Total net attendance rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
36
Highest
1.11 GPIA
Gambia
Lowest
0.9425 GPIA
Benin
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
426

What the numbers show

Total net attendance rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 1.11 GPIA in Gambia; the lowest is 0.9425 GPIA in Benin.

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

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 9.7%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 2.1%).

Total net attendance rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gambia 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 9.7% rising
2 Senegal 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 3.5% flat
3 Ethiopia 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 5.0% rising
4 Zambia 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% rising
5 Bangladesh 1.03 GPIA 2022 up 0.8% flat
6 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 0.4% flat
7 Lesotho 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 2.1% falling
8 South Africa 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% flat
9 El Salvador 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.7% flat
10 Colombia 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
11 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2014 up 0.2% flat
12 Paraguay 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% flat
13 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.4% flat
14 Ecuador 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% flat
15 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% flat
16 Dominican Republic 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.0% flat
17 Chile 1 GPIA 2022 down 0.1% flat
18 Kyrgyzstan 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
19 United States of America 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
20 Kenya 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
21 Peru 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.1% flat
22 Costa Rica 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
23 Honduras 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% flat
24 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% flat
25 Panama 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
26 Mexico 0.9998 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
27 Togo 0.9989 GPIA 2021 up 3.2% rising
28 Brazil 0.9987 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
29 Guatemala 0.997 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% flat
30 Ghana 0.9962 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% flat
31 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.9923 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% rising
32 Nepal 0.9915 GPIA 2022 up 4.7% rising
33 Mali 0.9653 GPIA 2024 up 5.9% rising
34 Cameroon 0.9528 GPIA 2018 up 1.1% flat
35 Nigeria 0.9521 GPIA 2024 up 0.9% rising
36 Benin 0.9425 GPIA 2021 up 2.1% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Total net attendance rate, 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
36 places, 426 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release