Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index by country
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.
Countries reporting
160
Highest
1.67 index
Cape Verde
Lowest
0.6192 index
Central African Republic
Median
1.01 index
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,543
What the numbers show
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 1.67 index in Cape Verde; the lowest is 0.6192 index in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 index, and the mean is 1.01 index.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 61.0%), and the largest decrease in Kiribati (down 12.5%).
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1.67 index | 2022 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 2 | Jamaica | 1.33 index | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 3 | Senegal | 1.25 index | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 1.24 index | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 5 | Suriname | 1.22 index | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 6 | Gambia | 1.21 index | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 1.17 index | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 8 | Kuwait | 1.17 index | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bhutan | 1.16 index | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 1.14 index | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 11 | Tokelau | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 12 | Tanzania | 1.12 index | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 13 | Syria | 1.11 index | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 1.11 index | 2024 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 15 | Lesotho | 1.1 index | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 16 | Mauritania | 1.09 index | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 17 | Comoros | 1.08 index | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 18 | Myanmar | 1.07 index | 2018 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 19 | Burundi | 1.07 index | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 20 | Malawi | 1.06 index | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 1.06 index | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | East Timor | 1.06 index | 2020 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 23 | Cambodia | 1.06 index | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 1.06 index | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 25 | Indonesia | 1.06 index | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 26 | Lebanon | 1.06 index | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 27 | Madagascar | 1.05 index | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 28 | Tonga | 1.05 index | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Nauru | 1.05 index | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 30 | El Salvador | 1.05 index | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 31 | Rwanda | 1.04 index | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 32 | Liberia | 1.04 index | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.04 index | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 1.04 index | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 1.04 index | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 36 | Namibia | 1.03 index | 2018 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 37 | Mongolia | 1.03 index | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 38 | Venezuela | 1.03 index | 2017 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 39 | Mauritius | 1.03 index | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 1.03 index | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 41 | Mexico | 1.03 index | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 1.03 index | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 43 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.02 index | 2015 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.02 index | 2024 | — | rising |
| 45 | Puerto Rico | 1.02 index | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | India | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 1.02 index | 2021 | — | flat |
| 48 | Cyprus | 1.02 index | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 49 | Ecuador | 1.02 index | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 50 | Brunei | 1.02 index | 2018 | — | falling |
| 51 | Micronesia (country) | 1.02 index | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 53 | South Africa | 1.02 index | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 54 | Thailand | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 1.02 index | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Panama | 1.02 index | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 57 | Bahrain | 1.02 index | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 58 | Cayman Islands | 1.02 index | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 59 | Maldives | 1.02 index | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 60 | Bahamas | 1.02 index | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 61 | Philippines | 1.02 index | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 62 | Belize | 1.02 index | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.02 index | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 64 | Colombia | 1.01 index | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 65 | Palestine | 1.01 index | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 66 | Qatar | 1.01 index | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 67 | Russia | 1.01 index | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 68 | Tuvalu | 1.01 index | 2020 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 69 | Ukraine | 1.01 index | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 70 | Laos | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 71 | Egypt | 1.01 index | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 72 | Paraguay | 1.01 index | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 73 | United States | 1.01 index | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 74 | Botswana | 1.01 index | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 76 | Iran | 1.01 index | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 77 | Oman | 1.01 index | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 78 | Germany | 1.01 index | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 78 | Lithuania | 1.01 index | 2015 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 80 | Latvia | 1.01 index | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 81 | Peru | 1.01 index | 2021 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 82 | Niger | 1 index | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 83 | Uruguay | 1 index | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Netherlands | 1 index | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 85 | San Marino | 1 index | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 86 | France | 1 index | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 1 index | 2024 | — | rising |
| 88 | Macao | 1 index | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 89 | Switzerland | 1 index | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 90 | Slovenia | 1 index | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 91 | New Zealand | 1 index | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Australia | 1 index | 2024 | — | flat |
| 93 | Belarus | 1 index | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 94 | Poland | 1 index | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 95 | Slovakia | 1 index | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 96 | Finland | 1 index | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 97 | Denmark | 1 index | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 98 | Hungary | 1 index | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 99 | Greece | 1 index | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 100 | Andorra | 0.9999 index | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 101 | Sweden | 0.9998 index | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 102 | Montenegro | 0.9995 index | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 104 | Czechia | 0.9993 index | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 0.9991 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 106 | Austria | 0.9991 index | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 107 | Estonia | 0.9985 index | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 108 | Morocco | 0.9984 index | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 109 | Italy | 0.9983 index | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 110 | Belgium | 0.9982 index | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 111 | United Kingdom | 0.9982 index | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 112 | Spain | 0.998 index | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 0.9977 index | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 114 | South Korea | 0.9974 index | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 115 | Samoa | 0.9972 index | 2014 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 116 | Norway | 0.997 index | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 0.9968 index | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 118 | Iceland | 0.9964 index | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 119 | Israel | 0.9963 index | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 120 | Romania | 0.996 index | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 121 | Algeria | 0.9958 index | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 122 | Nepal | 0.9952 index | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 123 | Cuba | 0.9938 index | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 124 | Bolivia | 0.9916 index | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 125 | Kiribati | 0.9905 index | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 126 | Brazil | 0.9884 index | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 0.9867 index | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 128 | Chile | 0.9861 index | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 129 | Barbados | 0.985 index | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 130 | British Virgin Islands | 0.9849 index | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 0.9842 index | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 132 | Fiji | 0.9833 index | 2016 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 133 | Turkey | 0.9826 index | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 134 | Jordan | 0.9814 index | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 135 | Armenia | 0.979 index | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 136 | Kenya | 0.9761 index | 2006 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 137 | Cook Islands | 0.9757 index | 2015 | — | falling |
| 138 | Hong Kong | 0.9731 index | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 139 | Eswatini | 0.9728 index | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 140 | Guatemala | 0.9703 index | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 141 | Togo | 0.9702 index | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 143 | Angola | 0.966 index | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 0.964 index | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 145 | Vietnam | 0.9632 index | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 146 | Grenada | 0.9606 index | 2014 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 147 | Ghana | 0.9553 index | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9536 index | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 149 | Serbia | 0.9533 index | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 150 | Cameroon | 0.9323 index | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 151 | Albania | 0.9319 index | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 152 | Nicaragua | 0.9045 index | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 153 | Dominica | 0.901 index | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 154 | Mozambique | 0.8946 index | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 155 | Mali | 0.8624 index | 2018 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 156 | Yemen | 0.8554 index | 2016 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 157 | Eritrea | 0.85 index | 2022 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 158 | Libya | 0.8185 index | 1983 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 159 | Chad | 0.7896 index | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 160 | Iraq | 0.7484 index | 2007 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 161 | Tunisia | 0.7469 index | 1985 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea | 0.7112 index | 2014 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 0.6192 index | 2012 | — | rising |
About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.