Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), (ratio) by country
Countries reporting
147
Highest
1.27
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
0.655
Montserrat
Median
1
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
2,879
What the numbers show
Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), (ratio) is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 1.27 in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.655 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 1.01.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 35.7%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 28.5%).
Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate in organized: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.27 | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 2 | Senegal | 1.19 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 1.16 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Ghana | 1.12 | 2021 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 1.12 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | Samoa | 1.12 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 7 | Gambia | 1.11 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 8 | Bahamas | 1.11 | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 9 | Maldives | 1.1 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Algeria | 1.09 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 11 | Madagascar | 1.08 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 12 | Kuwait | 1.08 | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 13 | Seychelles | 1.07 | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 1.07 | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 15 | Jordan | 1.06 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.06 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 1.05 | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 18 | Cambodia | 1.05 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 19 | Myanmar | 1.05 | 2018 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Ecuador | 1.04 | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Oman | 1.04 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.04 | 2015 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 23 | Suriname | 1.04 | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 24 | Kenya | 1.04 | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 25 | Ireland | 1.03 | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 26 | Dominica | 1.03 | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 27 | Belize | 1.03 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 28 | Honduras | 1.03 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 29 | Grenada | 1.03 | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 30 | Burundi | 1.03 | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 31 | San Marino | 1.03 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia | 1.03 | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 33 | Botswana | 1.03 | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 34 | El Salvador | 1.03 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 35 | Panama | 1.03 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 36 | Brazil | 1.03 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 37 | Andorra | 1.02 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 1.02 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 39 | Niger | 1.02 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 40 | Namibia | 1.02 | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 41 | Qatar | 1.02 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 1.02 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 43 | Morocco | 1.02 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 44 | Argentina | 1.02 | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 45 | Lebanon | 1.02 | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 1.02 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 47 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.02 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 48 | Israel | 1.02 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 49 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 1.02 | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 51 | Lesotho | 1.02 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Colombia | 1.02 | 2018 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Paraguay | 1.01 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 54 | Montenegro | 1.01 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 55 | Puerto Rico | 1.01 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | Liberia | 1.01 | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 1.01 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 58 | Malta | 1.01 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 59 | Austria | 1.01 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 60 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.01 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 61 | Comoros | 1.01 | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 62 | Latvia | 1.01 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 63 | Mexico | 1.01 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 64 | Mauritius | 1.01 | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 65 | Switzerland | 1.01 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 1.01 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 67 | Mongolia | 1.01 | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 68 | France | 1 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 69 | Norway | 1 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 70 | South Africa | 1 | 2023 | up 23.4% | flat |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 72 | Philippines | 1 | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 73 | Peru | 1 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Canada | 1 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 75 | Cameroon | 1 | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 76 | Naoero | 1 | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 77 | New Zealand | 1 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 78 | Poland | 1 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 79 | Slovakia | 1 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 80 | Sweden | 1 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 81 | Cyprus | 1 | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 82 | Belgium | 1 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 83 | Greece | 1 | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 84 | Denmark | 1 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 85 | Russian Federation | 1 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 86 | Portugal | 1 | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 87 | Republic of Korea | 1 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 88 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 89 | Lithuania | 1 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 90 | Slovenia | 1 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 91 | Cook Islands | 1 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 93 | Australia | 0.9996 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 94 | Finland | 0.9995 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9994 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 96 | Armenia | 0.9993 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 97 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.9991 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 0.9988 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 99 | Germany | 0.9986 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 100 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.9983 | 2014 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 101 | Guatemala | 0.9979 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 102 | Cuba | 0.9978 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 103 | Angola | 0.9972 | 2023 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 104 | Estonia | 0.997 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 105 | Iceland | 0.997 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 106 | Thailand | 0.9965 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 107 | Czechia | 0.9964 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 0.9963 | 2025 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 109 | Romania | 0.9956 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 0.9948 | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 111 | Uruguay | 0.9947 | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 112 | Hungary | 0.9944 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 113 | Spain | 0.9938 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 0.9935 | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 115 | Italy | 0.9931 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 116 | Egypt | 0.991 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 117 | Burkina Faso | 0.9902 | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 118 | Rwanda | 0.9902 | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 119 | Malaysia | 0.9892 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 120 | Gibraltar | 0.9863 | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 121 | Croatia | 0.9862 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 122 | Chile | 0.9814 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 123 | Ukraine | 0.9811 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 124 | Guyana | 0.9762 | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 125 | Togo | 0.9746 | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 126 | Albania | 0.974 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 127 | Barbados | 0.9627 | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 128 | Liechtenstein | 0.9617 | 2021 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 129 | Belarus | 0.9606 | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 0.9605 | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 0.9601 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 132 | Jamaica | 0.9581 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 133 | Fiji | 0.9554 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 134 | Bahrain | 0.9548 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 135 | Indonesia | 0.9501 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 136 | Eritrea | 0.9452 | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 137 | Guinea | 0.9414 | 2020 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 138 | Cayman Islands | 0.9278 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 139 | Mali | 0.9121 | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 140 | Chad | 0.9109 | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 141 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.9081 | 2021 | — | falling |
| 142 | Nepal | 0.9017 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 143 | Tokelau | 0.8696 | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 0.8278 | 2017 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 145 | Uzbekistan | 0.809 | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 146 | British Virgin Islands | 0.775 | 2024 | down 28.5% | flat |
| 147 | Montserrat | 0.655 | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Côte d'Ivoire 1.36
- Northern Africa 1.05
- Cabo Verde 1.04
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.02
- United States of America 1.02
- Northern America 1.02
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 1.01
- Europe and Northern America 1.01
- Central Asia 1
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1
- Oceania 1
- Southern Asia 0.996