School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
213
Highest
1.58 GPIA
Suriname
Lowest
0.551 GPIA
Guinea-Bissau
Median
1.02 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,669
What the numbers show
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 1.58 GPIA in Suriname; the lowest is 0.551 GPIA in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.02 GPIA, and the mean is 1.01 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 58.3%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 32.2%).
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 1.58 GPIA | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 1.26 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 3 | Lesotho | 1.26 GPIA | 2017 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 4 | Senegal | 1.23 GPIA | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 5 | Burundi | 1.23 GPIA | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 6 | French Polynesia | 1.2 GPIA | 1993 | — | flat |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 1.19 GPIA | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.17 GPIA | 1997 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 10 | Gambia | 1.16 GPIA | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 11 | Honduras | 1.16 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 12 | Bhutan | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 14 | Cambodia | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 15 | Libya | 1.15 GPIA | 2006 | — | rising |
| 16 | Syria | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 17 | Cape Verde | 1.14 GPIA | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 18 | Bermuda | 1.13 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 19 | Maldives | 1.13 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 21 | Myanmar | 1.12 GPIA | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 22 | Sweden | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 23 | Marshall Islands | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 24 | Belgium | 1.11 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 25 | Lebanon | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 1.11 GPIA | 2016 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 27 | Finland | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 28 | Montserrat | 1.1 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 29 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.1 GPIA | 2017 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 1.1 GPIA | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 32 | New Caledonia | 1.1 GPIA | 1997 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Kiribati | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | — | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 1.09 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 35 | Namibia | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 36 | East Timor | 1.09 GPIA | 2020 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 37 | Botswana | 1.09 GPIA | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 38 | Venezuela | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 39 | Kuwait | 1.08 GPIA | 2015 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 40 | Guadeloupe | 1.08 GPIA | 1995 | — | flat |
| 41 | El Salvador | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 43 | Samoa | 1.08 GPIA | 2016 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 44 | Tonga | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 45 | Ireland | 1.07 GPIA | 2022 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 46 | Palestine | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 47 | Zambia | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | — | rising |
| 48 | Tanzania | 1.07 GPIA | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 50 | Thailand | 1.06 GPIA | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 51 | Martinique | 1.06 GPIA | 1996 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 53 | Panama | 1.06 GPIA | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 54 | Tokelau | 1.06 GPIA | 2025 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 55 | New Zealand | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 56 | South Africa | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 57 | Nauru | 1.06 GPIA | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Sudan | 1.06 GPIA | 2019 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 60 | Aruba | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 61 | Mauritius | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 64 | Madagascar | 1.05 GPIA | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 65 | Mongolia | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 66 | Seychelles | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 67 | Argentina | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 68 | Gabon | 1.05 GPIA | 2019 | — | rising |
| 69 | Cook Islands | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 70 | Comoros | 1.05 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 71 | French Guiana | 1.05 GPIA | 1997 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 72 | Paraguay | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 73 | Gibraltar | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.04 GPIA | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 75 | Estonia | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 76 | Puerto Rico | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 77 | Colombia | 1.04 GPIA | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 78 | Barbados | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 79 | Netherlands | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 80 | Bahamas | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 81 | Malaysia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 82 | Brunei | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 83 | India | 1.03 GPIA | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 84 | Spain | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 85 | China | 1.03 GPIA | 2012 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 86 | Jordan | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 87 | Montenegro | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 88 | Ecuador | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 89 | Malawi | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 91 | Iran | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 92 | United States | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 93 | Jamaica | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 94 | Fiji | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 95 | Qatar | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 96 | Morocco | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 97 | Belize | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 98 | Nigeria | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 99 | Slovenia | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 100 | Ghana | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 101 | Brazil | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 102 | Grenada | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 104 | Micronesia (country) | 1.02 GPIA | 2005 | — | rising |
| 105 | Algeria | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 107 | Latvia | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 108 | Cuba | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 109 | Philippines | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 110 | Malta | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 111 | Monaco | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 113 | United Kingdom | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 114 | Guyana | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 115 | Slovakia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 116 | Peru | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 117 | France | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 118 | Portugal | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 119 | Romania | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 120 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 121 | Belarus | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 122 | Eswatini | 1.01 GPIA | 2016 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 124 | Ukraine | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 125 | Israel | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 127 | Canada | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 128 | Nepal | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 129 | Cyprus | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 130 | Japan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 