School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
209
Highest
1.21 GPIA
Senegal
Lowest
0.7748 GPIA
Afghanistan
Median
0.9965 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
17,324
What the numbers show
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 1.21 GPIA in Senegal; the lowest is 0.7748 GPIA in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9965 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9886 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 59.0%), and the largest decrease in Falkland Islands (down 32.5%).
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 1.21 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 2 | Gambia | 1.14 GPIA | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 3 | Kuwait | 1.13 GPIA | 2021 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 5 | Maldives | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 6 | Bhutan | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 8 | Tanzania | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 10 | Zambia | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 11 | Nauru | 1.04 GPIA | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 12 | Madagascar | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 13 | Venezuela | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 14 | Tonga | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 16 | Aruba | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 18 | Mauritania | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 20 | British Virgin Islands | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 21 | Gibraltar | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 22 | Ecuador | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 23 | American Samoa | 1.03 GPIA | 1992 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | San Marino | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 25 | Qatar | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 26 | Ireland | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 27 | Liberia | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 28 | Malawi | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 29 | Cayman Islands | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 30 | Marshall Islands | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 31 | China (People's Republic of) | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Ukraine | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 34 | Burundi | 1.02 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 35 | Oman | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 38 | Bahrain | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Dominica | 1.01 GPIA | 2025 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 40 | Uganda | 1.01 GPIA | 2017 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | East Timor | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | Mongolia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 43 | Honduras | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 44 | Cyprus | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | Palau | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 47 | Micronesia (country) | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 48 | Bermuda | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 50 | Saint Lucia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 51 | Angola | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 52 | Montenegro | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 53 | El Salvador | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 54 | Peru | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 55 | Panama | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 57 | Germany | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 58 | Russia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 59 | Jordan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 60 | Mexico | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 61 | Brunei | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 62 | Lithuania | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 64 | Portugal | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 65 | New Zealand | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 66 | Algeria | 1 GPIA | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 67 | Canada | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 68 | Latvia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 69 | Iran | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 70 | Australia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 70 | Georgia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 72 | Syria | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 73 | Andorra | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | Israel | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 76 | France | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 77 | Seychelles | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 GPIA | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 79 | Croatia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 80 | United States | 1 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 81 | Malaysia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 82 | Iceland | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 83 | Norway | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 84 | Spain | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 85 | Egypt | 0.9998 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 86 | Macao | 0.9994 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 87 | Belgium | 0.9992 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 88 | Hungary | 0.9992 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 0.9989 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 90 | Albania | 0.9989 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 91 | Malta | 0.9987 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 92 | United Kingdom | 0.9987 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 93 | Japan | 0.9986 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 93 | Slovak Republic | 0.9986 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 95 | Switzerland | 0.9986 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 96 | Finland | 0.9984 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 97 | Belarus | 0.9984 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 98 | Korea | 0.9983 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 99 | Denmark | 0.9981 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.998 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 101 | Greece | 0.9976 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.9973 GPIA | 2015 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 103 | Poland | 0.9971 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 104 | Singapore | 0.997 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 105 | Jamaica | 0.9965 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 0.9961 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 107 | Czechia | 0.9961 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 108 | Netherlands | 0.9958 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 109 | Brazil | 0.9957 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 110 | Guyana | 0.9955 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 111 | Estonia | 0.9952 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 112 | Austria | 0.9946 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 113 | Slovenia | 0.9946 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 0.9944 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 115 | Myanmar | 0.9937 GPIA | 2018 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 116 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.9935 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 117 | Bolivia | 0.9934 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 