Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Senegal has the highest school enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) (1.16 in 2021) and Afghanistan the lowest (0.67 in 2019). The world figure is 0.98 (2020).
What this measures
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.
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 1.16 | 2021 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 1.15 | 2021 |
| 3 | Gambia, The | 1.12 | 2022 |
| 4 | Mauritania | 1.07 | 2020 |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 1.07 | 2021 |
| 6 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 7 | Kiribati | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 8 | Sweden | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 9 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05 | 2021 |
| 10 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.04 | 2021 |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 1.04 | 2021 |
| 12 | Tanzania | 1.04 | 2021 |
| 13 | Bhutan | 1.04 | 2021 |
| 14 | Seychelles | 1.03 | 2021 |
| 15 | Naoero | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 16 | Malawi | 1.03 | 2019 |
| 17 | Uganda | 1.03 | 2017 |
| 18 | St. Lucia | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 19 | Zambia | 1.02 | 2017 |
| 20 | Mauritius | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 21 | Qatar | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 22 | Ecuador | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 25 | Albania | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 26 | Ghana | 1.02 | 2020 |
| 27 | Madagascar | 1.02 | 2019 |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 29 | India | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 31 | Belgium | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 32 | Malaysia | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 33 | Burundi | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 34 | Israel | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 35 | Azerbaijan | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 36 | Spain | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 1.01 | 2019 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 39 | Mexico | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 40 | China | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 41 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1.01 | 2019 |
| 42 | Iceland | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 43 | Germany | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 44 | Greece | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 45 | Georgia | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 46 | Armenia | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 48 | Argentina | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 49 | Montenegro | 1 | 2021 |
| 50 | Belarus | 1 | 2021 |
| 51 | Samoa | 1 | 2021 |
| 52 | Brunei Darussalam | 1 | 2020 |
| 53 | Norway | 1 | 2020 |
| 54 | Serbia | 1 | 2021 |
| 55 | Czechia | 1 | 2020 |
| 56 | New Zealand | 1 | 2020 |
| 57 | Japan | 1 | 2019 |
| 58 | Croatia | 1 | 2020 |
| 59 | Estonia | 1 | 2020 |
| 60 | Latvia | 1 | 2020 |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2020 |
| 62 | Lithuania | 1 | 2020 |
| 63 | Denmark | 1 | 2020 |
| 64 | Singapore | 1 | 2020 |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 1 | 2020 |
| 66 | Italy | 1 | 2020 |
| 67 | Comoros | 1 | 2018 |
| 68 | Bolivia | 1 | 2020 |
| 69 | Korea, Rep. | 1 | 2020 |
| 70 | Australia | 1 | 2020 |
| 71 | Netherlands | 1 | 2020 |
| 72 | Slovenia | 1 | 2020 |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2020 |
| 74 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2020 |
| 75 | Finland | 1 | 2020 |
| 76 | Malta | 1 | 2020 |
| 77 | Slovak Republic | 1 | 2020 |
| 78 | Oman | 1 | 2021 |
| 79 | Ireland | 1 | 2020 |
| 80 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 1 | 2021 |
| 81 | Maldives | 1 | 2020 |
| 82 | Liberia | 1 | 2020 |
| 83 | Kyrgyz Republic | 1 | 2021 |
| 84 | United States | 1 | 2020 |
| 85 | West Bank and Gaza | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 86 | Austria | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 88 | Bahrain | 0.99 | 2019 |
| 89 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.99 | 2015 |
| 90 | Rwanda | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 92 | Cyprus | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 93 | Switzerland | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 94 | Canada | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 95 | Thailand | 0.99 | 2022 |
| 96 | France | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 97 | Solomon Islands | 0.99 | 2019 |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 99 | Romania | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 100 | British Virgin Islands | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 101 | Russian Federation | 0.99 | 2019 |
| 102 | Suriname | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 103 | Uruguay | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 104 | Panama | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 0.99 | 2017 |
| 106 | Portugal | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 107 | Jordan | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 108 | Luxembourg | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 109 | Türkiye | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 110 | Grenada | 0.98 | 2018 |
| 111 | Guatemala | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 112 | Tunisia | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 113 | Cuba | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 114 | Bermuda | 0.98 | 2015 |
| 115 | Botswana | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 116 | Cambodia | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 117 | Timor-Leste | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 119 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 120 | Hungary | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 121 | Macao SAR, China | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 122 | Mongolia | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 123 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.98 | 2019 |
| 124 | Venezuela, RB | 0.98 | 2017 |
| 125 | Philippines | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 127 | Liechtenstein | 0.97 | 2020 |
| 128 | Morocco | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 129 | Congo, Rep. | 0.97 | 2018 |
| 130 | Lao PDR | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 131 | Barbados | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 132 | Kenya | 0.97 | 2019 |
| 133 | Peru | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 135 | Paraguay | 0.97 | 2015 |
| 136 | Algeria | 0.97 | 2020 |
| 137 | Chile | 0.97 | 2020 |
| 138 | São Tomé and Principe | 0.97 | 2017 |
| 139 | Gabon | 0.97 | 2019 |
| 140 | Indonesia | 0.97 | 2018 |
| 141 | Cayman Islands | 0.97 | 2018 |
| 142 | Colombia | 0.97 | 2020 |
| 143 | Namibia | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 144 | Togo | 0.96 | 2021 |
| 145 | Fiji | 0.96 | 2021 |
| 146 | Aruba | 0.96 | 2015 |
| 147 | Poland | 0.96 | 2020 |
| 148 | Tuvalu | 0.96 | 2021 |
| 149 | South Africa | 0.96 | 2020 |
| 150 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.96 | 2022 |
| 151 | Myanmar | 0.96 | 2018 |
| 152 | Belize | 0.96 | 2021 |
| 153 | Tonga | 0.95 | 2020 |
| 154 | Dominica | 0.95 | 2021 |
| 155 | Brazil | 0.95 | 2020 |
| 156 | Lesotho | 0.95 | 2019 |
| 157 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.95 | 2021 |
| 158 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0.95 | 2020 |
| 159 | Marshall Islands | 0.94 | 2021 |
| 160 | Mozambique | 0.94 | 2020 |
| 161 | Cabo Verde | 0.94 | 2019 |
| 162 | Angola | 0.94 | 2018 |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.93 | 2018 |
| 164 | Sudan | 0.93 | 2018 |
| 165 | Benin | 0.93 | 2021 |
| 166 | Nepal | 0.92 | 2022 |
| 167 | Eswatini | 0.92 | 2019 |
| 168 | Djibouti | 0.92 | 2021 |
| 169 | Niger | 0.91 | 2021 |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 0.91 | 2021 |
| 171 | Mali | 0.91 | 2020 |
| 172 | Cameroon | 0.9 | 2019 |
| 173 | Pakistan | 0.88 | 2019 |
| 174 | Yemen, Rep. | 0.87 | 2016 |
| 175 | Eritrea | 0.86 | 2019 |
| 176 | Guinea | 0.85 | 2020 |
| 177 | Chad | 0.8 | 2021 |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 0.77 | 2017 |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 0.67 | 2019 |
Regions and income groups
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- Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
- Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)
- Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
- Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
- Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
- Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)
- Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
- Compulsory education, duration (years)
- School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
- School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
- Preprimary education, duration (years)
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, SE.ENR.PRIM.FM.ZS, CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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