School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) by country
Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
1.83 GPI
Gambia
Lowest
0.348 GPI
Central African Republic
Median
1.22 GPI
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
6,538
What the numbers show
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 1.83 GPI in Gambia; the lowest is 0.348 GPI in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.22 GPI, and the mean is 1.15 GPI.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 375.9%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 50.2%).
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gambia | 1.83 GPI | 2024 | up 158.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.78 GPI | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.68 GPI | 2022 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 4 | Maldives | 1.64 GPI | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 5 | Qatar | 1.64 GPI | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 6 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.63 GPI | 1993 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 7 | Guyana | 1.57 GPI | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 8 | Aruba | 1.57 GPI | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 9 | Samoa | 1.57 GPI | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 1.53 GPI | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 11 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.52 GPI | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 12 | Iceland | 1.52 GPI | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 13 | Seychelles | 1.51 GPI | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 14 | Tonga | 1.51 GPI | 2023 | — | rising |
| 15 | Cuba | 1.49 GPI | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 1.49 GPI | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 17 | Barbados | 1.49 GPI | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.48 GPI | 2015 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 19 | Bahrain | 1.47 GPI | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 1.45 GPI | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 21 | Belize | 1.45 GPI | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 22 | Oman | 1.45 GPI | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 23 | Tunisia | 1.45 GPI | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 24 | Jamaica | 1.42 GPI | 2015 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 25 | Namibia | 1.42 GPI | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 1.42 GPI | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 27 | Uruguay | 1.42 GPI | 2023 | — | rising |
| 28 | Mongolia | 1.41 GPI | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 29 | Venezuela | 1.41 GPI | 2008 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.4 GPI | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 1.4 GPI | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 32 | Sweden | 1.4 GPI | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 33 | Kuwait | 1.39 GPI | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.39 GPI | 2024 | — | rising |
| 35 | Botswana | 1.39 GPI | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 36 | Malta | 1.38 GPI | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 37 | New Zealand | 1.38 GPI | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 38 | Palestine | 1.38 GPI | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 39 | Panama | 1.37 GPI | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 40 | British Virgin Islands | 1.37 GPI | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 1.37 GPI | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 42 | Poland | 1.37 GPI | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 43 | Cape Verde | 1.36 GPI | 2018 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 44 | Brazil | 1.36 GPI | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 45 | Algeria | 1.35 GPI | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 46 | Brunei | 1.35 GPI | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 47 | Slovenia | 1.34 GPI | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 48 | Estonia | 1.34 GPI | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 49 | Montenegro | 1.34 GPI | 2023 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 50 | Lesotho | 1.34 GPI | 2018 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 51 | Norway | 1.34 GPI | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 52 | Bermuda | 1.34 GPI | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 53 | Honduras | 1.33 GPI | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 54 | Palau | 1.33 GPI | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 55 | Croatia | 1.33 GPI | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 56 | Jordan | 1.33 GPI | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 57 | Latvia | 1.32 GPI | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 58 | Cyprus | 1.32 GPI | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 59 | Myanmar | 1.32 GPI | 2018 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 60 | United States | 1.32 GPI | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 1.31 GPI | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 62 | Lithuania | 1.31 GPI | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 63 | Australia | 1.31 GPI | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 64 | Malaysia | 1.31 GPI | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 65 | Serbia | 1.3 GPI | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 66 | Israel | 1.3 GPI | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 1.3 GPI | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 68 | Paraguay | 1.29 GPI | 2010 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 1.29 GPI | 2024 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 70 | Denmark | 1.29 GPI | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 1.29 GPI | 2023 | — | rising |
| 72 | Italy | 1.29 GPI | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 73 | Armenia | 1.28 GPI | 2024 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.28 GPI | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 75 | United Kingdom | 1.27 GPI | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 76 | Belgium | 1.27 GPI | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 77 | Canada | 1.27 GPI | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 78 | Suriname | 1.27 GPI | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 79 | Marshall Islands | 1.27 GPI | 2024 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 80 | Czechia | 1.26 GPI | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 81 | El Salvador | 1.26 GPI | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 82 | Thailand | 1.26 GPI | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 83 | France | 1.25 GPI | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 84 | Finland | 1.25 GPI | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 85 | Albania | 1.24 GPI | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 86 | Moldova | 1.24 GPI | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 87 | Romania | 1.24 GPI | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 88 | Lebanon | 1.24 GPI | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 89 | Austria | 1.23 GPI | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 90 | Spain | 1.23 GPI | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 91 | Fiji | 1.22 GPI | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 92 | Grenada | 1.22 GPI | 2018 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 1.22 GPI | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 94 | Philippines | 1.22 GPI | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 1.22 GPI | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 