Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
170
Highest
1.32 GPIA
Côte d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.7201 GPIA
Guinea-Bissau
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
3,699

What the numbers show

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 1.32 GPIA in Côte d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0.7201 GPIA in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 1.01 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 75.3%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 22.6%).

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Côte d'Ivoire 1.32 GPIA 2023 up 37.2% rising
2 Mauritania 1.13 GPIA 2016 up 8.7% rising
3 Bahamas 1.12 GPIA 2015 up 5.0% flat
4 Burkina Faso 1.11 GPIA 2022 up 5.1% rising
5 Pakistan 1.1 GPIA 2018 up 11.5% flat
6 United Arab Emirates 1.1 GPIA 2020 up 8.8% falling
7 Nicaragua 1.1 GPIA 2007 down 1.5% flat
8 Sudan 1.09 GPIA 2018 up 10.2% flat
9 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 6.8% falling
10 Haiti 1.09 GPIA 1985 up 4.8% flat
11 Congo 1.08 GPIA 2007 down 22.6% rising
12 Lesotho 1.08 GPIA 2022 down 2.3% falling
13 Burundi 1.08 GPIA 2019 down 0.1% rising
14 Ethiopia 1.07 GPIA 2021 down 0.5% rising
15 Madagascar 1.07 GPIA 2018 up 3.8% flat
16 Botswana 1.07 GPIA 2013 up 4.2% flat
17 Gabon 1.07 GPIA 1995 down 1.9% rising
18 Rwanda 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 4.4% rising
19 Gambia 1.06 GPIA 2020 up 0.7% rising
20 Kiribati 1.06 GPIA 2023 flat
21 Cambodia 1.06 GPIA 2019 up 8.1% rising
22 Bhutan 1.05 GPIA 2017 up 1.4% rising
23 Kenya 1.04 GPIA 2004 flat
24 Timor-Leste 1.04 GPIA 2018 down 0.4% flat
25 Nigeria 1.04 GPIA 2009 up 1.8% flat
26 Guyana 1.04 GPIA 2011 down 7.9% flat
27 India 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 4.3% rising
28 Viet Nam 1.04 GPIA 2014 up 4.6% flat
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.04 GPIA 2019 up 2.1% rising
30 Niger 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
31 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.04 GPIA 2019 down 0.1% rising
32 Kuwait 1.04 GPIA 2020 up 4.1% flat
33 Zimbabwe 1.04 GPIA 2019 up 0.9% flat
34 Senegal 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% rising
35 Netherlands 1.03 GPIA 1984 up 0.4% flat
36 Aruba 1.03 GPIA 2021 down 2.5% flat
37 Togo 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% rising
38 Vanuatu 1.03 GPIA 2019 up 8.6% flat
39 Suriname 1.03 GPIA 2020 down 0.7% falling
40 Seychelles 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% flat
41 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.03 GPIA 2020 up 7.2% rising
42 Myanmar 1.03 GPIA 2009 up 5.1% rising
43 Andorra 1.03 GPIA 2020 up 1.9% flat
44 Syrian Arab Republic 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 2.0% rising
45 Cyprus 1.03 GPIA 2021 down 0.5% flat
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 3.2% flat
47 Maldives 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
48 Djibouti 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 7.9% falling
49 Malawi 1.02 GPIA 2018 up 6.8% rising
50 Colombia 1.02 GPIA 2021 down 2.7% falling
51 Dominica 1.02 GPIA 2021 down 4.9% flat
52 Sierra Leone 1.02 GPIA 2019 down 0.2% flat
53 Uganda 1.02 GPIA 2016 up 0.8% flat
54 Chad 1.02 GPIA 2017 up 15.5% rising
55 Mauritius 1.02 GPIA 2020 up 2.5% flat
56 Albania 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% flat
57 Guatemala 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
58 Uzbekistan 1.02 GPIA 2020 up 1.4% flat
59 Honduras 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% falling
60 Belize 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 5.0% flat
61 Namibia 1.02 GPIA 2017 down 0.7% flat
62 Lebanon 1.02 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% flat
63 Republic of Moldova 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
64 Philippines 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
65 Cameroon 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% flat
66 Thailand 1.02 GPIA 2017 flat
67 Fiji 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% flat
68 Benin 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 0.4% flat
69 New Caledonia 1.01 GPIA 1989 up 1.2% falling
70 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.5% flat
71 Belgium 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% flat
72 Bahrain 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 3.5% flat
73 Uruguay 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 1.0% flat
74 Latvia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% flat
75 Slovenia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 1.1% flat
76 Portugal 1.01 GPIA 2020 flat
77 Jordan 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% flat
78 Tajikistan 1.01 GPIA 2016 down 0.3% flat
79 Brunei Darussalam 1.01 GPIA 2019 up 0.3% flat
80 Finland 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
81 El Salvador 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 2.7% flat
82 Lithuania 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
83 Indonesia 1.01 GPIA 2017 down 7.2% rising
