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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
47
Highest
1.57 GPIA
Jordan
Lowest
1.07 GPIA
Ireland
Median
1.15 GPIA
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
340

What the numbers show

Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 1.57 GPIA in Jordan; the lowest is 1.07 GPIA in Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.15 GPIA, and the mean is 1.18 GPIA.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 31.3%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 12.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 1.57 GPIA 2022 up 1.4% rising
2 Albania 1.48 GPIA 2022 up 31.3% falling
3 Tunisia 1.39 GPIA 2015 up 1.3% rising
4 Thailand 1.35 GPIA 2022 down 5.1% flat
5 Indonesia 1.32 GPIA 2022 up 0.0% rising
6 Qatar 1.28 GPIA 2022 down 9.0% falling
7 Bulgaria 1.24 GPIA 2022 down 6.2% falling
8 Argentina 1.23 GPIA 2022 down 9.6% falling
9 Slovenia 1.21 GPIA 2022 down 0.8% flat
10 Iceland 1.21 GPIA 2022 up 0.9% flat
11 Brazil 1.2 GPIA 2022 down 11.9% falling
12 Uruguay 1.2 GPIA 2022 down 10.1% falling
13 Greece 1.19 GPIA 2022 down 3.1% flat
14 Serbia 1.18 GPIA 2022 down 5.6% falling
15 Romania 1.18 GPIA 2022 down 6.8% flat
16 Netherlands 1.18 GPIA 2022 up 6.6% rising
17 Norway 1.18 GPIA 2022 up 2.8% flat
18 Slovakia 1.17 GPIA 2022 down 1.6% flat
19 Colombia 1.17 GPIA 2022 down 8.6% falling
20 Finland 1.16 GPIA 2022 up 2.2% rising
21 Türkiye 1.16 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% rising
22 Lithuania 1.16 GPIA 2022 down 7.1% falling
23 Luxembourg 1.15 GPIA 2018 down 3.4% flat
24 Sweden 1.15 GPIA 2022 down 4.3% flat
25 Croatia 1.15 GPIA 2022 down 4.2% falling
26 Latvia 1.14 GPIA 2022 down 5.2% falling
27 Israel 1.14 GPIA 2022 down 5.6% flat
28 Spain 1.14 GPIA 2022 down 0.8% flat
29 Poland 1.14 GPIA 2022 up 0.7% falling
30 Belgium 1.14 GPIA 2022 up 0.9% flat
31 Portugal 1.13 GPIA 2022 down 4.5% falling
32 Costa Rica 1.13 GPIA 2022 down 12.7% falling
33 Russian Federation 1.12 GPIA 2018 down 8.1% falling
34 Czechia 1.12 GPIA 2022 down 1.5% flat
35 France 1.11 GPIA 2022 down 3.9% flat
36 Hungary 1.11 GPIA 2022 down 5.0% flat
37 Italy 1.11 GPIA 2022 down 4.4% falling
38 Australia 1.1 GPIA 2022 down 1.3% flat
39 Korea 1.1 GPIA 2022 up 3.5% rising
40 Mexico 1.1 GPIA 2022 down 10.4% falling
41 United States of America 1.09 GPIA 2022 down 3.3% flat
42 Canada 1.09 GPIA 2022 down 0.6% flat
43 Germany 1.09 GPIA 2022 down 2.9% flat
44 Austria 1.09 GPIA 2022 down 5.8% flat
45 Denmark 1.09 GPIA 2022 down 1.4% flat
46 Chile 1.08 GPIA 2022 down 8.7% falling
47 Ireland 1.07 GPIA 2022 down 0.7% flat

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Indicator
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, 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, 340 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release