Gender Parity in Primary Education by Country
As of 2021, Senegal leads globally in gender parity in primary education at 1.16, followed by Kuwait, The Gambia, Mauritania. At the lower end, Somalia, Afghanistan, South Sudan rank among the lowest. The global median is 0.99 (Thailand). This indicator falls under the "Gender" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 201 countries.
All Countries Ranked
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| # | Country | Gender Parity in Primary Education | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Senegal | 1.16 | 2021 |
| 2 |  Kuwait | 1.15 | 2021 |
| 3 |  The Gambia | 1.12 | 2022 |
| 4 |  Mauritania | 1.07 | 2020 |
| 5 |  Gibraltar | 1.07 | 2021 |
| 6 |  Iran | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 7 |  Kiribati | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 8 |  Sweden | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 9 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05 | 2021 |
| 10 |  Hong Kong | 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 |  Nauru | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 16 |  Malawi | 1.03 | 2019 |
| 17 |  Uganda | 1.03 | 2017 |
| 18 |  St. Lucia | 1.02 | 2020 |
| 19 |  Zambia | 1.02 | 2017 |
| 20 |  Mauritius | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 21 |  Qatar | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 22 |  Ukraine | 1.02 | 2014 |
| 23 |  Ecuador | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 24 |  Vietnam | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 25 |  Bangladesh | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 26 |  Albania | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 27 |  Ghana | 1.02 | 2020 |
| 28 |  Madagascar | 1.02 | 2019 |
| 29 |  Burkina Faso | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 30 |  Puerto Rico | 1.02 | 2013 |
| 31 |  India | 1.02 | 2021 |
| 32 |  Saudi Arabia | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 33 |  Belgium | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 34 |  Malaysia | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 35 |  Burundi | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 36 |  Israel | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 37 |  Sint Maarten | 1.01 | 2014 |
| 38 |  Azerbaijan | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 39 |  Spain | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 40 |  Nigeria | 1.01 | 2019 |
| 41 |  Mexico | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 42 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 43 |  China | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 44 |  Egypt | 1.01 | 2019 |
| 45 |  Iceland | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 46 |  Germany | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 47 |  Greece | 1.01 | 2020 |
| 48 |  Georgia | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 49 |  Armenia | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 50 |  Zimbabwe | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 51 |  Argentina | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 52 |  Montenegro | 1.00 | 2021 |
| 53 |  Belarus | 1.00 | 2021 |
| 54 |  Jamaica | 1.00 | 2007 |
| 55 |  Samoa | 1.00 | 2021 |
| 56 |  Brunei | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 57 |  Norway | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 58 |  Serbia | 1.00 | 2021 |
| 59 |  Czechia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 60 |  New Zealand | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 61 |  Japan | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 62 |  Croatia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 63 |  Estonia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 64 |  Latvia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 65 |  Lithuania | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 66 |  Sri Lanka | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 67 |  North Macedonia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 68 |  Denmark | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 69 |  Singapore | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 70 |  North Korea | 1.00 | 2018 |
| 71 |  Italy | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 72 |  Comoros | 1.00 | 2018 |
| 73 |  Bolivia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 74 |  South Korea | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 75 |  Slovenia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 76 |  Netherlands | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 77 |  Australia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 78 |  Kazakhstan | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 79 |  United Kingdom | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 80 |  Finland | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 81 |  Malta | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 82 |  Oman | 1.00 | 2021 |
| 83 |  Ireland | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 84 |  Slovakia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 85 |  Micronesia | 1.00 | 2021 |
| 86 |  Honduras | 1.00 | 2012 |
| 87 |  Maldives | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 88 |  Liberia | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 89 |  United States | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 90 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.00 | 2021 |
| 91 |  West Bank and Gaza | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 92 |  Austria | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 93 |  Bulgaria | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 94 |  Bahrain | 0.99 | 2019 |
| 95 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.99 | 2015 |
