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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.11 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.11 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.1 GPIA
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 1.09 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 1.09 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 1.09 GPIA
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 1.08 GPIA
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 1.08 GPIA
- WB: Ida Blend 1.08 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 1.08 GPIA
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 1.08 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 1.08 GPIA
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 1.08 GPIA
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 1.07 GPIA
- WB: Other Small States 1.07 GPIA
- WB: Caribbean Small States 1.07 GPIA
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 1.07 GPIA
- WB: Ida Total 1.07 GPIA
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 1.06 GPIA
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Small States 1.06 GPIA
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 1.06 GPIA
- GPE: Region 3 1.06 GPIA
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 1.06 GPIA
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 1.06 GPIA
- UNICEF: South Asia 1.06 GPIA
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Ida Only 1.06 GPIA
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 1.06 GPIA
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 1.06 GPIA
- AIMS: South and West Asia 1.06 GPIA
- MDG: Southern Asia 1.06 GPIA
- SDG: Southern Asia 1.06 GPIA
- UIS: South and West Asia 1.06 GPIA
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 1.06 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release