School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) - Country Ranking

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Senegal 1.15 2020
2 Kuwait 1.13 2020
3 The Gambia 1.12 2020
4 Bangladesh 1.09 2020
5 Palau 1.07 2020
6 Mauritania 1.06 2019
7 Oman 1.06 2020
8 Iran 1.06 2017
9 Kiribati 1.06 2020
10 Azerbaijan 1.04 2020
11 Seychelles 1.04 2020
12 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.04 2020
13 Sweden 1.04 2019
14 Qatar 1.03 2020
15 Sierra Leone 1.03 2020
16 Nauru 1.03 2020
17 Tanzania 1.03 2020
18 Malawi 1.03 2019
19 Uganda 1.03 2017
20 Albania 1.03 2020
21 St. Lucia 1.03 2020
22 Zambia 1.02 2017
23 Mauritius 1.02 2021
24 Vietnam 1.02 2020
25 Ukraine 1.02 2014
26 Ecuador 1.02 2020
27 India 1.02 2020
28 Saudi Arabia 1.02 2020
29 Nepal 1.02 2019
30 Ghana 1.02 2020
31 Madagascar 1.02 2019
32 Costa Rica 1.02 2020
33 Puerto Rico 1.02 2013
34 Bhutan 1.02 2020
35 Burundi 1.01 2021
36 Spain 1.01 2019
37 Israel 1.01 2019
38 Armenia 1.01 2020
39 Tuvalu 1.01 2020
40 Belgium 1.01 2019
41 China 1.01 2020
42 United Arab Emirates 1.01 2020
43 Burkina Faso 1.01 2020
44 Mexico 1.01 2019
45 Malaysia 1.01 2019
46 Germany 1.01 2019
47 Egypt 1.01 2019
48 Malta 1.01 2019
49 Estonia 1.01 2019
50 Honduras 1.01 2020
51 Croatia 1.01 2019
52 United States 1.01 2019
53 Zimbabwe 1.01 2020
54 Greece 1.01 2019
55 Georgia 1.01 2020
56 Czech Republic 1.00 2019
57 Jamaica 1.00 2007
58 Iceland 1.00 2019
59 Brunei 1.00 2020
60 Kenya 1.00 2016
61 Japan 1.00 2018
62 Argentina 1.00 2019
63 New Zealand 1.00 2019
64 Thailand 1.00 2020
65 Latvia 1.00 2019
66 Liechtenstein 1.00 2019
67 Netherlands 1.00 2019
68 Singapore 1.00 2019
69 Norway 1.00 2019
70 Montenegro 1.00 2020
71 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 1.00 2018
72 Australia 1.00 2019
73 Ireland 1.00 2019
74 Serbia 1.00 2020
75 Suriname 1.00 2019
76 Korea 1.00 2019
77 Slovenia 1.00 2019
78 Denmark 1.00 2019
79 Comoros 1.00 2018
80 North Macedonia 1.00 2018
81 Kazakhstan 1.00 2020
82 Belarus 1.00 2018
83 United Kingdom 1.00 2019
84 Kyrgyz Republic 1.00 2020
85 Lithuania 1.00 2019
86 Sri Lanka 1.00 2019
87 Slovak Republic 1.00 2019
88 Panama 1.00 2020
89 Switzerland 1.00 2019
90 France 0.99 2019
91 Uruguay 0.99 2019
92 Finland 0.99 2019
93 Canada 0.99 2019
94 Bolivia 0.99 2019
95 Bahrain 0.99 2019
96 Equatorial Guinea 0.99 2015
97 Austria 0.99 2019
98 Cyprus 0.99 2019
99 Bulgaria 0.99 2019
100 Solomon Islands 0.99 2019
101 Antigua and Barbuda 0.99 2018
102 Nicaragua 0.99 2010
103 Liberia 0.99 2017
104 Russia 0.99 2019
105 Romania 0.99 2019
106 Tajikistan 0.99 2017
107 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.99 2018
108 Turkey 0.99 2019
109 Samoa 0.99 2020
110 Luxembourg 0.99 2019
111 Jordan 0.99 2020
112 Poland 0.99 2019
113 Hungary 0.99 2019
114 Grenada 0.98 2018
115 Tunisia 0.98 2020
116 Moldova 0.98 2020
117 Turkmenistan 0.98 2020
118 Uzbekistan 0.98 2020
119 Guatemala 0.98 2020
120 Italy 0.98 2019
121 Rwanda 0.98 2019
122 Cayman Islands 0.98 2020
123 Mongolia 0.98 2019
124 Portugal 0.98 2019
125 Timor-Leste 0.98 2019
126 Nigeria 0.98 2018
127 Botswana 0.98 2015
128 Paraguay 0.98 2020
129 Venezuela 0.98 2017
130 Vanuatu 0.98 2020
131 El Salvador 0.98 2019
132 San Marino 0.98 2020
133 Macao SAR, China 0.98 2020
134 Congo 0.97 2018
135 Chile 0.97 2019
136 Cuba 0.97 2020
137 Togo 0.97 2020
138 Haiti 0.97 1998
139 Morocco 0.97 2020
140 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.97 2016
141 Philippines 0.97 2019
142 Barbados 0.97 2020
143 Cambodia 0.97 2020
144 Algeria 0.97 2020
145 The Bahamas 0.97 2006
146 Gabon 0.97 2011
147 Lao PDR 0.97 2020
148 São Tomé and Principe 0.97 2017
149 Colombia 0.97 2019
150 Indonesia 0.97 2018
151 Namibia 0.97 2018
152 Trinidad and Tobago 0.97 2010
153 Syrian Arab Republic 0.97 2013
154 South Africa 0.97 2019
155 Guyana 0.96 2012
156 Fiji 0.96 2019
157 Peru 0.96 2020
158 Andorra 0.96 1983
159 Libya 0.96 2006
160 Dominican Republic 0.96 2020
161 Myanmar 0.96 2018
162 Brazil 0.96 2019
163 Belize 0.95 2020
164 Tonga 0.95 2020
165 Lesotho 0.95 2017
166 Côte d'Ivoire 0.94 2020
167 Mozambique 0.94 2020
168 Cabo Verde 0.94 2019
169 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.94 2018
170 Papua New Guinea 0.93 2018
171 Dominica 0.93 2020
172 Sudan 0.93 2018
173 Guinea-Bissau 0.93 2010
174 Benin 0.93 2020
175 Eswatini 0.92 2019
176 Djibouti 0.92 2021
177 Lebanon 0.91 1985
178 Ethiopia 0.91 2020
179 Cameroon 0.90 2019
180 Mali 0.90 2018
181 Pakistan 0.88 2019
182 Niger 0.88 2019
183 Angola 0.87 2015
184 Yemen 0.87 2016
185 Eritrea 0.86 2018
186 Guinea 0.85 2020
187 Iraq 0.84 2007
188 Central African Republic 0.78 2016
189 Chad 0.78 2019
190 Afghanistan 0.67 2019
191 Somalia 0.55 2007

More rankings: Africa | Asia | Central America & the Caribbean | Europe | Middle East | North America | Oceania | South America | World |

Development Relevance: The Gender Parity Index (GPI) indicates parity between girls and boys. A GPI of less than 1 suggests girls are more disadvantaged than boys in learning opportunities and a GPI of greater than 1 suggests the other way around. Eliminating gender disparities in education would help increase the status and capabilities of women.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: This indicator is calculated by dividing female gross enrollment ratio in primary education by male gross enrollment ratio in primary education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual