Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index by country
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.
Countries reporting
161
Highest
1.39 index
Lesotho
Lowest
0.379 index
Niger
Median
1.02 index
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,240
What the numbers show
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 1.39 index in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.379 index in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.02 index, and the mean is 1.03 index.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 37.8%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 15.1%).
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 1.39 index | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 1.32 index | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 3 | Belize | 1.3 index | 2025 | — | rising |
| 4 | Namibia | 1.29 index | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 5 | Haiti | 1.28 index | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 6 | Comoros | 1.28 index | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 7 | Nicaragua | 1.27 index | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 8 | Algeria | 1.26 index | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 9 | Suriname | 1.26 index | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 10 | Venezuela | 1.26 index | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 1.23 index | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 12 | Kiribati | 1.23 index | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 13 | Tuvalu | 1.22 index | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | East Timor | 1.21 index | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 15 | Gabon | 1.2 index | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 16 | Tunisia | 1.2 index | 2025 | — | rising |
| 17 | Syria | 1.19 index | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 1.19 index | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 19 | Senegal | 1.19 index | 2025 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Honduras | 1.18 index | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 21 | Malawi | 1.18 index | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 1.17 index | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Cambodia | 1.16 index | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 24 | Nauru | 1.16 index | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 1.16 index | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 26 | Gambia | 1.15 index | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 27 | Rwanda | 1.14 index | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 28 | Liberia | 1.14 index | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 29 | Eswatini | 1.13 index | 2025 | — | rising |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 31 | Myanmar | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Uruguay | 1.12 index | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 34 | Tanzania | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 35 | Paraguay | 1.11 index | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 1.11 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 37 | Tonga | 1.11 index | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 1.11 index | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 39 | Iraq | 1.1 index | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 40 | Zambia | 1.1 index | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 41 | Palestine | 1.1 index | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 44 | Bhutan | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 45 | El Salvador | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 46 | Ghana | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 47 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.08 index | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 48 | Vietnam | 1.07 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 49 | China | 1.07 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 50 | Sudan | 1.07 index | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 51 | Brazil | 1.07 index | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 52 | Mauritius | 1.07 index | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 53 | Colombia | 1.06 index | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 54 | Egypt | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 55 | South Africa | 1.06 index | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 56 | Thailand | 1.06 index | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 57 | Cameroon | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 59 | Madagascar | 1.05 index | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.05 index | 2025 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 61 | Botswana | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 62 | Netherlands | 1.04 index | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 63 | Maldives | 1.04 index | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Indonesia | 1.04 index | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 65 | Nepal | 1.04 index | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 66 | Samoa | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 67 | Guyana | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 68 | Spain | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 69 | Cyprus | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 71 | Uganda | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 72 | Fiji | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 74 | Estonia | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 75 | Portugal | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 77 | Cuba | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 78 | Belgium | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 79 | Iran | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 80 | Jamaica | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 81 | India | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 82 | Chile | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 83 | Hungary | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 84 | Pakistan | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 85 | Latvia | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 86 | Israel | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 87 | Montenegro | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 88 | Bolivia | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 89 | Mongolia | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 90 | Greece | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 91 | France | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 92 | Albania | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 93 | Peru | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 94 | Malaysia | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 95 | Jordan | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 96 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 98 | Poland | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 100 | Turkey | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 101 | Moldova | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 102 | Armenia | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 104 | Georgia | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 106 | Germany | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 107 | Switzerland | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 108 | Canada | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 109 | Australia | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 110 | Ukraine | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 111 | Ireland | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 112 | Lithuania | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 113 | Austria | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 114 | Italy | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 115 | Sweden | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 1 index | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 117 | Croatia | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 118 | United States | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 119 | Romania | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 120 | Czechia | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 121 | Belarus | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 122 | United Kingdom | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 123 | Slovenia | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 124 | Russia | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 125 | Finland | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 126 | Denmark | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 127 | Qatar | 1 index | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 128 | Turkmenistan | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 129 | Norway | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 130 | South Korea | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 130 | Serbia | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 132 | Slovakia | 0.9998 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 133 | Malta | 0.9997 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 134 | Kazakhstan | 0.9994 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 135 | Barbados | 0.9983 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 136 | Iceland | 0.9972 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 137 | Ecuador | 0.9934 index | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 0.9926 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 0.9901 index | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 0.9891 index | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 141 | Laos | 0.9856 index | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 142 | Guatemala | 0.9842 index | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 143 | Morocco | 0.9642 index | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 144 | Mauritania | 0.9549 index | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 145 | Angola | 0.9209 index | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 147 | Nigeria | 0.9133 index | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 0.8932 index | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 149 | Yemen | 0.8805 index | 2025 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Togo | 0.8728 index | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 151 | Mali | 0.8434 index | 2025 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 152 | Guinea | 0.8247 index | 2025 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.8018 index | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 154 | Burundi | 0.7391 index | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 0.6872 index | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 156 | Central African Republic | 0.6752 index | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.66 index | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 158 | Benin | 0.6583 index | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 0.6411 index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Mozambique | 0.6214 index | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 161 | Chad | 0.556 index | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 162 | South Sudan | 0.5112 index | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 163 | Somalia | 0.4334 index | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 164 | Niger | 0.379 index | 2025 | down 15.1% | flat |
About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.