Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in mathematics, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
47
Highest
1.26 GPIA
Jordan
Lowest
0.6841 GPIA
Chile
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
29
1995–2023
Data points
337

What the numbers show

Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in mathematics, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 1.26 GPIA in Jordan; the lowest is 0.6841 GPIA in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 1 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 30.5%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 20.0%).

Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 1.26 GPIA 2022 up 3.1% rising
2 Albania 1.23 GPIA 2022 up 19.1% flat
3 Indonesia 1.14 GPIA 2022 up 19.4% rising
4 Thailand 1.14 GPIA 2022 down 7.7% rising
5 Finland 1.07 GPIA 2022 up 2.6% rising
6 Türkiye 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 9.3% rising
7 Bulgaria 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 1.3% flat
8 Uruguay 1.05 GPIA 2018 up 3.1% flat
9 Slovenia 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 3.6% flat
10 Norway 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 3.9% rising
11 Korea 1.04 GPIA 2022 up 3.5% rising
12 Tunisia 1.03 GPIA 2015 up 14.6% rising
13 Poland 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% falling
14 Sweden 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 0.2% rising
15 Netherlands 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 2.0% rising
16 Slovakia 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 2.5% rising
17 Belgium 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% flat
18 Israel 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 0.2% rising
19 Iceland 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 2.8% flat
20 Latvia 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 4.3% flat
21 France 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 0.2% flat
22 Spain 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 1.2% flat
23 Czechia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 5.4% rising
24 Lithuania 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 3.6% flat
25 Portugal 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 1.7% falling
26 Croatia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 4.0% rising
27 Russian Federation 1 GPIA 2018 up 0.7% flat
28 Romania 1 GPIA 2022 up 0.7% falling
29 Luxembourg 0.9981 GPIA 2018 up 1.6% flat
30 Canada 0.9971 GPIA 2022 down 0.0% flat
31 Australia 0.9944 GPIA 2022 up 2.5% flat
32 Ireland 0.9908 GPIA 2022 up 2.8% flat
33 Denmark 0.9841 GPIA 2022 up 2.6% flat
34 Greece 0.9738 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% flat
35 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9731 GPIA 2023 up 16.2% rising
36 Germany 0.9728 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% flat
37 United States of America 0.9623 GPIA 2022 down 6.0% flat
38 Serbia 0.9556 GPIA 2022 up 0.4% falling
39 Hungary 0.9528 GPIA 2023 down 3.5% falling
40 Austria 0.9463 GPIA 2022 up 0.6% flat
41 Argentina 0.9212 GPIA 2022 up 1.4% falling
42 Colombia 0.9122 GPIA 2022 up 30.5% rising
43 Brazil 0.8976 GPIA 2022 down 0.4% rising
44 Italy 0.8822 GPIA 2023 down 4.6% falling
45 Mexico 0.8165 GPIA 2022 down 6.9% flat
46 Costa Rica 0.8134 GPIA 2022 up 0.6% flat
47 Chile 0.6841 GPIA 2023 down 20.0% flat

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Indicator
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in mathematics, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
47 places, 337 data points, 1995–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release