rising
99 France 1.0% 2024 up 5.0% rising
100 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2023 up 1.9% flat
101 Tuvalu 1.0% 2023 up 13.7% rising
102 Antigua and Barbuda 1.0% 2018 up 6.7% falling
103 Spain 1.0% 2024 up 0.4% flat
104 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2023 down 2.5% falling
105 Côte d'Ivoire 1.0% 2024 up 25.5% rising
106 Costa Rica 0.9% 2024 down 4.3% falling
107 Latvia 0.9% 2024 up 23.3% rising
108 Djibouti 0.9% 2023 up 13.5% rising
109 Marshall Islands 0.9% 2022 up 11.4% flat
110 Romania 0.9% 2023 up 7.7% rising
111 Macau, China 0.9% 2024 up 3.5% falling
112 Russian Federation 0.9% 2023 up 11.0% rising
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% 2023 down 5.2% flat
114 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9% 2024 up 4.1% flat
115 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2020 up 12.6% rising
116 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2023 down 1.7% flat
117 Brunei Darussalam 0.9% 2020 up 6.0% flat
118 United Arab Emirates 0.9% 2024 rising
119 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.9% 2021 up 3.6% flat
120 Serbia 0.9% 2024 up 11.7% rising
121 Albania 0.9% 2024 down 0.6% flat
122 Pakistan 0.9% 2024 up 18.6% flat
123 Armenia 0.9% 2024 up 24.2% rising
124 Benin 0.9% 2022 up 6.0% rising
125 Morocco 0.9% 2024 up 0.8% falling
126 Nicaragua 0.9% 2023 down 15.0% falling
127 Ukraine 0.9% 2024 up 6.7% rising
128 Singapore 0.9% 2023 up 18.1% rising
129 Republic of Korea 0.9% 2024 up 3.0% flat
130 Australia 0.9% 2024 up 0.9% flat
131 Colombia 0.9% 2022 down 3.5% falling
132 Italy 0.9% 2023 up 1.4% flat
133 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2020 down 7.2% flat
134 Malta 0.9% 2023 up 0.2% rising
135 Bahrain 0.9% 2024 up 7.8% rising
136 Maldives 0.9% 2019 down 19.5% falling
137 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9% 2020 up 6.0% rising
138 Türkiye 0.9% 2023 up 5.8% rising
139 Hong Kong, China 0.9% 2024 up 5.5% rising
140 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2024 up 21.7% rising
141 Mauritius 0.9% 2024 down 1.2% falling
142 Egypt 0.9% 2024 up 4.6% rising
143 Poland 0.9% 2024 up 8.6% rising
144 Gibraltar 0.9% 2024 down 29.5% falling
145 Cyprus 0.9% 2024 down 4.0% flat
146 Georgia 0.9% 2024 up 14.2% rising
147 Indonesia 0.9% 2018 down 6.8% falling
148 Rwanda 0.9% 2024 down 5.6% falling
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9% 2021 up 0.6% falling
150 Qatar 0.9% 2024 up 2.9% rising
151 Sudan 0.9% 2019 up 0.2% flat
152 Montenegro 0.9% 2023 down 5.3% rising
153 Guinea 0.9% 2014 up 7.6% rising
154 Belarus 0.9% 2024 down 3.0% rising
155 Malaysia 0.8% 2024 down 2.2% rising
156 Andorra 0.8% 2024 down 6.0% rising
157 India 0.8% 2020 down 2.0% rising
158 Guyana 0.8% 2023 down 21.4% flat
159 Switzerland 0.8% 2024 up 4.6% flat
160 Chad 0.8% 2024 up 16.4% rising
161 Oman 0.8% 2024 up 5.0% rising
162 Azerbaijan 0.8% 2024 up 179.8% volatile
163 North Macedonia 0.8% 2023 down 11.0% falling
164 Algeria 0.8% 2024 down 39.6% falling
165 Bhutan 0.8% 2020 down 9.2% rising
166 Viet Nam 0.8% 2021 up 15.0% flat
167 Kuwait 0.7% 2016 down 6.0% falling
168 Israel 0.7% 2024 down 0.3% flat
169 Jordan 0.7% 2024 down 1.3% falling
170 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.7% 2023 up 17.5% rising
171 Nepal 0.7% 2020 down 7.3% rising
172 China 0.7% 2024 down 2.0% flat
173 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 up 13.0% falling
174 Liechtenstein 0.7% 2021 up 32.2% rising
175 Tunisia 0.6% 2023 up 34.2% falling
176 Uzbekistan 0.6% 2024 up 6.5% rising
177 Tajikistan 0.5% 2017 up 19.1% rising
178 Yemen 0.4% 2016 down 2.1% rising
179 Afghanistan 0.4% 2023 up 2.3% falling

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Indicator
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
180 places, 2,574 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release