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

Ratio of female survival rate to the last grade of primary education to the male survival rate to the last grade of primary education. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value...

Countries reporting
154
Highest
1.76 GPI
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Lowest
0.831 GPI
Guinea-Bissau
Median
1.01 GPI
Years covered
49
1970–2018
Data points
4,879

What the numbers show

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 1.76 GPI in Congo, Democratic Republic of the; the lowest is 0.831 GPI in Guinea-Bissau.

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

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

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (up 88.0%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 55.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.76 GPI 2014 up 88.0% rising
2 Lesotho 1.36 GPI 2015 up 5.1% falling
3 Burundi 1.23 GPI 2018 up 8.1% rising
4 Burkina Faso 1.23 GPI 2018 up 21.8% rising
5 Sao Tome and Principe 1.21 GPI 2008 up 4.3% flat
6 Suriname 1.18 GPI 2018 down 3.0% flat
7 Nicaragua 1.17 GPI 2007 down 2.5% falling
8 Rwanda 1.15 GPI 2018 up 6.0% rising
9 Madagascar 1.11 GPI 2018 up 6.8% flat
10 Gambia 1.1 GPI 2018 up 3.8% rising
11 Bhutan 1.1 GPI 2016 up 1.8% rising
12 Cambodia 1.1 GPI 2018 down 0.4% rising
13 Haiti 1.1 GPI 1985 up 13.5% flat
14 Kuwait 1.09 GPI 2018 up 9.4% flat
15 Timor-Leste 1.09 GPI 2018 down 0.8% flat
16 Aruba 1.08 GPI 2013 up 6.0% rising
17 Senegal 1.08 GPI 2014 up 15.1% rising
18 Solomon Islands 1.08 GPI 2017 up 6.1% rising
19 Myanmar 1.07 GPI 2009 up 7.5% rising
20 Namibia 1.07 GPI 2017 up 0.2% flat
21 Nigeria 1.07 GPI 2009 up 2.4% flat
22 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.06 GPI 2018 down 1.6% rising
23 South Africa 1.06 GPI 2017 up 0.1% rising
24 Guyana 1.05 GPI 2011 down 5.9% rising
25 Belgium 1.05 GPI 1987 down 0.1% rising
26 Lebanon 1.05 GPI 2018 up 1.9% flat
27 Colombia 1.05 GPI 2017 down 3.8% flat
28 Ethiopia 1.05 GPI 2014 up 2.6% rising
29 Samoa 1.05 GPI 2018 down 6.0% falling
30 Mauritania 1.05 GPI 2016 up 4.0% rising
31 Philippines 1.05 GPI 2016 down 8.2% flat
32 Dominican Republic 1.05 GPI 2018 down 3.6% falling
33 Eswatini 1.05 GPI 2016 down 0.6% flat
34 Chad 1.05 GPI 2017 up 41.3% rising
35 Pakistan 1.05 GPI 2018 up 7.6% falling
36 Honduras 1.05 GPI 2016 down 4.3% falling
37 Costa Rica 1.05 GPI 2015 up 2.0% flat
38 El Salvador 1.05 GPI 2017 down 0.6% flat
39 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.05 GPI 2018 up 1.9% rising
40 Viet Nam 1.04 GPI 2014 up 5.6% flat
41 Netherlands 1.04 GPI 1984 up 0.1% flat
42 Paraguay 1.04 GPI 2011 down 0.8% rising
43 Sudan 1.04 GPI 2016 up 13.3% rising
44 Zimbabwe 1.04 GPI 2012 up 2.4% rising
45 Malta 1.04 GPI 2014 up 2.9% flat
46 Gabon 1.04 GPI 1995 up 0.5% rising
47 Niger 1.04 GPI 2013 up 7.2% rising
48 Luxembourg 1.03 GPI 2016 — flat
49 Botswana 1.03 GPI 2012 down 5.3% falling
50 Thailand 1.03 GPI 2017 — rising
51 Guatemala 1.03 GPI 2018 up 2.8% flat
52 Fiji 1.03 GPI 2015 up 5.5% flat
53 Uzbekistan 1.03 GPI 2018 up 1.4% flat
54 United Arab Emirates 1.03 GPI 2012 up 1.6% flat
55 Armenia 1.02 GPI 2018 up 0.7% flat
56 Panama 1.02 GPI 2013 up 1.3% flat
57 Malawi 1.02 GPI 2013 up 11.9% rising
58 Cape Verde 1.02 GPI 2015 down 3.9% rising
59 Azerbaijan 1.02 GPI 2018 up 5.5% flat
60 Indonesia 1.02 GPI 2017 down 4.8% flat
61 Ghana 1.02 GPI 2017 up 12.2% rising
62 Malaysia 1.02 GPI 2016 down 0.4% flat
63 Tunisia 1.02 GPI 2016 up 1.7% rising
64 Hong Kong, China 1.02 GPI 2018 up 1.7% flat
64 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.02 GPI 2016 down 3.8% falling
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.02 GPI 2017 up 2.4% flat
67 Jordan 1.02 GPI 2018 up 0.7% rising
68 Morocco 1.02 GPI 2018 up 1.0% flat
69 Mongolia 1.01 GPI 2017 up 0.7% flat
70 Sri Lanka 1.01 GPI 2016 up 0.8% flat
71 Uganda 1.01 GPI 2016 up 11.4% rising
