Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index by country
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.
Countries reporting
161
Highest
1.48 index
Algeria
Lowest
0.2143 index
Somalia
Median
1.06 index
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,240
What the numbers show
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 1.48 index in Algeria; the lowest is 0.2143 index in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.06 index, and the mean is 1.04 index.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 43.1%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 21.8%).
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria | 1.48 index | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 2 | Kiribati | 1.45 index | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | Suriname | 1.41 index | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 4 | Tunisia | 1.41 index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Belize | 1.41 index | 2025 | — | rising |
| 6 | Comoros | 1.4 index | 2025 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Gabon | 1.38 index | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 8 | Maldives | 1.37 index | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Venezuela | 1.35 index | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 10 | Lesotho | 1.33 index | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 11 | Palestine | 1.32 index | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 1.31 index | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 13 | Tuvalu | 1.3 index | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | Samoa | 1.3 index | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 1.29 index | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 1.27 index | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 17 | Malaysia | 1.27 index | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 18 | Syria | 1.26 index | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 1.25 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 1.24 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Djibouti | 1.23 index | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Iceland | 1.23 index | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 23 | Namibia | 1.23 index | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 24 | Guyana | 1.23 index | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 25 | Botswana | 1.21 index | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 1.2 index | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 27 | Vietnam | 1.2 index | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 1.2 index | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 29 | Philippines | 1.2 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 30 | Thailand | 1.19 index | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.19 index | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 32 | South Africa | 1.19 index | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 1.19 index | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | Fiji | 1.18 index | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 35 | Panama | 1.18 index | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 36 | China | 1.18 index | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 37 | Iran | 1.18 index | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 38 | East Timor | 1.17 index | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.17 index | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 1.17 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 41 | Jordan | 1.16 index | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 42 | Eswatini | 1.16 index | 2025 | — | rising |
| 43 | Spain | 1.16 index | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 44 | Cambodia | 1.15 index | 2025 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Tonga | 1.14 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 46 | Nauru | 1.14 index | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 47 | Denmark | 1.13 index | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 49 | Uganda | 1.13 index | 2025 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 50 | Rwanda | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 52 | Haiti | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 53 | Brazil | 1.12 index | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 54 | Gambia | 1.12 index | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia | 1.11 index | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 56 | Mauritius | 1.11 index | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 57 | Paraguay | 1.11 index | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 1.11 index | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 59 | Netherlands | 1.11 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 60 | Bhutan | 1.11 index | 2025 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Burundi | 1.11 index | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 62 | Portugal | 1.1 index | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 63 | Latvia | 1.1 index | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 64 | Ecuador | 1.1 index | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 65 | Cuba | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 66 | Indonesia | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 67 | Belgium | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Estonia | 1.09 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 70 | Norway | 1.09 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Mexico | 1.08 index | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 72 | Mongolia | 1.08 index | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 73 | Colombia | 1.07 index | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 74 | Israel | 1.07 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 75 | Turkey | 1.07 index | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 76 | Austria | 1.07 index | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 77 | Canada | 1.07 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 78 | Australia | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 79 | Montenegro | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 80 | Laos | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 81 | Egypt | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 82 | France | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 83 | Germany | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 84 | Cameroon | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 85 | Albania | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 86 | Cyprus | 1.06 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 87 | Malawi | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 88 | Pakistan | 1.06 index | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 89 | Barbados | 1.06 index | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 90 | Italy | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 91 | Chile | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 93 | Lithuania | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 94 | Bolivia | 1.05 index | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 95 | Armenia | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 96 | Poland | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 97 | Jamaica | 1.05 index | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 98 | Moldova | 1.04 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 99 | Morocco | 1.04 index | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 100 | United Kingdom | 1.04 index | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 101 | Sweden | 1.04 index | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 1.04 index | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 103 | Russia | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 104 | Hungary | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 105 | Greece | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 106 | Guatemala | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 107 | Kenya | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 108 | Zambia | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 109 | Finland | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 110 | Switzerland | 1.03 index | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 1.03 index | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 112 | Georgia | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 113 | Madagascar | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 114 | United States | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 115 | Ukraine | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 116 | Czechia | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 118 | Sudan | 1.02 index | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 119 | Belarus | 1.02 index | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 121 | Peru | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 1.01 index | 2025 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Croatia | 1.01 index | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 124 | Slovakia | 1 index | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 1 index | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 0.9969 index | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.9957 index | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 128 | South Korea | 0.9952 index | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.9902 index | 2025 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 130 | Romania | 0.9838 index | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 0.9772 index | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 132 | India | 0.967 index | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 133 | Liberia | 0.9434 index | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 134 | Angola | 0.9431 index | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 135 | Senegal | 0.9144 index | 2025 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Qatar | 0.9133 index | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 137 | Nepal | 0.9125 index | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9086 index | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 139 | Ghana | 0.9048 index | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 140 | Yemen | 0.8939 index | 2025 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritania | 0.8774 index | 2025 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 0.8721 index | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 0.871 index | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 0.8685 index | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 145 | Nigeria | 0.8457 index | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 146 | Congo | 0.8448 index | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 147 | Tanzania | 0.7667 index | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 148 | Iraq | 0.7627 index | 2025 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6676 index | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 150 | Guinea | 0.6502 index | 2025 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 151 | Mozambique | 0.6371 index | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 152 | Zimbabwe | 0.6357 index | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.629 index | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 0.627 index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 0.6247 index | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.6157 index | 2025 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 157 | Mali | 0.5663 index | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 158 | Togo | 0.554 index | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 159 | Burkina Faso | 0.5354 index | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 160 | Benin | 0.513 index | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 161 | South Sudan | 0.5074 index | 2025 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 162 | Niger | 0.5045 index | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 163 | Chad | 0.3672 index | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 164 | Somalia | 0.2143 index | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.