118 | Lebanon | 0.9933 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 119 | Ghana | 0.9928 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 120 | Moldova | 0.9922 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 121 | Palestine | 0.9915 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 122 | Paraguay | 0.9914 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 123 | Martinique | 0.9911 GPIA | 1996 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 124 | India | 0.9908 GPIA | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 125 | Belize | 0.9905 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 126 | Italy | 0.9899 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 127 | Romania | 0.9898 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 128 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9896 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 129 | Laos | 0.9889 GPIA | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 130 | Cuba | 0.9887 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.9886 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 132 | Comoros | 0.987 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 133 | Thailand | 0.9854 GPIA | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 134 | Cape Verde | 0.9822 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 135 | Armenia | 0.9821 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 136 | Morocco | 0.9821 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 137 | Guatemala | 0.9812 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 138 | Liechtenstein | 0.9808 GPIA | 2021 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 139 | Tunisia | 0.9807 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 140 | Barbados | 0.9807 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 141 | Togo | 0.9804 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 142 | Botswana | 0.9802 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 143 | Tuvalu | 0.9781 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 144 | Haiti | 0.9775 GPIA | 2016 | — | rising |
| 145 | Uruguay | 0.977 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 146 | Congo | 0.9768 GPIA | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 0.9768 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 148 | Türkiye | 0.9768 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 149 | Grenada | 0.9758 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 150 | Indonesia | 0.9749 GPIA | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 151 | Bahamas | 0.9746 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 152 | Colombia | 0.9735 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 153 | Guadeloupe | 0.9734 GPIA | 1994 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 154 | Nicaragua | 0.9725 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 0.9722 GPIA | 1991 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 156 | Hong Kong | 0.9718 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9717 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 0.9713 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 159 | Nigeria | 0.9709 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 159 | Pakistan | 0.9709 GPIA | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 161 | Monaco | 0.9698 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 162 | Chile | 0.9694 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 163 | Dominican Republic | 0.969 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 164 | Kenya | 0.9675 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 165 | Uzbekistan | 0.9668 GPIA | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 166 | Nepal | 0.9653 GPIA | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 167 | Samoa | 0.9626 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 168 | Vietnam | 0.9617 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 0.9617 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 170 | Philippines | 0.9613 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 171 | Rwanda | 0.9596 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 172 | Niger | 0.959 GPIA | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 173 | Cambodia | 0.9589 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 174 | Kiribati | 0.9585 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 175 | Suriname | 0.958 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 176 | Lesotho | 0.9577 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 177 | Iraq | 0.9544 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 178 | Libya | 0.9528 GPIA | 2006 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 179 | South Africa | 0.9523 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 180 | Gabon | 0.9517 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 181 | Tajikistan | 0.9506 GPIA | 2017 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 182 | Reunion | 0.9503 GPIA | 1994 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 183 | Serbia | 0.9497 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 184 | Sudan | 0.9495 GPIA | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 185 | Mauritius | 0.9488 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 186 | Namibia | 0.9466 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 187 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.9459 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.9452 GPIA | 2017 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 189 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.9436 GPIA | 2010 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 190 | French Polynesia | 0.943 GPIA | 1996 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 191 | Mozambique | 0.9429 GPIA | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9417 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 193 | Fiji | 0.9411 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 194 | Ethiopia | 0.9346 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 195 | Eswatini | 0.9344 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 196 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9292 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 197 | Benin | 0.925 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 198 | Cameroon | 0.9175 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 199 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.9157 GPIA | 1987 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 200 | Djibouti | 0.9108 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 201 | Mali | 0.9103 GPIA | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 202 | Yemen | 0.8767 GPIA | 2016 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 203 | Chad | 0.8616 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 204 | Falkland Islands | 0.857 GPIA | 1995 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 205 | Guinea | 0.8565 GPIA | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 206 | Eritrea | 0.8484 GPIA | 2022 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 207 | Somalia | 0.8324 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 208 | Central African Republic | 0.7866 GPIA | 2016 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 209 | Afghanistan | 0.7748 GPIA | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.04 GPIA
- MDG: Eastern Asia 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Eastern Asia 1.02 GPIA
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.02 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.01 GPIA
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 1 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 1 GPIA
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 1 GPIA
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 1 GPIA
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 1 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release