Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income

Low & middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9832 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9832 GPI
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
28th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.8881 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
26
1994–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income, 1994–2019

00.250.50.7511994200620191994: 0.888 GPI1995: 0.89 GPI1996: 0.896 GPI1997: 0.903 GPI1998: 0.904 GPI1999: 0.908 GPI2000: 0.912 GPI2001: 0.917 GPI2002: 0.921 GPI2003: 0.942 GPI2004: 0.943 GPI2005: 0.947 GPI2006: 0.951 GPI2007: 0.955 GPI2008: 0.963 GPI2009: 0.97 GPI2010: 0.972 GPI2011: 0.975 GPI2012: 0.98 GPI2013: 0.997 GPI2014: 0.998 GPI2015: 0.999 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 0.983 GPI2019: 0.983 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Low & middle income recorded 0.9832 GPI for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.

That represents a change of up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income peaked at 1 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8881 GPI, in 1994.

Low & middle income ranks 28th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Low & middle income, 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.8881 GPI
1995 0.8905 GPI +0.3%
1996 0.8957 GPI +0.6%
1997 0.9029 GPI +0.8%
1998 0.9044 GPI +0.2%
1999 0.9084 GPI +0.4%
2000 0.9117 GPI +0.4%
2001 0.9174 GPI +0.6%
2002 0.9215 GPI +0.4%
2003 0.9423 GPI +2.3%
2004 0.943 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9469 GPI +0.4%
2006 0.9509 GPI +0.4%
2007 0.9546 GPI +0.4%
2008 0.9633 GPI +0.9%
2009 0.9703 GPI +0.7%
2010 0.9715 GPI +0.1%
2011 0.9749 GPI +0.4%
2012 0.9798 GPI +0.5%
2013 0.9975 GPI +1.8%
2014 0.9978 GPI +0.0%
2015 0.9986 GPI +0.1%
2016 1 GPI +0.6%
2017 1 GPI -0.3%
2018 0.9831 GPI -1.9%
2019 0.9832 GPI +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8983 GPI 0.8881 GPI 0.9084 GPI 6
2000s 0.9422 GPI 0.9117 GPI 0.9703 GPI 10
2010s 0.9893 GPI 0.9715 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Low & middle income

  1. 25 Nepal 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 26 Belgium 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 27 Lesotho 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 28 Honduras 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 29 Ghana 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 30 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare
  7. 31 Samoa 1.02 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income was 0.9832 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Low & middle income?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Low & middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8881 GPI in 1994.
How does Low & middle income rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Low & middle income ranks 28th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Low & middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low & middle income 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.