Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index by country
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal primary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.
Countries reporting
162
Highest
1.38 index
Haiti
Lowest
0.7454 index
Somalia
Median
1.01 index
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,390
What the numbers show
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 1.38 index in Haiti; the lowest is 0.7454 index in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 index, and the mean is 1.04 index.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 35.5%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 8.4%).
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 1.38 index | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 2 | Uganda | 1.32 index | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 3 | Liberia | 1.32 index | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 1.29 index | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.28 index | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 1.27 index | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 7 | Lesotho | 1.24 index | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 8 | Senegal | 1.19 index | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 9 | Madagascar | 1.19 index | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.18 index | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 11 | Burundi | 1.17 index | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 12 | Namibia | 1.16 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 1.16 index | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania | 1.15 index | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 1.15 index | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | Zambia | 1.14 index | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 1.14 index | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 18 | Eswatini | 1.13 index | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 19 | East Timor | 1.13 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 20 | Rwanda | 1.12 index | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 21 | Cambodia | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 1.12 index | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 23 | Mauritania | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 24 | Gambia | 1.11 index | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 25 | Kenya | 1.11 index | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 26 | Ghana | 1.11 index | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 27 | Comoros | 1.1 index | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 28 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.1 index | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 29 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 30 | Venezuela | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 31 | Bhutan | 1.09 index | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Suriname | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 33 | Belize | 1.09 index | 2025 | — | rising |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 1.08 index | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 35 | Cameroon | 1.08 index | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 36 | Nauru | 1.07 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Laos | 1.07 index | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 38 | Pakistan | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 39 | Honduras | 1.06 index | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 40 | Vanuatu | 1.06 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | 1.06 index | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 42 | Kiribati | 1.06 index | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 43 | Gabon | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 44 | Brazil | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 45 | Sudan | 1.05 index | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 47 | Myanmar | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 48 | Paraguay | 1.04 index | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 1.04 index | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 50 | El Salvador | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 51 | Nepal | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 52 | Algeria | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 53 | Philippines | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 55 | Colombia | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Tunisia | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 57 | Mozambique | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 58 | Egypt | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 59 | South Africa | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 60 | India | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 62 | Argentina | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 63 | Djibouti | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 64 | Samoa | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 65 | Panama | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 66 | China | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 67 | Nigeria | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 68 | Uruguay | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 69 | Albania | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 70 | Turkey | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 71 | Syria | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 73 | Botswana | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 74 | Jordan | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 75 | Belgium | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 76 | Guyana | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 78 | Thailand | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 79 | Iran | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 80 | Indonesia | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 81 | Jamaica | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 82 | Moldova | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 83 | Bolivia | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 84 | Fiji | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 85 | Peru | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 86 | Mexico | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 87 | Vietnam | 1 index | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 88 | Mongolia | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 89 | Tonga | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 90 | Australia | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 91 | Palestine | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 94 | France | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 95 | Maldives | 1 index | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 97 | Canada | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 98 | Poland | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 99 | Georgia | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 100 | Armenia | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 101 | Lithuania | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 102 | Guatemala | 1 index | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 103 | Slovenia | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 105 | United Kingdom | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 106 | Montenegro | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Ukraine | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 108 | Barbados | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 109 | Cuba | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 111 | Portugal | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 113 | Slovakia | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 114 | Czechia | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 115 | Italy | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 116 | Finland | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 117 | Russia | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 118 | Netherlands | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 119 | Israel | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 120 | Spain | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 121 | Austria | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 122 | Germany | 1 index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Japan | 1 index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | South Korea | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 122 | Qatar | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 122 | Sweden | 1 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 122 | United States | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 129 | Denmark | 0.9999 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 130 | Belarus | 0.9999 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 131 | Croatia | 0.9999 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 132 | Norway | 0.9999 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 133 | Hungary | 0.9999 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 134 | Switzerland | 0.9998 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 135 | Latvia | 0.9998 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 136 | Greece | 0.9998 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 137 | Ecuador | 0.9996 index | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 0.9993 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 0.9992 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 140 | Estonia | 0.9992 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 141 | Mauritius | 0.9991 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 142 | Cyprus | 0.9991 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 0.9989 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 144 | Malaysia | 0.9987 index | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 145 | Romania | 0.9985 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 146 | Serbia | 0.9981 index | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 147 | Tuvalu | 0.9981 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 149 | Azerbaijan | 0.9977 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 150 | Iceland | 0.9973 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 151 | Chile | 0.997 index | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 152 | Togo | 0.9909 index | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 153 | Congo | 0.9879 index | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 154 | Mali | 0.9879 index | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 155 | Chad | 0.9806 index | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 156 | Iraq | 0.9674 index | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 157 | Morocco | 0.9399 index | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 158 | Yemen | 0.9356 index | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 0.935 index | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 160 | Benin | 0.929 index | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 161 | Guinea | 0.8969 index | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 162 | Niger | 0.8644 index | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0.8003 index | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 0.7702 index | 2025 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Somalia | 0.7454 index | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal primary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.