Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital environments (e.g. computer software, app development), adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
47
Highest
1.33 GPIA
Bahrain, Kingdom of
Lowest
0.1509 GPIA
Croatia, Republic of
Median
0.4403 GPIA
Years covered
14
2011–2024
Data points
335

What the numbers show

Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital environments (e.g. computer software, app development), adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 1.33 GPIA in Bahrain, Kingdom of; the lowest is 0.1509 GPIA in Croatia, Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4403 GPIA, and the mean is 0.5138 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 114.8%), and the largest decrease in Croatia, Republic of (down 73.8%).

Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1.33 GPIA 2020 up 33.2% rising
2 Montenegro 1.25 GPIA 2022 up 114.8% rising
3 Albania 1.21 GPIA 2023 rising
4 United Arab Emirates 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 70.5% rising
5 Saudi Arabia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 26.3% rising
6 Malaysia 0.9196 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% flat
7 Korea, Republic of 0.7442 GPIA 2023 up 63.7% rising
8 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.7426 GPIA 2023 up 48.5% rising
9 Malta 0.74 GPIA 2021 up 48.0% rising
10 Colombia 0.7381 GPIA 2023 down 6.1% flat
11 Mexico 0.7123 GPIA 2023 flat
12 Morocco 0.5659 GPIA 2021 up 42.6% rising
13 Lithuania, Republic of 0.5616 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% falling
14 Romania 0.5556 GPIA 2016 down 37.9% falling
15 Qatar 0.5454 GPIA 2019 falling
16 Singapore 0.5286 GPIA 2023 up 23.3% flat
17 Portugal 0.5079 GPIA 2023 up 6.0% rising
18 Italy 0.4938 GPIA 2023 up 14.9% flat
19 Norway 0.4938 GPIA 2021 down 8.8% falling
20 Spain 0.4872 GPIA 2023 down 21.9% falling
21 United Kingdom 0.4729 GPIA 2017 down 15.4% falling
22 Poland, Republic of 0.4595 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% rising
23 Greece 0.4471 GPIA 2017 up 7.3% falling
24 Denmark 0.4403 GPIA 2023 up 15.0% rising
25 Brazil 0.4167 GPIA 2023 down 61.7% falling
26 Serbia, Republic of 0.4028 GPIA 2023 down 12.3% falling
27 Estonia, Republic of 0.396 GPIA 2017 down 20.8% falling
28 Cyprus 0.3889 GPIA 2019 down 12.2% falling
29 Latvia, Republic of 0.3793 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% falling
30 Türkiye, Republic of 0.3784 GPIA 2021 down 13.8% falling
31 Czech Republic 0.3721 GPIA 2023 up 100.9% rising
32 Georgia 0.3529 GPIA 2023 down 15.3% rising
33 Russian Federation 0.3478 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% falling
34 Bulgaria 0.3333 GPIA 2023 down 55.0% falling
35 France 0.3295 GPIA 2023 down 25.7% falling
36 Netherlands, The 0.3228 GPIA 2016 up 89.8% rising
37 Finland 0.3103 GPIA 2023 down 51.2% falling
38 Austria 0.298 GPIA 2021 down 40.4% falling
39 Slovenia, Republic of 0.2973 GPIA 2023 down 22.6% falling
40 Sweden 0.2759 GPIA 2023 down 33.8% falling
41 Luxembourg 0.2727 GPIA 2023 down 38.8% falling
42 Belarus, Republic of 0.25 GPIA 2023 down 33.9% falling
43 Germany 0.2472 GPIA 2023 down 21.7% falling
44 Belgium 0.2083 GPIA 2023 down 47.7% falling
45 Slovak Republic 0.1918 GPIA 2023 down 45.3% falling
46 Hungary 0.1868 GPIA 2024 down 50.2% falling
47 Croatia, Republic of 0.1509 GPIA 2023 down 73.8% falling

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Indicator
Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital environments (e.g. computer software, app development), 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, 335 data points, 2011–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release