Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), (ratio) by country
Countries reporting
172
Highest
1.36 ratio
Cote d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.655 ratio
Montserrat
Median
1 ratio
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
3,045
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 172 countries. The highest value is 1.36 ratio in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0.655 ratio in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 ratio, and the mean is 1.01 ratio.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 55.0%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 28.5%).
Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate … organized: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.36 ratio | 2024 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.36 ratio | 2024 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.27 ratio | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 4 | Senegal | 1.19 ratio | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 5 | Saint Lucia | 1.16 ratio | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Ghana | 1.12 ratio | 2021 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 7 | Marshall Islands | 1.12 ratio | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 8 | Samoa | 1.12 ratio | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 9 | Gambia | 1.11 ratio | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 10 | Bahamas | 1.11 ratio | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 11 | Maldives | 1.1 ratio | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Algeria | 1.09 ratio | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 13 | East Timor | 1.09 ratio | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 1.09 ratio | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 15 | Madagascar | 1.08 ratio | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 16 | Kuwait | 1.08 ratio | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 17 | Seychelles | 1.07 ratio | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 1.07 ratio | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 19 | Jordan | 1.06 ratio | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.06 ratio | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 1.05 ratio | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 22 | Cambodia | 1.05 ratio | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 1.05 ratio | 2018 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 24 | Ecuador | 1.04 ratio | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 1.04 ratio | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | Oman | 1.04 ratio | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 27 | State of Palestine | 1.04 ratio | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 28 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.04 ratio | 2015 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 29 | Laos | 1.04 ratio | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 29 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.04 ratio | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 31 | Suriname | 1.04 ratio | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 32 | Kenya | 1.04 ratio | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 33 | Ireland | 1.03 ratio | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 34 | Dominica | 1.03 ratio | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 35 | Belize | 1.03 ratio | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 36 | Honduras | 1.03 ratio | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 37 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.03 ratio | 2020 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 38 | Grenada | 1.03 ratio | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 39 | Burundi | 1.03 ratio | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 40 | San Marino | 1.03 ratio | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 1.03 ratio | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 42 | Botswana | 1.03 ratio | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 43 | El Salvador | 1.03 ratio | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 44 | Panama | 1.03 ratio | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 45 | Brazil | 1.03 ratio | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | Andorra | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 47 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 49 | Niger | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 50 | Namibia | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 51 | Qatar | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 53 | Morocco | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 1.02 ratio | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 55 | United States | 1.02 ratio | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 56 | Lebanon | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 58 | Brunei | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 58 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 60 | Israel | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 62 | Solomon Islands | 1.02 ratio | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 63 | Lesotho | 1.02 ratio | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 64 | Colombia | 1.02 ratio | 2018 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 65 | Paraguay | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 66 | Montenegro | 1.01 ratio | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 67 | Puerto Rico | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 68 | Syria | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 68 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 70 | Liberia | 1.01 ratio | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 1.01 ratio | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 72 | Malta | 1.01 ratio | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 73 | Austria | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 74 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.01 ratio | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 75 | Comoros | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 76 | Latvia | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 77 | Mexico | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | — | flat |
