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 from: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Republic of 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 of America 1.6% 2023 up 2.8% flat
39 Uzbekistan 1.6% 2025 down 0.9% rising
40 Republic of 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, Islamic Republic of 1.6% 2021 down 2.0% rising
52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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, State of 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 Macau, China 1.5% 2024 up 9.4% rising
78 Luxembourg 1.5% 2023 up 3.7% rising
79 Sint Maarten 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 Viet Nam 1.3% 2016 down 10.5% flat
96 Cambodia 1.3% 2019 up 62.7% rising
97 Brunei Darussalam 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 Türkiye 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic 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, United Republic of 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

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
121 places, 1,771 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release