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

Egypt: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
59th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7983 GPI
in 1996
Years of data
18
1995–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Egypt, 1995–2019

00.250.50.7511995200720191995: 0.883 GPI1996: 0.798 GPI1999: 0.922 GPI2000: 0.93 GPI2001: 0.938 GPI2002: 0.915 GPI2003: 0.946 GPI2004: 0.956 GPI2009: 0.981 GPI2010: 0.978 GPI2011: 0.966 GPI2012: 0.989 GPI2013: 0.992 GPI2014: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Egypt recorded 1 GPI for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Egypt peaked at 1 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7983 GPI, in 1996.

That places Egypt 59th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Egypt, 1995 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1995 0.8834 GPI
1996 0.7983 GPI -9.6%
1999 0.9223 GPI +15.5%
2000 0.9301 GPI +0.8%
2001 0.9381 GPI +0.9%
2002 0.9149 GPI -2.5%
2003 0.9456 GPI +3.4%
2004 0.9556 GPI +1.1%
2009 0.9813 GPI +2.7%
2010 0.9775 GPI -0.4%
2011 0.9665 GPI -1.1%
2012 0.9889 GPI +2.3%
2013 0.9924 GPI +0.4%
2014 1 GPI +0.8%
2016 1 GPI +0.1%
2017 1 GPI +0.1%
2018 1 GPI +0.0%
2019 1 GPI +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.868 GPI 0.7983 GPI 0.9223 GPI 3
2000s 0.9443 GPI 0.9149 GPI 0.9813 GPI 6
2010s 0.9929 GPI 0.9665 GPI 1 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 56 Kenya 1 GPI compare
  2. 57 Brunei 1 GPI compare
  3. 58 Tunisia 1 GPI compare
  4. 60 East Timor 1 GPI compare
  5. 61 Kuwait 1 GPI compare
  6. 62 Spain 1 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Egypt?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Egypt was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7983 GPI in 1996.
How does Egypt rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Egypt ranks 59th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Egypt 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.

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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.