Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Euro area

Euro area: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9908 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9908 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
27th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.996 GPI
in 1993
All-time low
0.9871 GPI
in 2017
Years of data
28
1992–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Euro area, 1992–2019

00.20.40.60.811992200520191992: 0.995 GPI1993: 0.996 GPI1994: 0.994 GPI1995: 0.99 GPI1996: 0.989 GPI1997: 0.99 GPI1998: 0.989 GPI1999: 0.991 GPI2000: 0.994 GPI2001: 0.99 GPI2002: 0.988 GPI2003: 0.989 GPI2004: 0.992 GPI2005: 0.99 GPI2006: 0.989 GPI2007: 0.99 GPI2008: 0.989 GPI2009: 0.989 GPI2010: 0.988 GPI2011: 0.989 GPI2012: 0.99 GPI2013: 0.991 GPI2014: 0.992 GPI2015: 0.992 GPI2016: 0.992 GPI2017: 0.987 GPI2018: 0.99 GPI2019: 0.991 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Euro area is 0.9908 GPI, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Euro area peaked at 0.996 GPI in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.9871 GPI, in 2017.

Euro area ranks 27th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Euro area, 1992 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1992 0.9948 GPI
1993 0.996 GPI +0.1%
1994 0.9937 GPI -0.2%
1995 0.9898 GPI -0.4%
1996 0.9893 GPI -0.1%
1997 0.9904 GPI +0.1%
1998 0.989 GPI -0.1%
1999 0.9907 GPI +0.2%
2000 0.9941 GPI +0.3%
2001 0.9897 GPI -0.4%
2002 0.9881 GPI -0.2%
2003 0.9887 GPI +0.1%
2004 0.9922 GPI +0.4%
2005 0.9902 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.989 GPI -0.1%
2007 0.9895 GPI +0.1%
2008 0.9888 GPI -0.1%
2009 0.9893 GPI +0.0%
2010 0.9881 GPI -0.1%
2011 0.9887 GPI +0.1%
2012 0.9902 GPI +0.2%
2013 0.991 GPI +0.1%
2014 0.992 GPI +0.1%
2015 0.9921 GPI +0.0%
2016 0.9922 GPI +0.0%
2017 0.9871 GPI -0.5%
2018 0.9895 GPI +0.2%
2019 0.9908 GPI +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9917 GPI 0.989 GPI 0.996 GPI 8
2000s 0.99 GPI 0.9881 GPI 0.9941 GPI 10
2010s 0.9902 GPI 0.9871 GPI 0.9922 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Euro area

  1. 24 Sierra Leone 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 25 Nepal 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 26 Belgium 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 27 Lesotho 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 28 Honduras 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 29 Ghana 1.02 GPI compare
  7. 30 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Euro area?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Euro area was 0.9908 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Euro area?
The highest recorded value was 0.996 GPI in 1993.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Euro area?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9871 GPI in 2017.
How does Euro area rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Euro area ranks 27th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Euro area?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Euro area 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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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.