School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
205
Highest
1.45 GPIA
Saint Helena
Lowest
0.5033 GPIA
British Virgin Islands
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
13,932
What the numbers show
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 1.45 GPIA in Saint Helena; the lowest is 0.5033 GPIA in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 42.9%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 58.6%).
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted … pre-primary adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Helena | 1.45 GPIA | 1986 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 1.25 GPIA | 1986 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 1.24 GPIA | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 4 | Anguilla | 1.23 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 5 | Senegal | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.14 GPIA | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 8 | Georgia | 1.12 GPIA | 2007 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 9 | Congo | 1.11 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.1 GPIA | 2018 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 11 | American Samoa | 1.1 GPIA | 1990 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 12 | Gambia | 1.09 GPIA | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 13 | Madagascar | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 16 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.07 GPIA | 2010 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 19 | Niger | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 20 | Samoa | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 21 | Tonga | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 23 | Marshall Islands | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 24 | Oman | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 26 | Bahamas | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 27 | Belize | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 28 | Jordan | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 29 | Seychelles | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 1.06 GPIA | 2018 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.05 GPIA | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 32 | Kuwait | 1.05 GPIA | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 33 | Cambodia | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 34 | Ecuador | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 35 | Iraq | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 1.05 GPIA | 2017 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 37 | Aruba | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 38 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Lesotho | 1.05 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 40 | El Salvador | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 41 | Saint Lucia | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 42 | Cape Verde | 1.04 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Barbados | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 45 | Togo | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 46 | Laos | 1.04 GPIA | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 47 | Liechtenstein | 1.04 GPIA | 2021 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 48 | Mali | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 49 | Honduras | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 50 | Iran | 1.03 GPIA | 2020 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 52 | Comoros | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 53 | Macao | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 54 | East Timor | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 55 | Uganda | 1.03 GPIA | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 56 | Burundi | 1.03 GPIA | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 57 | Liberia | 1.03 GPIA | 2022 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 58 | Argentina | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 59 | Morocco | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 60 | India | 1.03 GPIA | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 61 | Vanuatu | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 62 | Dominica | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 63 | Brunei | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 65 | Mexico | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 66 | Namibia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 67 | Tunisia | 1.02 GPIA | 2016 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 68 | Cameroon | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 69 | Cuba | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 70 | Kenya | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Panama | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 72 | Bhutan | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 74 | Netherlands | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 75 | Colombia | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 76 | Paraguay | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 77 | Benin | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 78 | Lebanon | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 79 | Pakistan | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 80 | China | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 81 | Palestine | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 82 | Martinique | 1.01 GPIA | 1996 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 83 | Puerto Rico | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 84 | Qatar | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 85 | Botswana | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 86 | Algeria | 1.01 GPIA | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 87 | Malaysia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 88 | Nauru | 1.01 GPIA | 2025 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 89 | Vietnam | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 90 | Guatemala | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 91 | Brazil | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 92 | Grenada | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 94 | Israel | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 95 | Albania | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 96 | Costa Rica | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 97 | Andorra | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 98 | Malta | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 99 | Peru | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 1 GPIA | 1996 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 GPIA | 2015 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 102 | Syria | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 103 | France | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 104 | Jamaica | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 105 | Bolivia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 106 | Poland | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 107 | Uruguay | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 108 | Mongolia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 109 | Romania | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 110 | New Zealand | 0.9993 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 111 | Sudan | 0.9988 GPIA | 2019 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | 0.9988 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 0.9985 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 114 | United Kingdom | 0.9985 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 115 | Bahrain | 0.9984 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 116 | Norway | 0.9983 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 117 | South Korea | 0.9981 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 118 | South Africa | 0.9978 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 119 | Guadeloupe | 0.9977 GPIA | 1994 | up 22.1% | flat |
