Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
163
Highest
1.67 GPIA
Cape Verde
Lowest
0.6192 GPIA
Central African Republic
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,544
What the numbers show
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 1.67 GPIA in Cape Verde; the lowest is 0.6192 GPIA in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 1.01 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 61.0%), and the largest decrease in Kiribati (down 12.5%).
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1.67 GPIA | 2022 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 2 | Jamaica | 1.33 GPIA | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 3 | Senegal | 1.25 GPIA | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 1.24 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 5 | Suriname | 1.22 GPIA | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 6 | Gambia | 1.21 GPIA | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 1.17 GPIA | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 8 | Kuwait | 1.17 GPIA | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bhutan | 1.16 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 1.14 GPIA | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 11 | Tokelau | 1.12 GPIA | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 12 | Tanzania | 1.12 GPIA | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 13 | Syria | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 15 | Lesotho | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 16 | Mauritania | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 17 | Comoros | 1.08 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 18 | Myanmar | 1.07 GPIA | 2018 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 19 | Burundi | 1.07 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 20 | Malawi | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | East Timor | 1.06 GPIA | 2020 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 23 | Cambodia | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 25 | Indonesia | 1.06 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 26 | Lebanon | 1.06 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 27 | Madagascar | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 28 | Tonga | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Nauru | 1.05 GPIA | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 30 | El Salvador | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 31 | Rwanda | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 32 | Liberia | 1.04 GPIA | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 1.04 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 36 | Namibia | 1.03 GPIA | 2018 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 37 | Mongolia | 1.03 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 38 | Venezuela | 1.03 GPIA | 2017 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 39 | Mauritius | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 41 | Mexico | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 1.03 GPIA | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 43 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.02 GPIA | 2015 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | — | rising |
| 45 | Puerto Rico | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | India | 1.02 GPIA | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 1.02 GPIA | 2021 | — | flat |
| 48 | Cyprus | 1.02 GPIA | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 49 | Ecuador | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 50 | Brunei | 1.02 GPIA | 2018 | — | falling |
| 51 | Micronesia (country) | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.02 GPIA | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 53 | South Africa | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 54 | Thailand | 1.02 GPIA | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Panama | 1.02 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 57 | Bahrain | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 58 | Cayman Islands | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 59 | Maldives | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 60 | Bahamas | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 61 | Philippines | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 62 | Belize | 1.02 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.02 GPIA | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 64 | Colombia | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 65 | Palestine | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 66 | Qatar | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 67 | Russia | 1.01 GPIA | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 68 | Tuvalu | 1.01 GPIA | 2020 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 69 | Ukraine | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 70 | Laos | 1.01 GPIA | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 71 | Egypt | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 72 | Paraguay | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 73 | United States | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 74 | Botswana | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 75 | Luxembourg | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 76 | Iran | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 77 | Oman | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 78 | Germany | 1.01 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 78 | Lithuania | 1.01 GPIA | 2015 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 80 | Latvia | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 81 | Peru | 1.01 GPIA | 2021 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 82 | Niger | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 83 | Uruguay | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Netherlands | 1 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 85 | San Marino | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 86 | France | 1 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 1 GPIA | 2024 | — | rising |
| 88 | Macao | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 89 | Switzerland | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 90 | Slovenia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 91 | New Zealand | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Australia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | — | flat |
| 93 | Belarus | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 94 | Poland | 1 GPIA | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 95 | Slovakia | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 96 | Finland | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 97 | Denmark | 1 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 98 | Hungary | 1 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 99 | Greece | 1 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 100 | Andorra | 0.9999 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 101 | Sweden | 0.9998 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 102 | Montenegro | 0.9995 GPIA | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 103 | Malta | 0.9993 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 104 | Czechia | 0.9993 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 0.9991 GPIA | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 106 | Austria | 0.9991 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 107 | Estonia | 0.9985 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 108 | Morocco | 0.9984 GPIA | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 109 | Italy | 0.9983 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 110 | Belgium | 0.9982 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 111 | United Kingdom | 0.9982 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 112 | Spain | 0.998 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 0.9977 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 114 | South Korea | 0.9974 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 115 | Samoa | 0.9972 GPIA | 2014 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 116 | Norway | 0.997 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 0.9968 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 118 | Iceland | 0.9964 GPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 119 | Israel | 0.9963 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 120 | Romania | 0.996 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 121 | Nepal | 0.9952 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 122 | Cuba | 0.9938 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 123 | Bolivia | 0.9916 GPIA | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 124 | Kiribati | 0.9905 GPIA | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 125 | Brazil | 0.9884 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 0.9867 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 127 | Algeria | 0.9865 GPIA | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 128 | Chile | 0.9861 GPIA | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 129 | Barbados | 0.985 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 130 | British Virgin Islands | 0.9849 GPIA | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 0.9842 GPIA | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 132 | Fiji | 0.9833 GPIA | 2016 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 133 | Turkey | 0.9826 GPIA | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 134 | Jordan | 0.9814 GPIA | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 135 | Armenia | 0.979 GPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 136 | Kenya | 0.9761 GPIA | 2006 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 137 | Cook Islands | 0.9757 GPIA | 2015 | — | falling |
| 138 | Hong Kong | 0.9731 GPIA | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 139 | Eswatini | 0.9728 GPIA | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 140 | Guatemala | 0.9703 GPIA | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 141 | Togo | 0.9702 GPIA | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 142 | Liechtenstein | 0.9696 GPIA | 2021 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 143 | Angola | 0.966 GPIA | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 0.964 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 145 | Vietnam | 0.9632 GPIA | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 146 | Grenada | 0.9606 GPIA | 2014 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 147 | Ghana | 0.9553 GPIA | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9536 GPIA | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 149 | Serbia | 0.9533 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 150 | Cameroon | 0.9323 GPIA | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 151 | Albania | 0.9319 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 152 | Nicaragua | 0.9045 GPIA | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 153 | Dominica | 0.901 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 154 | Mozambique | 0.8946 GPIA | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 155 | Mali | 0.8624 GPIA | 2018 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 156 | Yemen | 0.8554 GPIA | 2016 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 157 | Eritrea | 0.85 GPIA | 2022 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 158 | Libya | 0.8185 GPIA | 1983 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 159 | Chad | 0.7896 GPIA | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 160 | Iraq | 0.7484 GPIA | 2007 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 161 | Tunisia | 0.7469 GPIA | 1985 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea | 0.7112 GPIA | 2014 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 0.6192 GPIA | 2012 | — | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release