School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
208
Highest
1.22 GPIA
Senegal
Lowest
0.6524 GPIA
Guinea-Bissau
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,510

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 1.22 GPIA in Senegal; the lowest is 0.6524 GPIA in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9968 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 49.9%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 12.4%).

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Senegal 1.22 GPIA 2023 up 15.7% rising
2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 9.3% rising
3 Gambia 1.14 GPIA 2021 up 13.8% rising
4 Tuvalu 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% rising
5 Maldives 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% rising
6 Bhutan 1.11 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% rising
7 Sweden 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
8 Burkina Faso 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 15.5% rising
9 French Polynesia 1.08 GPIA 1993 flat
10 Kuwait 1.07 GPIA 2015 up 1.7% rising
11 Bermuda 1.07 GPIA 2023 down 3.0% flat
12 Sierra Leone 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 9.6% rising
13 Burundi 1.07 GPIA 2025 up 7.3% rising
14 Honduras 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% rising
15 Belgium 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
16 Mexico 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% rising
17 Cape Verde 1.06 GPIA 2022 down 1.0% rising
18 Marshall Islands 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% flat
19 Finland 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
20 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% flat
21 Tonga 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% rising
22 Tunisia 1.05 GPIA 2016 up 1.9% rising
23 Zambia 1.05 GPIA 2024 rising
24 Lesotho 1.05 GPIA 2017 up 1.8% falling
25 Naoero 1.05 GPIA 2025 up 8.3% flat
26 Libya 1.05 GPIA 2006 rising
27 Cook Islands 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% flat
28 Syrian Arab Republic 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 6.9% rising
29 Myanmar 1.05 GPIA 2018 down 5.7% rising
30 Ireland 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 3.9% flat
31 Palestine, State of 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 3.0% flat
32 Lebanon 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% rising
33 Aruba 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% rising
34 Croatia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% flat
35 Argentina 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
36 Uruguay 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 1.6% flat
37 Mongolia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 3.2% flat
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
39 El Salvador 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
40 Sri Lanka 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% flat
41 Saint Lucia 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% falling
42 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.04 GPIA 2021 up 7.3% rising
43 Timor-Leste 1.04 GPIA 2020 up 5.5% rising
44 Gibraltar 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 4.5% flat
45 New Zealand 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
46 Martinique 1.03 GPIA 1996 down 1.9% flat
47 Madagascar 1.03 GPIA 2021 up 4.8% rising
48 Kiribati 1.03 GPIA 2024 rising
49 Samoa 1.03 GPIA 2016 down 1.4% flat
50 Mauritius 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% rising
51 Costa Rica 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% rising
52 New Caledonia 1.03 GPIA 1991 up 0.9% flat
53 Cambodia 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
54 Dominican Republic 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% flat
55 Ecuador 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
56 Seychelles 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% falling
57 Puerto Rico 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
58 Kyrgyzstan 1.02 GPIA 2025 up 2.4% rising
59 Brunei Darussalam 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 2.4% flat
60 Qatar 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% falling
61 Thailand 1.02 GPIA 2025 up 7.3% rising
62 Trinidad and Tobago 1.02 GPIA 2024 flat
63 Tokelau 1.02 GPIA 2025 up 10.2% falling
64 Malawi 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% rising
65 Montenegro 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
66 Netherlands 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 3.5% flat
67 Estonia 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% flat
68 Saudi Arabia 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 4.2% rising
69 Sao Tome and Principe 1.02 GPIA 2017 up 0.1% flat
70 China (People’s Republic of) 1.02 GPIA 2012 up 2.9% rising
71 Spain 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% flat
72 Panama 1.02 GPIA 2017 up 0.4% flat
73 Paraguay 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% rising
74 Malaysia 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 5.2% rising
75 Jordan 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% rising
76 Luxembourg 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
77 Botswana 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.1% falling
78 Algeria 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% rising
79 United States of America 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 1.5% flat
80 Iran 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% rising
81 India 1.01 GPIA 2025 down 3.0% rising
82 Brazil 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
83 Rwanda 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% rising
84 Slovenia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
85 Latvia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% flat
86 Barbados 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
87 Peru 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 4.5% rising
88 Ukraine 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
89 Slovak Republic 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
90 Malta 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.8% rising
91 Jamaica 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% flat
92 Cayman Islands 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% falling
93 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 1.9% flat
94 United Kingdom 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.1% flat
95 Côte d'Ivoire 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 17.6% rising
96 France 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% flat
97 Cyprus 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
98 Portugal 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 2.1% flat
99 Belize 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
100 Ghana 1 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% rising