72 Bahrain 1.01 GPI 2018 up 3.9% falling
73 India 1.01 GPI 2018 up 2.0% rising
74 Egypt 1.01 GPI 2018 down 0.1% rising
75 Belarus 1.01 GPI 2017 down 2.9% flat
76 Brunei Darussalam 1.01 GPI 2018 up 1.1% rising
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.01 GPI 2018 up 1.6% flat
78 Cameroon 1.01 GPI 2018 up 0.4% rising
79 Cuba 1.01 GPI 2018 up 0.9% falling
80 Belize 1.01 GPI 2017 up 0.5% flat
81 Tajikistan 1.01 GPI 2016 down 0.3% flat
82 Algeria 1.01 GPI 2018 down 2.8% rising
83 Latvia 1.01 GPI 2017 up 3.8% flat
84 Switzerland 1.01 GPI 2017 — flat
85 Syrian Arab Republic 1.01 GPI 2011 up 3.3% rising
86 Cyprus 1.01 GPI 2016 up 0.7% flat
87 Lithuania 1.01 GPI 2017 up 0.6% flat
87 Slovenia 1.01 GPI 2017 up 0.9% flat
89 Romania 1 GPI 2011 down 0.5% flat
90 Spain 1 GPI 2017 down 0.5% flat
91 Hungary 1 GPI 2017 up 0.2% flat
92 Argentina 1 GPI 2016 up 1.3% falling
93 Slovakia 1 GPI 2017 down 0.9% flat
94 Uruguay 1 GPI 2015 down 3.3% flat
95 Sweden 1 GPI 2013 down 0.1% flat
96 Croatia 1 GPI 2017 down 1.3% flat
97 Austria 1 GPI 2017 down 0.9% flat
98 Ecuador 1 GPI 2017 down 3.3% flat
99 Italy 1 GPI 2017 down 0.1% flat
100 Georgia 1 GPI 2018 up 0.6% flat
101 Denmark 1 GPI 2017 down 2.2% flat
102 Czechia 1 GPI 2017 up 0.0% flat
103 Oman 1 GPI 2018 down 3.1% rising
104 Peru 1 GPI 2016 up 0.3% rising
105 Japan 1 GPI 2016 up 0.1% flat
106 Finland 1 GPI 2017 down 0.4% flat
107 Türkiye 0.9998 GPI 2017 down 0.5% flat
108 Mexico 0.9997 GPI 2017 down 2.4% flat
109 Poland 0.9995 GPI 2017 down 0.4% flat
110 Republic of Korea 0.9995 GPI 2017 down 0.5% flat
111 Singapore 0.9994 GPI 2017 down 0.3% flat
112 Bulgaria 0.9981 GPI 2017 down 1.1% flat
113 Qatar 0.9981 GPI 2018 down 6.5% flat
114 Norway 0.998 GPI 2017 down 0.5% flat
115 Congo 0.998 GPI 2007 down 55.3% rising
116 Chile 0.9978 GPI 2017 up 0.4% flat
117 Jamaica 0.9977 GPI 2018 down 6.4% falling
118 Estonia 0.9973 GPI 2017 up 0.8% flat
119 Palestine, State of 0.9967 GPI 2018 down 0.0% flat
120 Nepal 0.9962 GPI 2016 down 6.5% flat
121 New Caledonia 0.996 GPI 1989 down 5.7% flat
122 Germany 0.9956 GPI 2012 down 1.6% flat
123 Eritrea 0.9953 GPI 2017 up 12.4% flat
124 Iceland 0.9953 GPI 2016 down 2.2% flat
125 Mauritius 0.9939 GPI 2018 down 4.6% flat
126 Greece 0.9939 GPI 2017 down 0.2% flat
127 Ukraine 0.9931 GPI 2018 down 1.1% flat
128 Bahamas 0.9927 GPI 2012 down 7.3% falling
129 Kazakhstan 0.9921 GPI 2018 down 1.4% flat
130 Albania 0.9912 GPI 2018 down 2.1% flat
131 Seychelles 0.9909 GPI 2017 up 0.5% falling
132 Kyrgyzstan 0.9906 GPI 2018 down 2.0% flat
133 Serbia 0.9897 GPI 2018 up 0.6% flat
134 North Macedonia 0.9849 GPI 2017 up 0.1% flat
135 Israel 0.9849 GPI 2017 down 0.8% flat
136 Côte d'Ivoire 0.976 GPI 2015 up 22.3% rising
137 Saint Lucia 0.9755 GPI 2018 down 6.9% flat
138 Guinea 0.9747 GPI 2013 up 14.8% rising
139 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.965 GPI 2016 down 2.9% flat
140 Kenya 0.9647 GPI 2003 — flat
141 Central African Republic 0.9578 GPI 2011 — rising
142 Dominica 0.9544 GPI 2014 down 1.5% falling
143 Mozambique 0.9524 GPI 2018 down 0.6% rising
144 Togo 0.9483 GPI 2013 up 9.4% rising
145 Papua New Guinea 0.945 GPI 1997 down 3.1% flat
146 Vanuatu 0.942 GPI 2008 down 11.2% flat
147 Zambia 0.9388 GPI 2012 up 6.7% rising
148 Mali 0.935 GPI 2011 up 6.4% rising
149 Libya 0.9308 GPI 1980 up 5.8% flat
150 Yemen 0.9289 GPI 2012 up 6.9% rising
151 Republic of Moldova 0.9271 GPI 2018 down 8.1% falling
152 Benin 0.9219 GPI 2018 up 0.8% flat
153 Iraq 0.9172 GPI 1999 up 28.1% rising
154 Guinea-Bissau 0.831 GPI 1987 up 25.0% rising

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

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Indicator
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
199 places, 4,879 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Ratio of female survival rate to the last grade of primary education to the male survival rate to the last grade of primary education. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.