Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
164
Highest
1.26 GPIA
Burkina Faso
Lowest
0.831 GPIA
Guinea-Bissau
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
13,527

What the numbers show

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 1.26 GPIA in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 0.831 GPIA in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 1.03 GPIA.

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

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 41.3%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 35.7%).

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burkina Faso 1.26 GPIA 2022 up 11.1% rising
2 Côte d'Ivoire 1.25 GPIA 2023 up 41.3% rising
3 Lesotho 1.22 GPIA 2022 down 5.5% falling
4 Rwanda 1.18 GPIA 2023 down 3.5% rising
5 Sudan 1.18 GPIA 2018 up 28.2% rising
6 Sao Tome and Principe 1.17 GPIA 2008 up 3.2% flat
7 Burundi 1.15 GPIA 2019 down 0.2% rising
8 Nicaragua 1.15 GPIA 2007 down 1.8% falling
9 Ethiopia 1.15 GPIA 2021 up 0.4% rising
10 Jamaica 1.14 GPIA 2022 up 20.9% falling
11 Senegal 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 6.2% rising
12 Pakistan 1.13 GPIA 2018 up 16.4% flat
13 Suriname 1.13 GPIA 2020 down 0.8% flat
14 Kuwait 1.12 GPIA 2020 up 12.4% flat
15 Gambia 1.11 GPIA 2020 up 2.1% rising
16 Cambodia 1.11 GPIA 2019 up 8.8% rising
17 Madagascar 1.1 GPIA 2018 up 5.8% rising
18 United Arab Emirates 1.1 GPIA 2020 up 8.1% flat
19 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.1 GPIA 2019 down 1.9% rising
20 Niger 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 5.8% rising
21 Bhutan 1.09 GPIA 2016 up 1.5% rising
22 Haiti 1.09 GPIA 1985 up 12.6% flat
23 Timor-Leste 1.08 GPIA 2018 down 0.7% flat
24 Zimbabwe 1.07 GPIA 2019 up 3.2% rising
25 Eswatini 1.07 GPIA 2018 up 0.6% flat
26 Myanmar 1.07 GPIA 2009 up 7.0% rising
27 Namibia 1.07 GPIA 2017 up 0.1% flat
28 Lebanon 1.06 GPIA 2022 up 0.3% flat
29 Nigeria 1.06 GPIA 2009 up 2.1% flat
30 Syrian Arab Republic 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 5.2% rising
31 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.06 GPIA 2019 up 4.2% rising
32 Mauritius 1.05 GPIA 2020 up 5.0% flat
33 Vanuatu 1.05 GPIA 2019 up 12.0% flat
34 Guyana 1.05 GPIA 2011 down 5.0% rising
35 Belgium 1.05 GPIA 1987 down 0.1% rising
36 Mauritania 1.05 GPIA 2016 up 3.7% rising
37 India 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 5.5% rising
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 4.7% flat
39 Chad 1.05 GPIA 2017 up 41.0% rising
40 Solomon Islands 1.04 GPIA 2018 up 3.0% rising
41 Honduras 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% falling
42 Viet Nam 1.04 GPIA 2014 up 5.4% flat
43 Cyprus 1.04 GPIA 2021 up 0.8% flat
44 Philippines 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
45 Netherlands 1.04 GPIA 1984 up 0.1% flat
46 Guatemala 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% flat
47 Gabon 1.04 GPIA 1995 up 0.5% rising
48 Luxembourg 1.04 GPIA 2020 down 1.3% flat
49 Djibouti 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 17.4% rising
50 Colombia 1.03 GPIA 2021 down 1.7% flat
51 Maldives 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 2.4% flat
52 Cameroon 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% rising
53 Botswana 1.03 GPIA 2012 down 4.7% falling
54 Togo 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 8.4% rising
55 Thailand 1.03 GPIA 2017 rising
56 South Africa 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 15.6% flat
57 Kiribati 1.02 GPIA 2023 falling
58 Sierra Leone 1.02 GPIA 2019 up 1.7% flat
59 Dominica 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 7.4% flat
59 Dominican Republic 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 2.6% falling
61 Albania 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% flat
62 Uruguay 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 1.8% flat
63 Malawi 1.02 GPIA 2013 up 11.9% rising
64 Indonesia 1.02 GPIA 2017 down 4.4% flat
65 Uzbekistan 1.02 GPIA 2020 up 1.4% flat
66 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.02 GPIA 2020 up 25.4% rising
67 El Salvador 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 3.8% flat
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2016 down 3.5% falling
69 Republic of Moldova 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% flat
70 Fiji 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 3.2% flat
71 Malta 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.3% flat
72 Morocco 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% flat
73 Mongolia 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 0.6% flat
74 Portugal 1.01 GPIA 2020 flat
75 Tunisia 1.01 GPIA 2020 up 0.7% rising
76 Sri Lanka 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 1.1% flat
77 Uganda 1.01 GPIA 2016 up 11.4% rising
78 Slovenia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 1.4% flat
79 Brunei Darussalam 1.01 GPIA 2019 up 0.8% rising