101 Guyana 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
102 Bahamas 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.7% flat
103 Belarus 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
104 North Macedonia 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% rising
105 Turkmenistan 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% flat
106 Canada 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
107 Cuba 1 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% flat
108 Israel 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
109 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% falling
110 Gabon 1 GPIA 2019 rising
111 Japan 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
112 Morocco 0.9997 GPIA 2024 up 7.7% rising
113 Czechia 0.9994 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
114 Montserrat 0.9994 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
115 Nepal 0.9994 GPIA 2024 down 5.4% rising
116 Andorra 0.9993 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% falling
117 Romania 0.9992 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
118 Monaco 0.9986 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% rising
119 Bahrain 0.9981 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% rising
120 Macau (China) 0.9972 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% flat
121 South Africa 0.9966 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% falling
122 Palau 0.9958 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
123 Korea 0.9956 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
124 Singapore 0.9956 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
125 Suriname 0.9955 GPIA 2022 down 9.9% rising
126 British Virgin Islands 0.9951 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% falling
127 Namibia 0.995 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
128 Moldova 0.9947 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% rising
129 Hungary 0.9932 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
130 Congo 0.9931 GPIA 2012 up 13.0% rising
131 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.993 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% rising
132 Grenada 0.9929 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% falling
133 Italy 0.9929 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
134 Oman 0.9921 GPIA 2024 down 4.3% rising
135 Denmark 0.9921 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% flat
136 Norway 0.9913 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% flat
137 Mauritania 0.9902 GPIA 2020 up 2.7% rising
138 Austria 0.9899 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
139 Lithuania 0.9892 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
140 Egypt 0.9891 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% rising
141 Poland 0.9883 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
142 Nigeria 0.988 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% rising
143 Switzerland 0.9879 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
144 Greece 0.9878 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
145 San Marino 0.9878 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
146 Russia 0.9877 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
147 Philippines 0.9872 GPIA 2024 down 3.2% flat
148 Bulgaria 0.9872 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% flat
149 Nicaragua 0.9869 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% falling
150 Kazakhstan 0.986 GPIA 2025 down 2.8% flat
151 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9846 GPIA 2025 up 5.0% rising
152 Iceland 0.9844 GPIA 2023 down 3.2% rising
153 Sudan 0.9842 GPIA 2019 up 12.1% rising
154 Armenia 0.9829 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% flat
155 Comoros 0.9823 GPIA 2022 up 0.6% rising
156 Fiji 0.9822 GPIA 2024 down 1.8% flat
157 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.9804 GPIA 2005 rising
158 Albania 0.9801 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% rising
159 Azerbaijan 0.9792 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% flat
160 Kenya 0.979 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% rising
161 Niue 0.9789 GPIA 2024 down 12.4% falling
162 Uzbekistan 0.978 GPIA 2025 down 1.5% flat
163 Australia 0.9762 GPIA 2024 up 5.5% rising
164 Türkiye 0.9756 GPIA 2023 down 1.7% rising
165 Guatemala 0.9747 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% rising
166 Chile 0.9729 GPIA 2024 down 1.8% flat
167 Germany 0.9722 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% flat
168 United Arab Emirates 0.9716 GPIA 2024 up 6.5% falling
169 Hong Kong (China) 0.9713 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% flat
170 Liberia 0.9713 GPIA 2020 up 12.6% rising
171 Indonesia 0.9698 GPIA 2025 down 1.3% rising
172 Georgia 0.968 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% rising
173 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9672 GPIA 2023 down 7.2% flat
174 Serbia 0.9645 GPIA 2024 down 5.5% flat
175 Solomon Islands 0.9642 GPIA 2012 up 8.5% rising
176 Zimbabwe 0.9607 GPIA 2013 up 1.1% rising
177 Niger 0.9598 GPIA 2024 up 17.6% rising
178 Anguilla 0.955 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% falling
179 Uganda 0.955 GPIA 2007 up 13.2% rising
180 Vanuatu 0.9548 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% rising
181 Angola 0.9546 GPIA 2023 up 49.9% rising
182 Pakistan 0.9522 GPIA 2024 up 16.8% rising
183 Viet Nam 0.9482 GPIA 2022 up 2.7% falling
184 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9423 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% falling
185 Iraq 0.9411 GPIA 2023 up 16.5% rising
186 Eswatini 0.9394 GPIA 2016 up 5.9% flat
187 Papua New Guinea 0.9354 GPIA 2023 up 4.3% rising
188 Togo 0.9308 GPIA 2023 up 6.9% rising
189 Ethiopia 0.9284 GPIA 2015 up 19.9% rising
190 Dominica 0.9239 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% falling
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9232 GPIA 2023 down 10.0% flat
192 Mozambique 0.9136 GPIA 2017 up 9.2% rising
193 Equatorial Guinea 0.913 GPIA 2005 up 6.8% rising
194 Mali 0.911 GPIA 2023 down 5.8% rising
195 Cameroon 0.9062 GPIA 2023 up 5.6% rising
196 Liechtenstein 0.9061 GPIA 2021 down 0.1% flat
197 Benin 0.8996 GPIA 2022 up 12.2% rising
198 Djibouti 0.8888 GPIA 2023 rising
199 Tajikistan 0.8783 GPIA 2013 up 10.0% rising
200 Eritrea 0.8438 GPIA 2022 up 5.8% rising
201 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8313 GPIA 2021 up 9.1% rising
202 Chad 0.8221 GPIA 2024 up 18.3% rising
203 Yemen 0.8209 GPIA 2016 up 26.3% rising
204 Somalia 0.7994 GPIA 2023 rising
205 Guinea 0.7842 GPIA 2014 up 17.2% rising
206 Central African Republic 0.7668 GPIA 2016 up 9.9% rising
207 Afghanistan 0.7163 GPIA 2023 up 10.5% rising
208 Guinea-Bissau 0.6524 GPIA 2000 up 19.0% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
429 places, 15,510 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release