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School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) by country

Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in primary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Countries reporting
198
Highest
1.16 GPI
Senegal
Lowest
0.5532 GPI
Somalia
Median
0.9932 GPI
Years covered
53
1970–2022
Data points
9,722

What the numbers show

School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 1.16 GPI in Senegal; the lowest is 0.5532 GPI in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9932 GPI, and the mean is 0.9817 GPI.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 39.6%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 14.9%).

School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Senegal 1.16 GPI 2021 up 3.8% rising
2 Kuwait 1.15 GPI 2021 up 15.7% rising
3 Gambia 1.12 GPI 2022 up 7.4% rising
4 Mauritania 1.07 GPI 2020 up 2.5% rising
5 Gibraltar 1.07 GPI 2021 up 4.9% flat
6 Iran 1.06 GPI 2020 up 8.3% rising
7 Kiribati 1.06 GPI 2020 down 2.1% rising
8 Sweden 1.05 GPI 2020 up 5.9% flat
9 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.05 GPI 2021 up 2.1% flat
10 Hong Kong 1.04 GPI 2021 up 4.0% rising
11 Sierra Leone 1.04 GPI 2021 up 9.5% rising
12 Tanzania 1.04 GPI 2021 up 0.3% rising
13 Bhutan 1.04 GPI 2021 up 2.2% rising
14 Seychelles 1.03 GPI 2021 down 2.0% flat
15 Nauru 1.03 GPI 2020 up 3.5% rising
16 Malawi 1.03 GPI 2019 up 1.7% rising
17 Uganda 1.03 GPI 2017 up 3.4% rising
18 Saint Lucia 1.03 GPI 2020 up 6.0% falling
19 Zambia 1.02 GPI 2017 up 6.7% rising
20 Mauritius 1.02 GPI 2021 up 1.5% flat
21 Qatar 1.02 GPI 2021 up 1.6% rising
22 Ukraine 1.02 GPI 2014 up 2.7% flat
23 Ecuador 1.02 GPI 2021 up 1.5% rising
24 Vietnam 1.02 GPI 2021 up 6.2% flat
25 Bangladesh 1.02 GPI 2021 up 0.2% rising
26 Albania 1.02 GPI 2021 up 0.2% rising
27 American Samoa 1.02 GPI 1992 up 3.7% rising
28 Ghana 1.02 GPI 2020 up 3.4% rising
29 Madagascar 1.02 GPI 2019 up 4.1% rising
30 Burkina Faso 1.02 GPI 2021 up 9.6% rising
31 Puerto Rico 1.02 GPI 2013 — flat
32 India 1.02 GPI 2021 down 1.6% rising
33 Saudi Arabia 1.01 GPI 2021 up 1.9% rising
34 Belgium 1.01 GPI 2020 up 1.7% flat
35 Malaysia 1.01 GPI 2020 up 0.5% flat
36 Burundi 1.01 GPI 2020 up 2.5% rising
37 Israel 1.01 GPI 2020 up 0.7% flat
38 Azerbaijan 1.01 GPI 2021 up 3.0% flat
39 Spain 1.01 GPI 2020 up 1.8% flat
40 Nigeria 1.01 GPI 2019 up 12.7% rising
41 United Arab Emirates 1.01 GPI 2020 down 0.9% rising
42 Mexico 1.01 GPI 2020 up 2.4% rising
43 China 1.01 GPI 2021 up 2.4% rising
44 Egypt 1.01 GPI 2019 up 4.2% rising
45 Iceland 1.01 GPI 2020 up 0.1% flat
46 Germany 1.01 GPI 2020 up 1.4% flat
47 Greece 1.01 GPI 2020 up 3.1% flat
48 Georgia 1.01 GPI 2021 down 0.3% flat
49 Armenia 1.01 GPI 2021 down 1.2% flat
50 Zimbabwe 1.01 GPI 2021 up 2.6% rising
51 Argentina 1.01 GPI 2020 up 1.8% flat
52 Montenegro 1 GPI 2021 down 1.8% flat
53 Belarus 1 GPI 2021 up 0.6% flat
54 Jamaica 1 GPI 2007 up 0.2% flat
54 Samoa 1 GPI 2021 up 0.4% flat
56 Brunei 1 GPI 2020 up 0.8% flat
57 Norway 1 GPI 2020 up 0.0% flat
58 Serbia 1 GPI 2021 up 0.3% flat
59 Czechia 1 GPI 2020 up 0.7% flat
60 New Zealand 1 GPI 2020 down 0.1% flat
61 Japan 1 GPI 2019 down 0.0% flat
