Total net attendance rate, upper secondary education, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
34
Highest
1.28 GPIA
Lesotho
Lowest
0.5949 GPIA
Cameroon
Median
1.01 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
402
What the numbers show
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary education, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 1.28 GPIA in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.5949 GPIA in Cameroon.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9776 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 91.9%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 23.3%).
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary education, rural, adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 1.28 GPIA | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 2 | Gambia | 1.21 GPIA | 2023 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 3 | El Salvador | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 4 | Mexico | 1.14 GPIA | 2022 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 1.14 GPIA | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 6 | Honduras | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 7 | Nigeria | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.09 GPIA | 2023 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 9 | Paraguay | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Senegal | 1.05 GPIA | 2023 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 14 | Kenya | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 1.02 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 16 | Panama | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 17 | Brazil | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 18 | Armenia | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 19 | Ghana | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 20 | Ecuador | 0.9879 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 21 | Guatemala | 0.9871 GPIA | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 0.9832 GPIA | 2022 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 0.9805 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 0.9804 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | Uruguay | 0.9552 GPIA | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 0.9434 GPIA | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 27 | Nepal | 0.936 GPIA | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 28 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.8942 GPIA | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.7554 GPIA | 2022 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 30 | Benin | 0.7024 GPIA | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 31 | Mali | 0.6935 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 32 | Togo | 0.6828 GPIA | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 33 | Zambia | 0.6522 GPIA | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 34 | Cameroon | 0.5949 GPIA | 2018 | up 22.6% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release