Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
42
Highest
1.03 GPIA
Nigeria
Lowest
0.6465 GPIA
Zimbabwe
Median
0.8717 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
459
What the numbers show
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 1.03 GPIA in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.6465 GPIA in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8717 GPIA, and the mean is 0.865 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 67.5%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 26.8%).
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 2 | Togo | 1.02 GPIA | 2021 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 3 | Jordan | 0.9912 GPIA | 2023 | up 20.1% | flat |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.9878 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 0.9839 GPIA | 2024 | up 45.0% | flat |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 0.9822 GPIA | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 0.9765 GPIA | 2022 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.9694 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 9 | Mauritania | 0.9583 GPIA | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 10 | Niger | 0.9485 GPIA | 2021 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 11 | Honduras | 0.9457 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 12 | Senegal | 0.9446 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 13 | Peru | 0.9375 GPIA | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 14 | Ecuador | 0.9231 GPIA | 2023 | up 67.5% | flat |
| 15 | Mali | 0.9193 GPIA | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 16 | Gambia | 0.9171 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 0.909 GPIA | 2019 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 18 | Ghana | 0.8973 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.8946 GPIA | 2022 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 20 | Nepal | 0.8923 GPIA | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 21 | Uganda | 0.8732 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 22 | Gabon | 0.8703 GPIA | 2021 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 23 | Mexico | 0.8687 GPIA | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 24 | Cameroon | 0.8665 GPIA | 2018 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 25 | Benin | 0.8662 GPIA | 2021 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 26 | Guatemala | 0.8467 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 27 | Malawi | 0.8392 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 28 | El Salvador | 0.8365 GPIA | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 29 | Panama | 0.8358 GPIA | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 30 | United States of America | 0.8357 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 31 | Rwanda | 0.8135 GPIA | 2020 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 0.7852 GPIA | 2024 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 33 | Paraguay | 0.7763 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 34 | Uruguay | 0.7604 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 35 | Cambodia | 0.7528 GPIA | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 0.7451 GPIA | 2019 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 0.7183 GPIA | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 38 | Chile | 0.7143 GPIA | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 39 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.7079 GPIA | 2014 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 40 | Colombia | 0.6786 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 41 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.6607 GPIA | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 0.6465 GPIA | 2019 | up 24.8% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release