62 Croatia 1 GPI 2020 up 0.1% flat
63 Estonia 1 GPI 2020 up 1.7% flat
64 Latvia 1 GPI 2020 up 2.1% flat
65 Sri Lanka 1 GPI 2020 up 2.6% rising
66 Lithuania 1 GPI 2020 up 1.2% flat
67 Denmark 0.9996 GPI 2020 down 0.2% flat
67 Singapore 0.9996 GPI 2020 up 2.0% flat
69 North Macedonia 0.9995 GPI 2020 up 1.5% flat
70 Italy 0.9992 GPI 2020 up 0.9% flat
71 Comoros 0.9983 GPI 2018 up 8.3% rising
72 Bolivia 0.9983 GPI 2020 up 0.4% rising
73 South Korea 0.9982 GPI 2020 down 0.3% flat
74 Australia 0.998 GPI 2020 down 0.0% flat
74 Netherlands 0.998 GPI 2020 up 0.1% flat
76 Slovenia 0.998 GPI 2020 down 0.1% flat
77 Kazakhstan 0.9978 GPI 2020 down 0.7% flat
78 United Kingdom 0.9977 GPI 2020 up 0.3% flat
79 Finland 0.997 GPI 2020 up 0.4% flat
80 Malta 0.9967 GPI 2020 down 0.6% flat
81 Slovakia 0.9965 GPI 2020 up 0.5% flat
82 Oman 0.9965 GPI 2021 down 1.6% rising
83 Ireland 0.9965 GPI 2020 down 0.4% flat
84 Micronesia (country) 0.9964 GPI 2021 up 1.3% flat
85 Honduras 0.9963 GPI 2012 up 0.5% flat
86 Maldives 0.9962 GPI 2020 up 3.1% flat
87 Liberia 0.9954 GPI 2020 up 11.4% rising
88 Kyrgyzstan 0.9951 GPI 2021 up 0.4% flat
89 United States 0.9951 GPI 2020 up 0.3% flat
90 Palestine 0.995 GPI 2021 up 0.7% flat
91 Austria 0.9949 GPI 2020 up 0.8% flat
92 Bulgaria 0.9946 GPI 2020 down 0.2% flat
93 Bahrain 0.9942 GPI 2019 down 2.3% rising
94 Equatorial Guinea 0.9941 GPI 2015 up 2.8% rising
95 Rwanda 0.9939 GPI 2021 down 3.5% rising
96 Nicaragua 0.9938 GPI 2020 up 0.2% falling
97 Cyprus 0.9937 GPI 2020 down 0.6% flat
98 Switzerland 0.9935 GPI 2020 down 0.2% flat
99 Canada 0.9934 GPI 2020 down 1.2% flat
100 Thailand 0.993 GPI 2022 up 0.7% rising
101 France 0.9925 GPI 2020 up 0.5% flat
102 Solomon Islands 0.9924 GPI 2019 up 1.8% rising
103 Costa Rica 0.9913 GPI 2021 up 0.9% flat
104 Romania 0.9906 GPI 2020 up 0.7% flat
105 Russia 0.9904 GPI 2019 down 1.4% flat
105 British Virgin Islands 0.9904 GPI 2021 up 3.4% flat
107 Suriname 0.9902 GPI 2021 down 1.1% rising
108 Uruguay 0.9896 GPI 2020 up 2.3% flat
109 Panama 0.9892 GPI 2021 up 1.9% flat
110 Moldova 0.9892 GPI 2021 down 0.7% flat
111 Tajikistan 0.9886 GPI 2017 up 2.2% flat
112 Portugal 0.9883 GPI 2020 up 1.9% flat
113 Jordan 0.9878 GPI 2021 up 1.1% rising
114 Luxembourg 0.986 GPI 2020 down 2.4% flat
115 Turkey 0.9859 GPI 2020 down 0.0% rising
116 Grenada 0.9846 GPI 2018 up 4.6% flat
117 Guatemala 0.9846 GPI 2021 up 0.1% rising
118 Tunisia 0.9823 GPI 2021 down 1.6% rising
119 Cuba 0.9819 GPI 2021 up 0.4% flat
120 Bermuda 0.9818 GPI 2015 down 6.7% flat
121 Botswana 0.9816 GPI 2021 up 0.5% falling
122 Cambodia 0.9811 GPI 2021 up 5.3% rising
123 East Timor 0.9811 GPI 2020 up 3.8% rising
124 Uzbekistan 0.9799 GPI 2021 up 0.0% flat
125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9793 GPI 2020 up 3.2% flat
126 Hungary 0.9792 GPI 2020 down 1.4% flat
127 Macao 0.9787 GPI 2021 down 0.8% flat
128 Mongolia 0.9778 GPI 2021 up 0.2% flat
129 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9771 GPI 2019 up 2.8% flat
130 Venezuela 0.9771 GPI 2017 up 0.3% flat
131 Philippines 0.977 GPI 2021 down 1.2% flat
132 Vanuatu 0.9768 GPI 2020 down 1.4% rising
133 Liechtenstein 0.9734 GPI 2020 up 3.3% flat
134 Morocco 0.9728 GPI 2021 up 2.6% rising
