Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in China
China: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 1.18 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in China, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in China stood at 1.18 index.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in China peaked at 1.19 index in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.658 index, in 1981.
That places China 36th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 0.6712 index | 0.658 index | 0.7018 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8174 index | 0.721 index | 0.8853 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9882 index | 0.8967 index | 1.03 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.12 index | 1.02 index | 1.19 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 index | 1.18 index | 1.19 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
More gender data for China
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 4.15 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 4.56 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 4.18 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 4.62 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 4.32 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 4.78 million (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 4.69 million (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 5.18 million (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 5.24 million (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 5.81 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in China?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in China was 1.18 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 index in 2020.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.658 index in 1981.
- How does China rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- China ranks 36th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, 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 upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.