Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
121
Highest
1.9%
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
0.3%
Burundi
Median
1.6%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
1,771
What the numbers show
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 1.9% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.3% in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.6%, and the mean is 1.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 165.9%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 68.7%).
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … graduating adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.9% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 2 | Italy | 1.9% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 3 | Latvia | 1.9% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 4 | Estonia | 1.8% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Romania | 1.8% | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 6 | Georgia | 1.8% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 7 | Algeria | 1.8% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 8 | Moldova | 1.8% | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 9 | Slovenia | 1.8% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Singapore | 1.8% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 11 | Oman | 1.8% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 12 | Croatia | 1.8% | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 13 | Bermuda | 1.8% | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 14 | Lebanon | 1.8% | 2011 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 15 | Malta | 1.8% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 16 | Greece | 1.8% | 2022 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 17 | Azerbaijan | 1.8% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 1.8% | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 19 | Tunisia | 1.7% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 20 | Lithuania | 1.7% | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 21 | Hungary | 1.7% | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 1.7% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 23 | Finland | 1.7% | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 1.7% | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 25 | Serbia | 1.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 26 | Qatar | 1.7% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.7% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 28 | Austria | 1.7% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 29 | Poland | 1.7% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 30 | Aruba | 1.7% | 2016 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 31 | Chile | 1.7% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 32 | Jordan | 1.7% | 2024 | up 165.9% | flat |
| 33 | Cyprus | 1.7% | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 34 | Belize | 1.7% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 35 | Australia | 1.7% | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 36 | Israel | 1.7% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 37 | Mongolia | 1.7% | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 38 | United States | 1.6% | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 1.6% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 40 | South Korea | 1.6% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 1.6% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 42 | Portugal | 1.6% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 43 | Czechia | 1.6% | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 1.6% | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 45 | Guyana | 1.6% | 2012 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 46 | Netherlands | 1.6% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 47 | New Zealand | 1.6% | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 48 | Slovakia | 1.6% | 2023 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 49 | Ireland | 1.6% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Cuba | 1.6% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 51 | Iran | 1.6% | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 1.6% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 1.6% | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 54 | Ukraine | 1.6% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 55 | Andorra | 1.6% | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 56 | Armenia | 1.6% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 57 | Malaysia | 1.6% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 58 | Belarus | 1.6% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 59 | Bahrain | 1.6% | 2024 | up 125.1% | rising |
| 60 | France | 1.6% | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 61 | Palestine | 1.6% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 1.6% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 63 | Albania | 1.6% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 64 | Sweden | 1.6% | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 65 | Mexico | 1.6% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 66 | Spain | 1.6% | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5% | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 1.5% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 70 | Brazil | 1.5% | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 71 | Switzerland | 1.5% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 72 | Egypt | 1.5% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 73 | Puerto Rico | 1.5% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 74 | Ecuador | 1.5% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 75 | Belgium | 1.5% | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 76 | Mauritius | 1.5% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 77 | Macao | 1.5% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 1.5% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 79 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.5% | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 80 | Iceland | 1.5% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 81 | Norway | 1.5% | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 82 | Uruguay | 1.5% | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 83 | Denmark | 1.5% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 84 | Cameroon | 1.4% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 85 | Thailand | 1.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 86 | Samoa | 1.4% | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 87 | Indonesia | 1.4% | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 88 | Honduras | 1.4% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 89 | South Africa | 1.4% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 1.4% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 91 | Philippines | 1.4% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 92 | Niger | 1.4% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 1.4% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 94 | India | 1.4% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 95 | Vietnam | 1.3% | 2016 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 96 | Cambodia | 1.3% | 2019 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 97 | Brunei | 1.3% | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 98 | Panama | 1.3% | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 99 | Morocco | 1.3% | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 100 | Lesotho | 1.3% | 2018 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 101 | Turkey | 1.3% | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 102 | Namibia | 1.3% | 2022 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 103 | Colombia | 1.3% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 1.2% | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 105 | El Salvador | 1.2% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 106 | Laos | 1.2% | 2019 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 107 | Kenya | 1.1% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 108 | Eritrea | 1.1% | 2016 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 109 | Madagascar | 1.1% | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 110 | Tanzania | 1.0% | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 111 | Botswana | 1.0% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 112 | Seychelles | 0.9% | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 113 | Rwanda | 0.9% | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 0.8% | 2024 | up 81.9% | rising |
| 115 | Ghana | 0.8% | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 116 | Mozambique | 0.7% | 2018 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 0.7% | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 118 | Ethiopia | 0.5% | 2014 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 119 | Benin | 0.5% | 2022 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Eswatini | 0.4% | 2013 | down 68.7% | falling |
| 121 | Burundi | 0.3% | 2025 | down 50.9% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release