| 96 |  Rwanda | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 97 |  Nicaragua | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 98 |  Cyprus | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 99 |  Switzerland | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 100 |  Canada | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 101 |  Thailand | 0.99 | 2022 |
| 102 |  France | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 103 |  Solomon Islands | 0.99 | 2019 |
| 104 |  Costa Rica | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 105 |  San Marino | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 106 |  Romania | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 107 |  Russia | 0.99 | 2019 |
| 108 |  British Virgin Islands | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 109 |  Suriname | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 110 |  Uruguay | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 111 |  Panama | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 112 |  Moldova | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 113 |  Tajikistan | 0.99 | 2017 |
| 114 |  Portugal | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 115 |  Jordan | 0.99 | 2021 |
| 116 |  Luxembourg | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 117 |  Türkiye | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 118 |  Grenada | 0.98 | 2018 |
| 119 |  Guatemala | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 120 | World | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 121 |  Tunisia | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 122 |  Turkmenistan | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 123 |  Cuba | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 124 |  Bermuda | 0.98 | 2015 |
| 125 |  Botswana | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 126 |  Timor-Leste | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 127 |  Cambodia | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 128 |  Uzbekistan | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 129 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 130 |  Hungary | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 131 |  Macao | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 132 |  Mongolia | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 133 |  Venezuela | 0.98 | 2017 |
| 134 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0.98 | 2019 |
| 135 |  Philippines | 0.98 | 2021 |
| 136 |  Vanuatu | 0.98 | 2020 |
| 137 |  Liechtenstein | 0.97 | 2020 |
| 138 |  Morocco | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 139 |  Republic of the Congo | 0.97 | 2018 |
| 140 |  Laos | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 141 |  Barbados | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 142 |  Kenya | 0.97 | 2019 |
| 143 |  Peru | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 144 |  Dominican Republic | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 145 |  Paraguay | 0.97 | 2015 |
| 146 |  Algeria | 0.97 | 2020 |
| 147 |  Bahamas | 0.97 | 2006 |
| 148 |  Palau | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 149 |  Chile | 0.97 | 2020 |
| 150 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0.97 | 2017 |
| 151 |  Gabon | 0.97 | 2019 |
| 152 |  Indonesia | 0.97 | 2018 |
| 153 |  Cayman Islands | 0.97 | 2018 |
| 154 |  Colombia | 0.97 | 2020 |
| 155 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 0.97 | 2010 |
| 156 |  Syria | 0.97 | 2013 |
| 157 |  Namibia | 0.97 | 2021 |
| 158 |  Togo | 0.96 | 2021 |
| 159 |  Fiji | 0.96 | 2021 |
| 160 |  Aruba | 0.96 | 2015 |
| 161 |  Guyana | 0.96 | 2012 |
| 162 |  Poland | 0.96 | 2020 |
| 163 |  Tuvalu | 0.96 | 2021 |
| 164 |  South Africa | 0.96 | 2020 |
| 165 |  Libya | 0.96 | 2006 |
| 166 |  El Salvador | 0.96 | 2014 |
| 167 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 0.96 | 2022 |
| 168 |  Myanmar | 0.96 | 2018 |
| 169 |  Belize | 0.95 | 2021 |
| 170 |  Tonga | 0.95 | 2020 |
| 171 |  Dominica | 0.95 | 2021 |
| 172 |  Brazil | 0.95 | 2020 |
| 173 |  Lesotho | 0.95 | 2019 |
| 174 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.95 | 2021 |
| 175 |  DR Congo | 0.95 | 2020 |
| 176 |  Curaçao | 0.95 | 2020 |
| 177 |  Marshall Islands | 0.94 | 2021 |
| 178 |  Mozambique | 0.94 | 2020 |
| 179 |  Cabo Verde | 0.94 | 2019 |
| 180 |  Angola | 0.94 | 2018 |
| 181 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.93 | 2018 |
| 182 |  Sudan | 0.93 | 2018 |
| 183 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0.93 | 2010 |
| 184 |  Benin | 0.93 | 2021 |
| 185 |  Nepal | 0.92 | 2022 |
| 186 |  Eswatini | 0.92 | 2019 |
| 187 |  Djibouti | 0.92 | 2021 |
| 188 |  Niger | 0.91 | 2021 |
| 189 |  Ethiopia | 0.91 | 2021 |
| 190 |  Mali | 0.91 | 2020 |
| 191 |  Cameroon | 0.90 | 2019 |
| 192 |  Pakistan | 0.88 | 2019 |
| 193 |  Yemen | 0.87 | 2016 |
| 194 |  Eritrea | 0.86 | 2019 |
| 195 |  Guinea | 0.85 | 2020 |
| 196 |  Iraq | 0.84 | 2007 |
| 197 |  Chad | 0.80 | 2021 |
| 198 |  Central African Republic | 0.77 | 2017 |
| 199 |  South Sudan | 0.71 | 2015 |
| 200 |  Afghanistan | 0.67 | 2019 |
| 201 |  Somalia | 0.55 | 2007 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest gender parity in primary education in 2021?
Senegal ranks #1 with gender parity in primary education of 1.16 as of 2021, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest gender parity in primary education?
Somalia ranks last (#201) with 0.55 as of 2021.
What is the global median for gender parity in primary education?
The median value is 0.99 (Thailand, ranked #101 out of 201 countries).
How many countries report data for gender parity in primary education?
201 countries have available data for gender parity in primary education. Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does gender parity in primary education belong to?
Gender Parity in Primary Education is classified under the "Gender" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.
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