Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
36
Highest
1.21 GPIA
Gambia
Lowest
0.8967 GPIA
Benin
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
428

What the numbers show

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 1.21 GPIA in Gambia; the lowest is 0.8967 GPIA in Benin.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1.01 GPIA.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 29.9%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 1.6%).

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gambia 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 29.9% rising
2 Senegal 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 17.7% rising
3 Lesotho 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 2.2% flat
4 Bangladesh 1.1 GPIA 2022 up 1.2% flat
5 Ethiopia 1.06 GPIA 2022 down 0.0% rising
6 Honduras 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
7 Dominican Republic 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
8 Zambia 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 10.5% rising
9 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2014 down 0.8% flat
10 El Salvador 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% rising
11 Costa Rica 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% flat
12 South Africa 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
13 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
14 Nigeria 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 8.6% rising
14 Mexico 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
16 Ghana 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% flat
17 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% flat
18 Brazil 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% flat
19 Ecuador 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% flat
20 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
21 United States of America 0.9992 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
22 Peru 0.999 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
23 Paraguay 0.9984 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% flat
24 Panama 0.998 GPIA 2023 down 1.6% flat
25 Kyrgyzstan 0.9977 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% flat
26 Chile 0.997 GPIA 2022 down 0.8% flat
27 Guatemala 0.9958 GPIA 2024 up 11.4% rising
28 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9955 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% flat
29 Nepal 0.9947 GPIA 2022 up 6.2% rising
30 Kenya 0.9942 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% flat
31 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.9785 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
32 Cameroon 0.9313 GPIA 2018 up 2.5% flat
33 Côte d'Ivoire 0.9185 GPIA 2022 up 20.5% rising
34 Togo 0.9178 GPIA 2021 up 3.3% rising
35 Mali 0.9159 GPIA 2024 up 9.5% rising
36 Benin 0.8967 GPIA 2021 up 3.5% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
36 places, 428 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release