80 Costa Rica 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% falling
81 Montenegro 1.01 GPIA 2021 down 1.1% flat
82 Jordan 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% rising
83 Belize 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% flat
84 Benin 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 5.6% rising
85 Chile 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
86 Latvia 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
87 Trinidad and Tobago 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 4.4% flat
88 Algeria 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.5% rising
89 Tajikistan 1.01 GPIA 2016 down 0.3% flat
90 Estonia 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% flat
91 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% flat
92 Bahrain 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 3.3% falling
93 Seychelles 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
94 Cape Verde 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 1.2% rising
95 Lithuania 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
96 Belarus 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% flat
97 Panama 1.01 GPIA 2022 down 1.5% flat
98 Armenia 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 0.5% flat
99 Egypt 1 GPIA 2020 down 0.6% rising
100 Georgia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% flat
101 Slovakia 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% flat
102 Switzerland 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.3% flat
103 Russian Federation 1 GPIA 2018 down 1.6% flat
104 Finland 1 GPIA 2021 down 0.5% flat
105 Kyrgyzstan 1 GPIA 2020 down 1.0% flat
106 Cuba 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% falling
107 Türkiye 1 GPIA 2022 up 2.0% flat
108 Argentina 1 GPIA 2022 up 1.1% falling
109 Hungary 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% flat
110 Denmark 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% flat
111 Czechia 1 GPIA 2021 down 0.1% flat
112 Austria 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
113 Mexico 1 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% flat
114 Peru 1 GPIA 2016 up 0.3% rising
115 Japan 1 GPIA 1998 down 0.0% flat
116 Poland 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
117 Spain 0.9998 GPIA 2021 up 1.1% flat
118 Republic of Korea 0.9993 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
119 Ukraine 0.9991 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% flat
120 Bulgaria 0.999 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% flat
121 Sweden 0.9988 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
122 Italy 0.9981 GPIA 2022 down 1.5% flat
123 Romania 0.9981 GPIA 2022 down 0.7% flat
124 Azerbaijan 0.998 GPIA 2023 down 4.8% flat
125 Congo 0.998 GPIA 2007 down 35.7% rising
126 Macau, China 0.9974 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
127 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9973 GPIA 2020 flat
128 Croatia 0.9971 GPIA 2022 down 0.0% flat
129 Nepal 0.9962 GPIA 2016 down 6.1% flat
130 New Caledonia 0.996 GPIA 1989 down 5.4% flat
131 Germany 0.9956 GPIA 2012 down 1.6% flat
132 Eritrea 0.9953 GPIA 2017 up 12.4% flat
133 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9947 GPIA 2022 down 1.3% flat
134 Serbia 0.9944 GPIA 2021 down 0.6% flat
135 Ecuador 0.9943 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% flat
136 Malaysia 0.9939 GPIA 2023 down 1.6% flat
137 Oman 0.993 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% rising
138 Bahamas 0.9927 GPIA 2012 down 6.9% falling
139 Greece 0.9923 GPIA 2022 down 1.8% flat
140 Palestine, State of 0.9922 GPIA 2023 down 5.1% flat
141 Aruba 0.9905 GPIA 2020 down 11.4% flat
142 Singapore 0.9899 GPIA 2022 down 1.3% flat
143 Norway 0.9888 GPIA 2021 down 3.3% flat
144 Iceland 0.9861 GPIA 2019 down 2.6% flat
145 Hong Kong, China 0.985 GPIA 2023 down 2.3% flat
146 Israel 0.985 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% flat
147 Qatar 0.9841 GPIA 2021 up 1.6% flat
148 North Macedonia 0.9816 GPIA 2022 down 2.9% flat
149 Mozambique 0.9814 GPIA 2019 up 7.8% rising
150 Guinea 0.9747 GPIA 2013 up 14.8% rising
151 Paraguay 0.9727 GPIA 2023 down 6.4% flat
152 Saint Lucia 0.9684 GPIA 2022 up 0.1% flat
153 Kenya 0.9647 GPIA 2003 flat
154 Central African Republic 0.9578 GPIA 2011 rising
155 Papua New Guinea 0.945 GPIA 1997 down 3.1% flat
156 Kazakhstan 0.9424 GPIA 2019 down 6.4% flat
157 Zambia 0.9388 GPIA 2012 up 6.7% rising
158 Mali 0.935 GPIA 2011 up 6.4% rising
159 Ghana 0.9348 GPIA 2021 down 3.3% rising
160 Libya 0.9308 GPIA 1980 up 5.8% flat
161 Yemen 0.9289 GPIA 2012 up 6.9% rising
162 Samoa 0.9177 GPIA 2019 down 13.5% falling
163 Iraq 0.9172 GPIA 1999 up 28.1% rising
164 Guinea-Bissau 0.831 GPIA 1987 up 25.0% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Survival rate to the last grade 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
384 places, 13,527 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release