Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or services, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
65
Highest
1.7 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.5 GPIA
El Salvador
Median
1.02 GPIA
Years covered
23
2002–2024
Data points
853

What the numbers show

Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or services, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 1.7 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.5 GPIA in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.02 GPIA, and the mean is 1.04 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 297.8%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 29.8%).

Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.7 GPIA 2020 up 187.0% rising
2 Jamaica 1.34 GPIA 2021 up 5.1% flat
3 Indonesia 1.27 GPIA 2023 up 17.9% rising
4 Thailand 1.24 GPIA 2020 up 24.5% rising
5 Belarus 1.23 GPIA 2023 up 17.2% rising
6 Georgia 1.22 GPIA 2023 up 41.3% rising
7 Macau, China 1.22 GPIA 2021 down 11.7% falling
8 Mauritius 1.2 GPIA 2020 up 139.3% rising
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.19 GPIA 2021 rising
10 Russian Federation 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 5.3% rising
11 Bulgaria 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 23.2% rising
12 Latvia 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 8.9% rising
13 Kazakhstan 1.15 GPIA 2023 down 4.9% flat
14 Lithuania 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 4.9% rising
15 Estonia 1.14 GPIA 2016 up 11.6% falling
16 Romania 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 36.1% rising
17 Ukraine 1.1 GPIA 2021 up 42.9% rising
18 Ireland 1.09 GPIA 2015 up 24.6% rising
19 Denmark 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 8.1% rising
20 Malta 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 22.3% rising
21 Poland 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 21.7% rising
22 Hong Kong, China 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 4.6% rising
23 Croatia 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 61.4% rising
24 Norway 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 21.7% rising
25 Belgium 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 27.2% rising
26 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.04 GPIA 2021 up 78.2% rising
27 Israel 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 40.8% rising
28 Sweden 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 11.7% rising
29 Portugal 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 22.5% rising
30 Slovenia 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 6.9% rising
31 Brazil 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 13.3% rising
32 Hungary 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 18.4% rising
33 Spain 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 18.0% rising
34 Czechia 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% rising
35 Cyprus 1.01 GPIA 2020 up 29.9% rising
36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.01 GPIA 2020 up 3.6% rising
37 Türkiye 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 58.5% rising
38 Austria 1 GPIA 2024 up 16.7% rising
39 Slovakia 1 GPIA 2024 down 3.8% rising
40 Iceland 1 GPIA 2014 up 37.6% rising
40 Germany 1 GPIA 2024 up 6.6% rising
42 Australia 0.9968 GPIA 2017 up 4.0% flat
43 Paraguay 0.9946 GPIA 2023 up 297.8% rising
44 Serbia 0.9913 GPIA 2023 up 10.2% rising
45 Luxembourg 0.9886 GPIA 2024 up 11.7% rising
46 Malaysia 0.9885 GPIA 2023 down 13.9% falling
47 Bahrain 0.9864 GPIA 2023 down 9.4% rising
48 France 0.985 GPIA 2023 up 11.0% rising
49 Finland 0.9847 GPIA 2023 down 5.0% rising
50 Switzerland 0.9808 GPIA 2023 up 13.4% rising
51 Singapore 0.9761 GPIA 2023 down 7.6% rising
52 Republic of Korea 0.9731 GPIA 2023 down 15.3% falling
53 Ecuador 0.9706 GPIA 2024 down 27.2% flat
54 Colombia 0.959 GPIA 2023 up 26.4% rising
55 Netherlands 0.9584 GPIA 2016 up 26.2% rising
56 Mexico 0.9357 GPIA 2023 up 65.5% rising
57 Greece 0.93 GPIA 2016 up 191.4% rising
58 Italy 0.9173 GPIA 2023 up 35.5% rising
59 Azerbaijan 0.907 GPIA 2023 up 81.4% rising
60 North Macedonia 0.8839 GPIA 2016 down 29.8% falling
61 Japan 0.8727 GPIA 2022 up 2.2% rising
62 Peru 0.8485 GPIA 2023 up 38.8% rising
63 United Arab Emirates 0.7775 GPIA 2023 down 14.7% falling
64 Morocco 0.744 GPIA 2021 down 15.0% rising
65 El Salvador 0.5 GPIA 2020 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or services, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
65 places, 853 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release