135 Congo 0.9723 GPI 2018 up 4.3% rising
136 Laos 0.9723 GPI 2021 up 4.9% rising
137 Barbados 0.9717 GPI 2021 down 2.9% flat
138 French Polynesia 0.9715 GPI 1996 up 0.2% flat
139 Haiti 0.971 GPI 1998 up 3.2% rising
140 Kenya 0.9709 GPI 2019 down 0.7% rising
141 Peru 0.9704 GPI 2021 down 3.0% rising
142 Dominican Republic 0.97 GPI 2021 up 7.1% falling
143 Paraguay 0.9694 GPI 2015 down 0.9% rising
144 Algeria 0.9692 GPI 2020 up 3.4% rising
145 Bahamas 0.9689 GPI 2006 down 6.8% falling
146 Palau 0.9686 GPI 2021 up 7.7% rising
147 Chile 0.968 GPI 2020 down 0.4% flat
148 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9674 GPI 2017 down 2.2% rising
149 Gabon 0.9672 GPI 2019 down 0.1% rising
150 Indonesia 0.9672 GPI 2018 down 1.4% rising
151 Cayman Islands 0.9669 GPI 2018 up 3.1% falling
152 Colombia 0.9665 GPI 2020 down 1.7% falling
153 Trinidad and Tobago 0.966 GPI 2010 down 2.4% flat
154 Syria 0.9656 GPI 2013 up 0.9% rising
155 Namibia 0.9654 GPI 2021 up 0.4% falling
156 Togo 0.965 GPI 2021 up 6.0% rising
157 Fiji 0.9648 GPI 2021 down 3.2% flat
158 Aruba 0.9643 GPI 2015 up 2.8% flat
159 Guyana 0.9639 GPI 2012 down 0.8% flat
160 Poland 0.9637 GPI 2020 down 2.8% flat
161 Tuvalu 0.9615 GPI 2021 up 0.1% flat
162 South Africa 0.9596 GPI 2020 down 0.2% falling
163 El Salvador 0.9577 GPI 2014 down 1.0% flat
164 Libya 0.9577 GPI 2006 down 2.9% rising
165 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9564 GPI 2022 up 13.7% rising
166 Myanmar 0.9555 GPI 2018 down 3.8% rising
167 Belize 0.955 GPI 2021 down 0.2% flat
168 Tonga 0.9548 GPI 2020 down 2.7% flat
169 Dominica 0.9546 GPI 2021 down 4.0% flat
170 Brazil 0.9521 GPI 2020 down 0.5% flat
171 Lesotho 0.9514 GPI 2019 down 2.8% falling
172 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9479 GPI 2021 down 3.4% rising
173 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.9478 GPI 2020 up 8.9% rising
174 Marshall Islands 0.9438 GPI 2021 down 2.6% falling
175 Mozambique 0.9428 GPI 2020 up 6.1% rising
176 Cape Verde 0.9422 GPI 2019 up 1.6% flat
177 Angola 0.9367 GPI 2018 up 10.8% rising
178 Papua New Guinea 0.9329 GPI 2018 up 5.4% rising
179 Sudan 0.9316 GPI 2018 up 7.3% rising
180 Guinea-Bissau 0.9311 GPI 2010 up 39.6% rising
181 Benin 0.9256 GPI 2021 up 3.4% rising
182 Nepal 0.9234 GPI 2022 down 14.6% rising
183 Eswatini 0.9226 GPI 2019 up 1.9% falling
184 Djibouti 0.9175 GPI 2021 down 14.9% rising
185 Niger 0.9125 GPI 2021 up 11.4% rising
186 Ethiopia 0.9124 GPI 2021 down 0.9% rising
187 Lebanon 0.9115 GPI 1985 down 2.3% flat
188 Mali 0.9075 GPI 2020 up 5.8% rising
189 Cameroon 0.9012 GPI 2019 up 4.1% rising
190 Pakistan 0.8811 GPI 2019 up 3.1% rising
191 Yemen 0.8717 GPI 2016 up 18.0% rising
192 Eritrea 0.8604 GPI 2019 up 1.9% flat
193 Guinea 0.8481 GPI 2020 up 3.0% rising
194 Iraq 0.8417 GPI 2007 down 1.8% rising
195 Chad 0.8001 GPI 2021 up 7.2% rising
196 Central African Republic 0.7657 GPI 2017 up 7.7% rising
197 Afghanistan 0.6717 GPI 2019 up 2.2% rising
198 Somalia 0.5532 GPI 2007 — rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 9,722 data points, 1970–2022
Last refreshed

Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in primary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.