84 Belarus 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% flat
85 Armenia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 0.5% flat
86 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% flat
87 Slovakia 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
88 Cuba 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% falling
89 South Africa 1 GPIA 2022 down 5.5% flat
90 Tunisia 1 GPIA 2020 up 0.3% rising
91 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% flat
92 Chile 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
93 Kyrgyzstan 1 GPIA 2020 down 1.0% flat
94 Türkiye 1 GPIA 2022 up 1.5% flat
95 Luxembourg 1 GPIA 2020 down 0.5% flat
96 Switzerland 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPIA 2017 down 9.1% falling
98 Paraguay 1 GPIA 2023 down 2.1% flat
99 Denmark 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.5% flat
100 Georgia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% flat
101 Libya 1 GPIA 1980 up 4.2% flat
102 Hungary 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
103 Algeria 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
104 Egypt 1 GPIA 2020 down 0.2% rising
105 Qatar 1 GPIA 2022 up 0.8% flat
106 Panama 1 GPIA 2022 down 2.2% flat
107 Czechia 1 GPIA 2021 down 0.1% flat
108 Barbados 1 GPIA 2021 up 4.5% flat
109 Austria 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
110 Central African Republic 1 GPIA 2011 rising
111 Estonia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
112 Spain 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.8% flat
113 Japan 1 GPIA 1998 up 0.0% flat
114 Republic of Korea 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% flat
115 Poland 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
116 Morocco 0.9998 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
117 Peru 0.9997 GPIA 2016 down 0.5% rising
118 Sweden 0.9997 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
119 Mexico 0.9992 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% flat
120 Ukraine 0.9991 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% flat
121 Bulgaria 0.999 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% flat
122 China 0.999 GPIA 2020 flat
123 Costa Rica 0.9986 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% flat
124 Macau, China 0.9986 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
125 North Macedonia 0.9986 GPIA 2022 down 1.0% flat
126 Norway 0.9985 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
127 Cape Verde 0.9983 GPIA 2021 up 2.5% rising
128 Azerbaijan 0.998 GPIA 2023 down 4.8% flat
129 Italy 0.998 GPIA 2022 down 1.3% flat
130 Greece 0.9978 GPIA 2022 down 1.1% flat
131 Croatia 0.9971 GPIA 2022 down 0.0% flat
132 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9966 GPIA 2022 down 1.0% flat
133 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9961 GPIA 2022 down 5.1% flat
134 Montenegro 0.996 GPIA 2022 down 2.2% flat
135 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9958 GPIA 2021 down 1.7% flat
136 Germany 0.9956 GPIA 2012 down 1.6% flat
137 Malaysia 0.9955 GPIA 2023 down 1.1% flat
138 Romania 0.9953 GPIA 2022 down 0.9% flat
139 Argentina 0.9953 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% flat
140 Malta 0.9947 GPIA 2021 down 4.4% flat
141 Serbia 0.9944 GPIA 2021 down 0.6% flat
142 Ecuador 0.9943 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
143 Iceland 0.9933 GPIA 2021 down 2.6% flat
144 Dominican Republic 0.9932 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% falling
145 Oman 0.993 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% rising
146 Tonga 0.9926 GPIA 2019 down 0.5% flat
147 Palestine, State of 0.9922 GPIA 2023 down 5.1% flat
148 Singapore 0.9916 GPIA 2022 down 1.0% flat
149 Mozambique 0.9889 GPIA 2019 up 5.2% rising
150 Eritrea 0.9877 GPIA 2017 up 7.6% flat
151 Nepal 0.9874 GPIA 2016 down 4.7% flat
152 Solomon Islands 0.9861 GPIA 2018 up 0.8% rising
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9857 GPIA 2014 down 4.4% falling
154 Israel 0.9856 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
155 Zambia 0.9836 GPIA 2012 up 4.2% rising
156 Hong Kong, China 0.9828 GPIA 2023 down 2.0% flat
157 Eswatini 0.9816 GPIA 2018 down 2.9% flat
158 Samoa 0.9804 GPIA 2019 down 5.3% flat
159 Jamaica 0.9746 GPIA 2022 up 3.0% falling
160 Iraq 0.9745 GPIA 1999 up 13.7% flat
161 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9733 GPIA 2010 down 6.5% falling
162 Papua New Guinea 0.9682 GPIA 1997 down 2.4% flat
163 Guinea 0.9544 GPIA 2013 up 6.2% rising
164 Yemen 0.9526 GPIA 2012 up 3.7% flat
165 Saudi Arabia 0.9494 GPIA 2021 down 6.3% flat
166 Ghana 0.9424 GPIA 2021 down 4.3% rising
167 Kazakhstan 0.9424 GPIA 2019 down 6.4% flat
168 Mali 0.9415 GPIA 2011 up 0.6% falling
169 Saint Lucia 0.8948 GPIA 2022 down 8.8% flat
170 Guinea-Bissau 0.7201 GPIA 1987 up 75.3% rising

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Indicator
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
170 places, 3,699 data points, 1970–2023
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February 2026 Data Release