Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Rwanda
Rwanda: Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 1.12 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Rwanda, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 1.12 index for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Rwanda peaked at 1.23 index in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7337 index, in 1981.
Rwanda ranks 20th of 165 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.835 index | 0.7337 index | 0.9143 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9698 index | 0.9358 index | 0.9891 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 index | 0.9658 index | 1.15 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.21 index | 1.17 index | 1.23 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 index | 1.12 index | 1.18 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 17 Burkina Faso 1.14 index compare
- 18 Eswatini 1.13 index compare
- 19 East Timor 1.13 index compare
- 21 Cambodia 1.12 index compare
- 22 Bangladesh 1.12 index compare
- 23 Mauritania 1.12 index compare
More gender data for Rwanda
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 194,446 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 198,438 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 191,100 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 194,971 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 188,797 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 192,604 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 187,175 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 191,052 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 185,029 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 188,840 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Rwanda?
- Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Rwanda was 1.12 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 index in 2015.
- What is the lowest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7337 index in 1981.
- How does Rwanda rank for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Rwanda ranks 20th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.