Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI...

Countries reporting
41
Highest
1.27 GPIA
Uruguay
Lowest
0.3809 GPIA
Togo
Median
0.986 GPIA
Years covered
24
1996–2019
Data points
385

What the numbers show

Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 1.27 GPIA in Uruguay; the lowest is 0.3809 GPIA in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.986 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9365 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 66.5%), and the largest decrease in Togo (down 35.5%).

Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity ind: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uruguay 1.27 GPIA 2018 down 0.0% flat
2 Dominican Republic 1.24 GPIA 2018 down 4.0% flat
3 Honduras 1.24 GPIA 2018 up 3.3% falling
4 Vietnam 1.17 GPIA 2014 up 13.4% rising
5 Costa Rica 1.16 GPIA 2018 up 3.2% flat
6 Venezuela 1.15 GPIA 2014 down 6.6% falling
7 Brazil 1.15 GPIA 2018 down 1.0% flat
8 Mongolia 1.12 GPIA 2018 up 2.3% flat
9 Philippines 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 7.9% falling
10 Panama 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 3.4% flat
11 Ethiopia 1.11 GPIA 2016 up 10.8% rising
12 Paraguay 1.08 GPIA 2018 up 7.0% flat
13 Mexico 1.07 GPIA 2018 up 0.4% flat
14 Colombia 1.07 GPIA 2018 up 0.8% flat
15 Chile 1.06 GPIA 2017 up 2.0% flat
16 Ecuador 1.05 GPIA 2018 down 4.2% falling
17 El Salvador 1.04 GPIA 2018 down 3.9% flat
18 Bolivia 1.03 GPIA 2018 up 13.7% rising
19 United States 1.02 GPIA 2017 down 2.2% flat
20 Peru 1.01 GPIA 2018 up 1.6% flat
21 Indonesia 0.986 GPIA 2017 up 2.6% rising
22 Ghana 0.9729 GPIA 2018 up 25.0% rising
23 Cambodia 0.9662 GPIA 2014 up 61.5% rising
24 Haiti 0.958 GPIA 2017 up 19.1% rising
25 Guatemala 0.9053 GPIA 2015 up 3.4% flat
26 Gambia 0.8772 GPIA 2018 up 39.7% rising
27 Bangladesh 0.866 GPIA 2019 up 27.9% rising
28 Kenya 0.8488 GPIA 2014 down 1.8% flat
29 Rwanda 0.8435 GPIA 2015 down 14.8% rising
30 Malawi 0.8424 GPIA 2016 up 32.4% flat
31 Zambia 0.8185 GPIA 2018 down 3.2% rising
32 Uganda 0.7907 GPIA 2016 up 12.1% rising
33 Cameroon 0.7824 GPIA 2014 up 34.5% rising
34 Nigeria 0.7558 GPIA 2018 down 6.7% falling
35 Zimbabwe 0.7069 GPIA 2019 up 10.3% rising
36 Senegal 0.6947 GPIA 2017 up 64.1% rising
37 Mali 0.6033 GPIA 2018 up 23.6% rising
38 Sierra Leone 0.6011 GPIA 2017 up 32.7% rising
39 Guinea 0.5059 GPIA 2018 up 66.5% rising
40 Benin 0.4458 GPIA 2018 up 13.7% rising
41 Togo 0.3809 GPIA 2017 down 35.5% falling

About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
41 places, 385 data points, 1996–2019
Last refreshed

The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/