96 | Nepal | 1.22 GPI | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 1.21 GPI | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 98 | Ecuador | 1.21 GPI | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 99 | Hungary | 1.21 GPI | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 100 | Guatemala | 1.21 GPI | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Indonesia | 1.2 GPI | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 102 | Morocco | 1.19 GPI | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 103 | Ireland | 1.19 GPI | 2022 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 1.18 GPI | 2019 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 105 | Portugal | 1.18 GPI | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 1.17 GPI | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 107 | Netherlands | 1.16 GPI | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 108 | Georgia | 1.16 GPI | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 109 | Mexico | 1.16 GPI | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 110 | Vietnam | 1.16 GPI | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 1.16 GPI | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 112 | Colombia | 1.15 GPI | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 113 | Chile | 1.15 GPI | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 114 | Syria | 1.15 GPI | 2016 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 1.14 GPI | 2025 | up 83.4% | rising |
| 116 | Belarus | 1.14 GPI | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 117 | China | 1.14 GPI | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 118 | Switzerland | 1.12 GPI | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 119 | Libya | 1.12 GPI | 2003 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Bhutan | 1.11 GPI | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 121 | Cambodia | 1.11 GPI | 2024 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Senegal | 1.11 GPI | 2024 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 123 | Macao | 1.11 GPI | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 124 | Germany | 1.1 GPI | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 125 | Hong Kong | 1.09 GPI | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 126 | Singapore | 1.09 GPI | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 127 | Andorra | 1.09 GPI | 2024 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 128 | Peru | 1.08 GPI | 2017 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 129 | Turkey | 1.07 GPI | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 1.07 GPI | 2024 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 131 | Russia | 1.07 GPI | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 132 | India | 1.07 GPI | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 133 | Greece | 1.07 GPI | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 134 | Egypt | 1.03 GPI | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 135 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.03 GPI | 2015 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 136 | Pakistan | 1.03 GPI | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 137 | Madagascar | 1.02 GPI | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 138 | Ghana | 1.02 GPI | 2024 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Iran | 1.01 GPI | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 140 | San Marino | 1.01 GPI | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 141 | Saudi Arabia | 1.01 GPI | 2024 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 142 | Sudan | 1 GPI | 2015 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 143 | Mauritius | 1 GPI | 2025 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 144 | Angola | 0.9887 GPI | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 0.9874 GPI | 2013 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.983 GPI | 2024 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Japan | 0.9742 GPI | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 148 | Cameroon | 0.9648 GPI | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 0.9453 GPI | 2024 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 0.9443 GPI | 2017 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 151 | Dominica | 0.9163 GPI | 1993 | down 50.2% | flat |
| 152 | Burundi | 0.9032 GPI | 2025 | up 173.6% | rising |
| 153 | South Korea | 0.8915 GPI | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 154 | Ukraine | 0.8539 GPI | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 155 | Tanzania | 0.8225 GPI | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Mozambique | 0.8098 GPI | 2018 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 157 | Rwanda | 0.8043 GPI | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Kenya | 0.7935 GPI | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 0.7715 GPI | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Uganda | 0.7671 GPI | 2014 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 161 | Zambia | 0.7534 GPI | 2012 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 162 | Laos | 0.7453 GPI | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 0.7401 GPI | 2024 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 164 | Eritrea | 0.7043 GPI | 2016 | up 375.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Malawi | 0.6959 GPI | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 166 | Nigeria | 0.6941 GPI | 2011 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 167 | Djibouti | 0.6718 GPI | 2011 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 168 | Congo | 0.6691 GPI | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Liechtenstein | 0.6517 GPI | 2021 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 170 | Niger | 0.6364 GPI | 2019 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 171 | Liberia | 0.6122 GPI | 2012 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 172 | Benin | 0.5931 GPI | 2022 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 173 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5923 GPI | 2020 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Iraq | 0.5838 GPI | 2005 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 175 | Gabon | 0.5778 GPI | 2003 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 176 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5725 GPI | 1999 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 177 | Togo | 0.5698 GPI | 2020 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Mauritania | 0.566 GPI | 2020 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 179 | Yemen | 0.4451 GPI | 2011 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 180 | Guinea | 0.4411 GPI | 2014 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 0.433 GPI | 2014 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 182 | Mali | 0.4234 GPI | 2015 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Sierra Leone | 0.4024 GPI | 2002 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Chad | 0.3945 GPI | 2020 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 0.3809 GPI | 2020 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 186 | Haiti | 0.3482 GPI | 1986 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 0.348 GPI | 2012 | up 76.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean small states 1.43 GPI
- Other small states 1.36 GPI
- Small states 1.34 GPI
- North America 1.3 GPI
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1.3 GPI
- Latin America & Caribbean 1.29 GPI
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.29 GPI
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.28 GPI
- European Union 1.22 GPI
- Post-demographic dividend 1.22 GPI
- High income 1.21 GPI
- Euro area 1.2 GPI
About this data
Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.