| 120 | Sweden | 0.9975 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 121 | Austria | 0.9975 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 122 | Latvia | 0.9974 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 0.9969 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 124 | Finland | 0.9956 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 125 | Montserrat | 0.9953 GPIA | 2020 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 126 | Palau | 0.9949 GPIA | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 127 | Armenia | 0.9949 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 127 | Iceland | 0.9949 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 129 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9946 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 0.9945 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 131 | Spain | 0.9938 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 0.9935 GPIA | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 133 | Switzerland | 0.9933 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 134 | Ireland | 0.9931 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 135 | Egypt | 0.993 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 136 | Lithuania | 0.9925 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9924 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 138 | San Marino | 0.992 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 139 | Belgium | 0.991 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 140 | Portugal | 0.9909 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 141 | Guyana | 0.9906 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 142 | Micronesia (country) | 0.9902 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 143 | Russia | 0.9899 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 144 | Luxembourg | 0.9893 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 145 | Thailand | 0.9885 GPIA | 2025 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 146 | Ghana | 0.9884 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 147 | Tanzania | 0.9882 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 148 | Guinea | 0.9872 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 149 | Germany | 0.9866 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 150 | Canada | 0.9861 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 151 | Slovakia | 0.9859 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 152 | Greece | 0.9857 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 153 | Moldova | 0.9853 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 154 | Kazakhstan | 0.985 GPIA | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 155 | Denmark | 0.9845 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 156 | Suriname | 0.9837 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 0.9837 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 158 | Rwanda | 0.9836 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 159 | Italy | 0.9828 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 160 | Croatia | 0.9824 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 161 | Ukraine | 0.982 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 0.9798 GPIA | 1991 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 163 | Estonia | 0.9795 GPIA | 2012 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 164 | Chile | 0.9791 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 165 | Slovenia | 0.9782 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 166 | Cyprus | 0.9779 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 167 | Australia | 0.9757 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 168 | Libya | 0.9757 GPIA | 2006 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 169 | Montenegro | 0.9727 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 170 | Hungary | 0.9699 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 171 | Czechia | 0.9695 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 172 | Turkey | 0.9667 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 173 | Ethiopia | 0.9661 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 174 | Hong Kong | 0.9655 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 175 | Angola | 0.9596 GPIA | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 176 | Fiji | 0.959 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 177 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.959 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 178 | Serbia | 0.9583 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 179 | Philippines | 0.9528 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 180 | Tuvalu | 0.9504 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 181 | Eritrea | 0.9484 GPIA | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 182 | Indonesia | 0.9462 GPIA | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 183 | Belarus | 0.9435 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 184 | United States | 0.9427 GPIA | 2022 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 185 | Venezuela | 0.9394 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 186 | Chad | 0.9375 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 187 | Mauritius | 0.9266 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 188 | Djibouti | 0.9233 GPIA | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 189 | Gibraltar | 0.923 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 0.9165 GPIA | 2024 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 191 | Monaco | 0.915 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 192 | Reunion | 0.9062 GPIA | 1987 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 193 | Yemen | 0.9046 GPIA | 2016 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 194 | Eswatini | 0.8935 GPIA | 2015 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 195 | Mozambique | 0.8528 GPIA | 1986 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 196 | Uzbekistan | 0.8512 GPIA | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 197 | Nepal | 0.8472 GPIA | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 198 | Tajikistan | 0.8255 GPIA | 2017 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 199 | Bermuda | 0.8206 GPIA | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 200 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.7976 GPIA | 1987 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 201 | Afghanistan | 0.7862 GPIA | 2003 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 202 | Niue | 0.653 GPIA | 2025 | down 58.6% | rising |
| 203 | Maldives | 0.6344 GPIA | 2024 | down 42.0% | rising |
| 204 | Tokelau | 0.622 GPIA | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 0.5033 GPIA | 2024 | down 51.1% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 1.11 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.09 GPIA
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 1.07 GPIA
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 1.07 GPIA
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 1.07 GPIA
- WB: Africa Western and Central 1.07 GPIA
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 1.06 GPIA
- GPE: Region 2 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 1.05 GPIA
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.04 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.04 GPIA
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 1.03 GPIA
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1.03 GPIA
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: South Asia 1.03 GPIA
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 1.03 GPIA
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 1.03 GPIA
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 1.03 GPIA
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 1.03 GPIA
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: South Asia 1.02 GPIA
- AIMS: South and West Asia 1.02 GPIA
- MDG: Southern Asia 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Southern Asia 1.02 GPIA
- UIS: South and West Asia 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.02 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 1.02 GPIA
- UNESCO: Sids 1.02 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 1.02 GPIA
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 1.02 GPIA
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 1.02 GPIA
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 1.02 GPIA
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 1.02 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release