Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
56
Highest
1.26 GPIA
Jordan
Lowest
0.672 GPIA
Chile
Median
0.9951 GPIA
Years covered
29
1995–2023
Data points
401

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 1.26 GPIA in Jordan; the lowest is 0.672 GPIA in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9951 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9798 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 36.0%), and the largest decrease in Oman (down 23.5%).

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 1.26 GPIA 2022 up 3.3% rising
2 Albania 1.21 GPIA 2022 up 19.3% flat
3 Indonesia 1.11 GPIA 2022 up 22.1% rising
4 Oman 1.11 GPIA 2023 down 23.5% falling
5 Thailand 1.07 GPIA 2022 down 6.5% rising
6 Finland 1.07 GPIA 2022 up 2.6% rising
7 Bulgaria 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 1.1% flat
8 Bahrain 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 17.6% falling
9 Turkey 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% rising
10 Slovenia 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 4.1% flat
11 Norway 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 3.9% rising
12 South Korea 1.04 GPIA 2022 up 3.6% rising
13 Hong Kong 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 3.2% flat
14 Slovakia 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 2.5% rising
15 Sweden 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% flat
16 Poland 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 0.7% flat
17 Iceland 1.02 GPIA 2022 down 2.7% flat
18 New Zealand 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 3.3% flat
19 Czechia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 5.3% flat
20 Lithuania 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 3.6% flat
21 Belgium 1 GPIA 2022 up 1.4% flat
22 Russia 1 GPIA 2018 up 1.2% flat
23 Croatia 1 GPIA 2022 up 3.4% flat
24 Israel 1 GPIA 2022 down 0.2% rising
25 Singapore 1 GPIA 2023 down 4.2% flat
26 Romania 0.9996 GPIA 2022 up 1.3% flat
27 France 0.9985 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% flat
28 Latvia 0.9955 GPIA 2022 down 4.2% flat
29 Japan 0.9947 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% flat
30 Canada 0.9911 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% flat
31 Australia 0.9895 GPIA 2022 up 2.6% flat
32 Ireland 0.9872 GPIA 2022 up 2.9% flat
33 Netherlands 0.9856 GPIA 2022 up 0.8% flat
34 Denmark 0.9838 GPIA 2022 up 2.6% flat
35 Spain 0.979 GPIA 2022 up 1.8% flat
36 Portugal 0.976 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% rising
37 Luxembourg 0.9746 GPIA 2018 up 2.1% flat
38 Germany 0.9665 GPIA 2022 down 1.1% flat
39 Greece 0.9621 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% flat
40 United States 0.9595 GPIA 2022 down 5.7% flat
41 Lebanon 0.9584 GPIA 2019 up 20.8% rising
42 Iran 0.9561 GPIA 2023 up 11.2% rising
43 Serbia 0.956 GPIA 2022 up 0.5% flat
44 Austria 0.9427 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% flat
45 Qatar 0.937 GPIA 2023 down 14.0% falling
46 Hungary 0.9368 GPIA 2023 down 4.2% falling
47 Italy 0.8783 GPIA 2023 down 4.3% flat
48 Uruguay 0.8775 GPIA 2022 down 0.2% flat
49 Tunisia 0.8742 GPIA 2015 up 7.7% flat
50 Colombia 0.85 GPIA 2022 up 36.0% rising
51 Brazil 0.8299 GPIA 2022 up 6.0% rising
52 Kuwait 0.8294 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% falling
53 Argentina 0.8107 GPIA 2022 down 1.1% falling
54 Mexico 0.796 GPIA 2022 down 5.5% flat
55 Costa Rica 0.7246 GPIA 2022 up 3.6% rising
56 Chile 0.672 GPIA 2023 down 19.9% flat

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Indicator
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level 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
56 places, 401 data points, 1995–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release