Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
161
Highest
1.51 GPIA
Barbados
Lowest
0 GPIA
Saudi Arabia
Median
0.7587 GPIA
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
2,998
What the numbers show
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 1.51 GPIA in Barbados; the lowest is 0 GPIA in Saudi Arabia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7587 GPIA, and the mean is 0.7362 GPIA.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 434.0%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 89.9%).
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 1.51 GPIA | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Anguilla | 0.1121 GPIA | 2011 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 1.48 GPIA | 2017 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 3 | Lesotho | 1.46 GPIA | 2017 | up 313.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Kenya | 1.37 GPIA | 2009 | up 90.3% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 1.34 GPIA | 2022 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 6 | Togo | 1.33 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 7 | Guinea | 1.32 GPIA | 2014 | up 200.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Kuwait | 1.3 GPIA | 2012 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Niger | 1.23 GPIA | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 1.19 GPIA | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 11 | British Virgin Islands | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 12 | New Zealand | 1.15 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 1.13 GPIA | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 1.12 GPIA | 2015 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 17 | Nepal | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Angola | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 1.05 GPIA | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 20 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.04 GPIA | 2017 | up 434.0% | rising |
| 21 | Chad | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 24 | Morocco | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 25 | Guatemala | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 26 | Paraguay | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 27 | Puerto Rico | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 28 | Bolivia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 29 | Venezuela | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.9962 GPIA | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 31 | Netherlands | 0.9929 GPIA | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 32 | Honduras | 0.9702 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 0.9686 GPIA | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 34 | Eritrea | 0.9551 GPIA | 2018 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9459 GPIA | 2012 | up 230.6% | rising |
| 36 | Aruba | 0.9447 GPIA | 2022 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 37 | Canada | 0.9425 GPIA | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 0.923 GPIA | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 39 | Finland | 0.9121 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 0.9046 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.9031 GPIA | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 42 | Spain | 0.9026 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 0.9025 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 44 | Mexico | 0.9001 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 45 | Belgium | 0.8943 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 46 | El Salvador | 0.8937 GPIA | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 47 | Chile | 0.8903 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 48 | Serbia | 0.8829 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 49 | Brunei | 0.8814 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 50 | Mali | 0.8713 GPIA | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 51 | Sweden | 0.8692 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 52 | Austria | 0.8688 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 53 | Suriname | 0.8674 GPIA | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 54 | Czechia | 0.865 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 55 | Montenegro | 0.8644 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8619 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 57 | Malta | 0.8552 GPIA | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 58 | Australia | 0.8527 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 59 | Slovakia | 0.8441 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 60 | Belize | 0.8418 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 61 | Liechtenstein | 0.8351 GPIA | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 62 | China | 0.8324 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 63 | Mauritania | 0.823 GPIA | 2020 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 64 | Romania | 0.817 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 65 | Marshall Islands | 0.8163 GPIA | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 66 | Panama | 0.8112 GPIA | 2017 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 67 | Jordan | 0.8094 GPIA | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 68 | Slovenia | 0.8064 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 69 | Croatia | 0.8016 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 0.7971 GPIA | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 71 | Burundi | 0.7963 GPIA | 2025 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 0.7862 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 73 | Hungary | 0.78 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 74 | Belarus | 0.7793 GPIA | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 0.7785 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 76 | Switzerland | 0.7775 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 77 | Indonesia | 0.7773 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 78 | Japan | 0.7746 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 79 | San Marino | 0.7663 GPIA | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 80 | Egypt | 0.7607 GPIA | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 81 | Cuba | 0.7587 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 82 | France | 0.7577 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 83 | Armenia | 0.757 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 84 | Turkey | 0.7543 GPIA | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 85 | South Korea | 0.7538 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7492 GPIA | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0.7403 GPIA | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 88 | Portugal | 0.7368 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 89 | Moldova | 0.7142 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 90 | Norway | 0.7099 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 91 | Latvia | 0.7015 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 92 | Denmark | 0.6975 GPIA | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 93 | Jamaica | 0.6966 GPIA | 2003 | — | falling |
| 94 | East Timor | 0.6945 GPIA | 2019 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 0.6906 GPIA | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 96 | Germany | 0.6804 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 97 | Benin | 0.6597 GPIA | 2022 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 98 | Estonia | 0.6523 GPIA | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 99 | Iran | 0.652 GPIA | 2023 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 100 | Greece | 0.6504 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 101 | Rwanda | 0.6476 GPIA | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 102 | Poland | 0.6473 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 0.6414 GPIA | 2024 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 103 | Cameroon | 0.6414 GPIA | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 105 | Monaco | 0.6413 GPIA | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 106 | Thailand | 0.638 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 107 | Pakistan | 0.6378 GPIA | 2024 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 108 | Russia | 0.6363 GPIA | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 109 | Lebanon | 0.6309 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 110 | Djibouti | 0.6252 GPIA | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 111 | Ukraine | 0.6209 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 112 | Andorra | 0.6208 GPIA | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 113 | Lithuania | 0.619 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 114 | Uruguay | 0.6164 GPIA | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 115 | Philippines | 0.6155 GPIA | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 116 | Italy | 0.6106 GPIA | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 117 | Macao | 0.6038 GPIA | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 118 | Maldives | 0.5994 GPIA | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 119 | India | 0.5984 GPIA | 2024 | up 155.9% | falling |
| 120 | Algeria | 0.5923 GPIA | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 121 | Botswana | 0.5861 GPIA | 2007 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 122 | Mongolia | 0.583 GPIA | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 123 | Iceland | 0.5781 GPIA | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 124 | Mozambique | 0.5765 GPIA | 2017 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 125 | Senegal | 0.5614 GPIA | 2023 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 126 | Seychelles | 0.5528 GPIA | 2024 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 127 | Malaysia | 0.5474 GPIA | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 128 | Cambodia | 0.5233 GPIA | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 0.5059 GPIA | 2024 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 130 | Laos | 0.4972 GPIA | 2020 | down 47.3% | rising |
| 131 | Madagascar | 0.4881 GPIA | 2019 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 132 | Bhutan | 0.478 GPIA | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 133 | Mauritius | 0.4744 GPIA | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 134 | Cape Verde | 0.4688 GPIA | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 135 | Tuvalu | 0.4627 GPIA | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Tunisia | 0.4534 GPIA | 2016 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 137 | Syria | 0.4243 GPIA | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 138 | Palestine | 0.4167 GPIA | 2023 | up 226.0% | falling |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 0.4107 GPIA | 2024 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 140 | Uzbekistan | 0.3901 GPIA | 2024 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 141 | Cyprus | 0.3766 GPIA | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 142 | Ghana | 0.3727 GPIA | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3593 GPIA | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 144 | Qatar | 0.3227 GPIA | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Fiji | 0.2959 GPIA | 2024 | up 37.2% | falling |
| 146 | Guyana | 0.2772 GPIA | 2012 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Yemen | 0.259 GPIA | 2016 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Sudan | 0.2408 GPIA | 2019 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2252 GPIA | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Albania | 0.217 GPIA | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 151 | Oman | 0.2013 GPIA | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Tanzania | 0.1976 GPIA | 2021 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Iraq | 0.183 GPIA | 2007 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Hong Kong | 0.1563 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 0.1291 GPIA | 2013 | down 81.5% | falling |
| 156 | Comoros | 0.1207 GPIA | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 157 | Bahrain | 0.0885 GPIA | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Afghanistan | 0.0833 GPIA | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Tonga | 0.0809 GPIA | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0 GPIA | 2024 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release