| 78 | Mauritius | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 79 | Switzerland | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 81 | Mongolia | 1.01 ratio | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 82 | France | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 83 | Norway | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 84 | South Africa | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 23.4% | flat |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 86 | Philippines | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 87 | Peru | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 88 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1 ratio | 2017 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 89 | Canada | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Cameroon | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 91 | Nauru | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 91 | Naoero | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 93 | New Zealand | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 94 | Poland | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 95 | Slovak Republic | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 96 | Sweden | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 97 | Cyprus | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 98 | Belgium | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 99 | Greece | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 100 | Denmark | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 101 | Russia | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 101 | Russian Federation | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 103 | Portugal | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 104 | Korea | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 104 | Republic of Korea | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 1 ratio | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 107 | Lithuania | 1 ratio | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 108 | Slovenia | 1 ratio | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 109 | Cook Islands | 1 ratio | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 110 | United Arab Emirates | 1 ratio | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 111 | Australia | 0.9996 ratio | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 112 | Finland | 0.9995 ratio | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9994 ratio | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 114 | Armenia | 0.9993 ratio | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 115 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.9991 ratio | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 116 | Luxembourg | 0.9988 ratio | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 117 | Germany | 0.9986 ratio | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 118 | United Kingdom | 0.9983 ratio | 2014 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 118 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.9983 ratio | 2014 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 120 | Guatemala | 0.9979 ratio | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 121 | Cuba | 0.9978 ratio | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 122 | Angola | 0.9972 ratio | 2023 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 123 | Estonia | 0.997 ratio | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 124 | Iceland | 0.997 ratio | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 125 | Thailand | 0.9965 ratio | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 126 | Czechia | 0.9964 ratio | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 127 | Kazakhstan | 0.9963 ratio | 2025 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 128 | Romania | 0.9956 ratio | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 0.9948 ratio | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 130 | Uruguay | 0.9947 ratio | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 131 | Hungary | 0.9944 ratio | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 132 | Spain | 0.9938 ratio | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 133 | Sri Lanka | 0.9935 ratio | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 134 | Italy | 0.9931 ratio | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 135 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.9929 ratio | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 136 | Egypt | 0.991 ratio | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 0.9902 ratio | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 138 | Rwanda | 0.9902 ratio | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 139 | Malaysia | 0.9892 ratio | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 140 | Gibraltar | 0.9863 ratio | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 141 | Croatia | 0.9862 ratio | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 142 | Moldova | 0.9861 ratio | 2015 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 142 | Republic of Moldova | 0.9861 ratio | 2015 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 144 | Chile | 0.9814 ratio | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 145 | Ukraine | 0.9811 ratio | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 146 | Guyana | 0.9762 ratio | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 147 | Togo | 0.9746 ratio | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 148 | Albania | 0.974 ratio | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 149 | Barbados | 0.9627 ratio | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 150 | Liechtenstein | 0.9617 ratio | 2021 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 151 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.9611 ratio | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 152 | Belarus | 0.9606 ratio | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 153 | North Macedonia | 0.9605 ratio | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 154 | Ethiopia | 0.9601 ratio | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 155 | Türkiye | 0.9597 ratio | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 155 | Türkiye | 0.9597 ratio | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 157 | Jamaica | 0.9581 ratio | 2023 | — | flat |
| 158 | Fiji | 0.9554 ratio | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 159 | Bahrain | 0.9548 ratio | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 160 | Indonesia | 0.9501 ratio | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 161 | Eritrea | 0.9452 ratio | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 162 | Guinea | 0.9414 ratio | 2020 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 163 | Cayman Islands | 0.9278 ratio | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 164 | Mali | 0.9121 ratio | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 165 | Chad | 0.9109 ratio | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.9081 ratio | 2021 | — | falling |
| 167 | Nepal | 0.9017 ratio | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 168 | Tokelau | 0.8696 ratio | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 169 | Tajikistan | 0.8278 ratio | 2017 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 0.809 ratio | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 171 | British Virgin Islands | 0.775 ratio | 2024 | down 28.5% | flat |
| 172 | Montserrat | 0.655 ratio | 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.
- Northern Africa 1.05 ratio
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.02 ratio
- United States of America 1.02 ratio
- Northern America 1.02 ratio
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.01 ratio
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 1.01 ratio
- Europe and Northern America 1.01 ratio
- Central Asia 1 ratio
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1 ratio
- Oceania 1 ratio
- Europe 0.9986 ratio
- Southern Asia 0.996 ratio
- Central and Southern Asia 0.9958 ratio
- Western Asia 0.9947 ratio
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.9946 ratio
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.9941 ratio
- World 0.9939 ratio
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.9937 ratio
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 0.9791 ratio
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0.9769 ratio
- South-Eastern Asia 0.9768 ratio