131 | Czechia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 132 | Mauritania | 1 GPIA | 2020 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 133 | Andorra | 0.9973 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 134 | Moldova | 0.9971 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 135 | Macao | 0.995 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 136 | Italy | 0.9947 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 137 | Singapore | 0.9935 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 138 | Kenya | 0.9931 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 139 | South Korea | 0.9927 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 140 | Bolivia | 0.9926 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 141 | Cayman Islands | 0.9915 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 0.9911 GPIA | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 143 | Hungary | 0.9903 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 144 | Austria | 0.9875 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 145 | Denmark | 0.9863 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 146 | Uzbekistan | 0.9859 GPIA | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 147 | Poland | 0.984 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 148 | Bahrain | 0.9836 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 149 | Armenia | 0.9833 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 150 | Norway | 0.9828 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 151 | Lithuania | 0.9824 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 152 | Oman | 0.9807 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 0.9801 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 154 | Palau | 0.98 GPIA | 2024 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 155 | Laos | 0.979 GPIA | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 156 | Switzerland | 0.9789 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 157 | Greece | 0.9784 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 158 | Russia | 0.9775 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 159 | Egypt | 0.9769 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 160 | Saint Helena | 0.9767 GPIA | 1997 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 161 | Chile | 0.9762 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 162 | Turkey | 0.975 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 163 | Anguilla | 0.9738 GPIA | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 164 | Serbia | 0.9724 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 165 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.9718 GPIA | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 166 | Hong Kong | 0.9709 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 167 | Azerbaijan | 0.9697 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 168 | Iceland | 0.9695 GPIA | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 169 | Albania | 0.9666 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 170 | Indonesia | 0.9646 GPIA | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9621 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 172 | Niger | 0.9621 GPIA | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 173 | Guatemala | 0.9615 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 174 | Ethiopia | 0.9614 GPIA | 2015 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 175 | Germany | 0.9571 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 176 | British Virgin Islands | 0.9567 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 177 | Australia | 0.9537 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 178 | Liberia | 0.9524 GPIA | 2020 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 179 | San Marino | 0.9509 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 0.9481 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 181 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.944 GPIA | 1997 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 182 | Vietnam | 0.9377 GPIA | 2022 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 183 | Georgia | 0.9359 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 184 | Solomon Islands | 0.9306 GPIA | 2012 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 185 | Pakistan | 0.9298 GPIA | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 186 | Iraq | 0.9239 GPIA | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 187 | Zimbabwe | 0.9174 GPIA | 2013 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9161 GPIA | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 189 | Mali | 0.9123 GPIA | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 190 | Mozambique | 0.8931 GPIA | 2017 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 191 | Dominica | 0.8923 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 192 | Cameroon | 0.8897 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.8831 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 194 | Angola | 0.8712 GPIA | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 195 | Djibouti | 0.8668 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 196 | Congo | 0.8658 GPIA | 2012 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 197 | Liechtenstein | 0.8618 GPIA | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 198 | Togo | 0.8591 GPIA | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 199 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8558 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 200 | Benin | 0.848 GPIA | 2022 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 201 | Niue | 0.8465 GPIA | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 202 | Eritrea | 0.8372 GPIA | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 203 | Tajikistan | 0.8328 GPIA | 2013 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 204 | Uganda | 0.7902 GPIA | 2007 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 205 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.7763 GPIA | 2005 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 206 | Yemen | 0.7294 GPIA | 2016 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 207 | Chad | 0.7051 GPIA | 2024 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 208 | Somalia | 0.7034 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 209 | Central African Republic | 0.67 GPIA | 2017 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 210 | Guinea | 0.6546 GPIA | 2014 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 211 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.6334 GPIA | 2021 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 212 | Afghanistan | 0.6156 GPIA | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 213 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.551 GPIA | 2000 | up 20.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.08 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 1.06 GPIA
- MDG: Latin America 1.06 GPIA
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 1.06 GPIA
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 1.06 GPIA
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 1.06 GPIA
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 1.06 GPIA
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 1.06 GPIA
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 1.06 GPIA
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 1.06 GPIA
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 1.05 GPIA
- MDG: Caribbean 1.05 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.05 GPIA
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 1.05 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.04 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1.04 GPIA
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.04 GPIA
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 1.04 GPIA
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1.04 GPIA
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 1.04 GPIA
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 1.04 GPIA
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 1.04 GPIA
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 1.04 GPIA
- WB: South Asia 1.03 GPIA
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 1.03 GPIA
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Caribbean Small States 1.03 GPIA
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 1.02 GPIA
- MDG: Eastern Asia 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Northern America 1.02 GPIA
- WB: North America 1.02 GPIA
- UNICEF: North America 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 1.02 GPIA
- SDG: Eastern Asia 1.02 GPIA
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 1.02 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release