Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Brazil

Brazil: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9659 GPI in 2011. ▬ Flat

Latest (2011)
0.9659 GPI
Change on year
down 2.7%
World rank
154th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9942 GPI
in 2003
All-time low
0.9659 GPI
in 2011
Years of data
10
1999–2011

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Brazil, 1999–2011

00.20.40.60.811999200520111999: 0.986 GPI2001: 0.98 GPI2002: 0.976 GPI2003: 0.994 GPI2004: 0.994 GPI2005: 0.992 GPI2007: 0.989 GPI2008: 0.982 GPI2009: 0.992 GPI2011: 0.966 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 0.9659 GPI for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Brazil peaked at 0.9942 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.9659 GPI, in 2011.

Brazil ranks 154th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Brazil, 1999 to 2011.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.9857 GPI
2001 0.9802 GPI -0.6%
2002 0.9764 GPI -0.4%
2003 0.9942 GPI +1.8%
2004 0.9941 GPI -0.0%
2005 0.9919 GPI -0.2%
2007 0.9892 GPI -0.3%
2008 0.9816 GPI -0.8%
2009 0.9923 GPI +1.1%
2011 0.9659 GPI -2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9857 GPI 0.9857 GPI 0.9857 GPI 1
2000s 0.9875 GPI 0.9764 GPI 0.9942 GPI 8
2010s 0.9659 GPI 0.9659 GPI 0.9659 GPI 1

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 151 Luxembourg 0.9695 GPI compare
  2. 152 Thailand 0.9686 GPI compare
  3. 153 Italy 0.967 GPI compare
  4. 155 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9657 GPI compare
  5. 156 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9627 GPI compare
  6. 157 Liechtenstein 0.961 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

More reference data data for Brazil

All data for Brazil →

Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Brazil?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Brazil was 0.9659 GPI in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.9942 GPI in 2003.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9659 GPI in 2011.
How does Brazil rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Brazil ranks 154th out of 188 countries with data for 2011.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Brazil. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-primary-and-lower-secondary-gender-parity-index-gpi/brazil/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-primary-and-lower-secondary-gender-parity-index-gpi/brazil/">Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Brazil</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,500 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female gross enrolment ratio for primary and lower secondary to male gross enrolment ratio for primary and lower secondary. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A 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.