Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
188
Highest
1.45 GPIA
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest
0.8959 GPIA
Ireland
Median
1.04 GPIA
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
3,579
What the numbers show
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 1.45 GPIA in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 0.8959 GPIA in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.04 GPIA, and the mean is 1.08 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 61.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 22.6%).
Share of all students in upper … upper general adjusted gender parity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.45 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 2 | Croatia | 1.42 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 3 | Italy | 1.4 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 4 | Slovenia | 1.4 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 1.38 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 6 | Czechia | 1.33 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 7 | Switzerland | 1.32 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 8 | Norway | 1.31 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 9 | Slovakia | 1.31 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 10 | Vanuatu | 1.3 GPIA | 2023 | up 29.3% | falling |
| 11 | Germany | 1.3 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 1.29 GPIA | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 13 | Montenegro | 1.28 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Serbia | 1.27 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 1.27 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 16 | Austria | 1.27 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 17 | Hungary | 1.24 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 18 | Albania | 1.24 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 19 | Moldova | 1.23 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 1.23 GPIA | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 21 | Estonia | 1.23 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 22 | Iceland | 1.22 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 23 | Iran | 1.22 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 24 | Cuba | 1.22 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 25 | Latvia | 1.22 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 26 | Rwanda | 1.21 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 27 | Seychelles | 1.21 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 28 | Denmark | 1.21 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 29 | Egypt | 1.2 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 30 | Greece | 1.19 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 31 | Philippines | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 32 | Cyprus | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Finland | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 34 | Bahrain | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 35 | France | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 36 | Uruguay | 1.18 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 37 | Andorra | 1.18 GPIA | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 38 | Tonga | 1.17 GPIA | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | up 49.7% | falling |
| 40 | Portugal | 1.17 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 1.17 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 42 | Lithuania | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 43 | Belarus | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 44 | Tuvalu | 1.16 GPIA | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 45 | Panama | 1.16 GPIA | 2017 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 47 | Lebanon | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 48 | Mozambique | 1.15 GPIA | 2017 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 49 | Australia | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 50 | Syria | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 51 | Suriname | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 52 | Ukraine | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 53 | Thailand | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 54 | Indonesia | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 55 | Turkey | 1.14 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 1.13 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 57 | Luxembourg | 1.13 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 58 | Mongolia | 1.13 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 59 | Belgium | 1.13 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 60 | Iraq | 1.13 GPIA | 2007 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 61 | Burundi | 1.12 GPIA | 2025 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 62 | Bhutan | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 63 | Monaco | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 64 | Djibouti | 1.11 GPIA | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 66 | Ghana | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 67 | Cameroon | 1.11 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 68 | China | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 69 | Ecuador | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 71 | Armenia | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 72 | East Timor | 1.1 GPIA | 2019 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 1.09 GPIA | 2013 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 75 | Aruba | 1.09 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 77 | Malaysia | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 78 | Tunisia | 1.08 GPIA | 2016 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 79 | Sweden | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 80 | El Salvador | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 81 | Georgia | 1.07 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 82 | Japan | 1.07 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 83 | Honduras | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 84 | Spain | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 85 | Benin | 1.06 GPIA | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 86 | Malta | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 87 | Madagascar | 1.06 GPIA | 2019 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 88 | Eswatini | 1.06 GPIA | 2016 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 89 | Mexico | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 90 | Cape Verde | 1.05 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 91 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.05 GPIA | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 92 | Mauritius | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 93 | Mali | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 94 | South Korea | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 95 | Fiji | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 96 | Senegal | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 97 | Sudan | 1.04 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 98 | Belize | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 99 | Palestine | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 101 | Cambodia | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 102 | San Marino | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 103 | Macao | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 105 | Jordan | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 106 | India | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 107 | Brunei | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 108 | Tanzania | 1.03 GPIA | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 109 | Pakistan | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 110 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.02 GPIA | 2005 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 111 | Comoros | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Chile | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 113 | Qatar | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 114 | Maldives | 1.02 GPIA | 2019 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 116 | Netherlands | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 117 | Laos | 1.01 GPIA | 2020 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 119 | Oman | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 120 | Eritrea | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 121 | Algeria | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 121 | Russia | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 123 | Myanmar | 1.01 GPIA | 2018 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 124 | Nicaragua | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 125 | Yemen | 1.01 GPIA | 2016 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 126 | Canada | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 127 | Mauritania | 1 GPIA | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 128 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 129 | Argentina | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 GPIA | 2018 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 129 | Bahamas | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Bermuda | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Barbados | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Botswana | 1 GPIA | 2008 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 129 | Cayman Islands | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Dominica | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Gibraltar | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Grenada | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 129 | Guyana | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 129 | Jamaica | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Kiribati | 1 GPIA | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Saint Lucia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Marshall Islands | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 129 | Malawi | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Namibia | 1 GPIA | 2007 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Nauru | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Peru | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Palau | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Singapore | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 1 GPIA | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | flat |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 GPIA | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Venezuela | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 129 | Samoa | 1 GPIA | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 1 GPIA | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Anguilla | 1 GPIA | 2019 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 129 | Cook Islands | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Montserrat | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Niue | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Tokelau | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Chad | 0.9987 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 164 | Morocco | 0.9981 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 165 | Nepal | 0.998 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 166 | Paraguay | 0.9976 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 167 | Puerto Rico | 0.9966 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 168 | Kenya | 0.9953 GPIA | 2009 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 169 | Costa Rica | 0.9921 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.9919 GPIA | 2017 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 171 | South Africa | 0.9866 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 172 | British Virgin Islands | 0.986 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 173 | Kuwait | 0.9845 GPIA | 2012 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 174 | United Kingdom | 0.982 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 175 | Colombia | 0.9813 GPIA | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 176 | Lesotho | 0.9724 GPIA | 2017 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 177 | Brazil | 0.9707 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 178 | Guatemala | 0.9621 GPIA | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 179 | Guinea | 0.9541 GPIA | 2014 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 0.9496 GPIA | 2017 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 181 | Israel | 0.9405 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 182 | Niger | 0.9329 GPIA | 2024 | up 47.1% | falling |
| 183 | Togo | 0.9293 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 184 | Angola | 0.928 GPIA | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 185 | New Zealand | 0.9167 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 186 | Dominican Republic | 0.9091 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 187 | Ethiopia | 0.8995 GPIA | 2015 | up 61.0% | falling |
| 188 | Ireland | 0.8959 GPIA | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release