Dataset
Average years of schooling, adjusted gender parity index
owid.gender-ratios-for-mean-years-of-schooling
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About
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal average years of schooling between men and women. Values below 1 favor men, and above 1 favor women.
Cite as: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Average years of schooling, adjusted gender parity index” [dataset]. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, “UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) – Education” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1970–2024
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- 2026-05-12
- Units
- index
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gender-ratios-for-mean-years-of-schooling
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| mean_years_of_schooling__isced_1_or_higher__population_25plus_years__adjusted_gender_parity_index__gpia | number | Average years of schooling, adjusted gender parity index (index) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |