Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9548 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9548 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
35th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9548 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.835 GPI
in 1996
Years of data
26
1994–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.849 GPI1995: 0.854 GPI1996: 0.835 GPI1997: 0.858 GPI1998: 0.865 GPI1999: 0.873 GPI2000: 0.879 GPI2001: 0.886 GPI2002: 0.886 GPI2003: 0.899 GPI2004: 0.903 GPI2005: 0.905 GPI2006: 0.909 GPI2007: 0.916 GPI2008: 0.921 GPI2009: 0.925 GPI2010: 0.925 GPI2011: 0.922 GPI2012: 0.93 GPI2013: 0.938 GPI2014: 0.945 GPI2015: 0.949 GPI2016: 0.952 GPI2017: 0.951 GPI2018: 0.953 GPI2019: 0.955 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) recorded 0.9548 GPI for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.9548 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.835 GPI, in 1996.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 35th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.8485 GPI
1995 0.854 GPI +0.6%
1996 0.835 GPI -2.2%
1997 0.858 GPI +2.8%
1998 0.8652 GPI +0.8%
1999 0.8733 GPI +0.9%
2000 0.8794 GPI +0.7%
2001 0.8863 GPI +0.8%
2002 0.8862 GPI -0.0%
2003 0.8991 GPI +1.5%
2004 0.9027 GPI +0.4%
2005 0.9054 GPI +0.3%
2006 0.9087 GPI +0.4%
2007 0.9157 GPI +0.8%
2008 0.921 GPI +0.6%
2009 0.9246 GPI +0.4%
2010 0.925 GPI +0.0%
2011 0.9223 GPI -0.3%
2012 0.9302 GPI +0.9%
2013 0.9377 GPI +0.8%
2014 0.9454 GPI +0.8%
2015 0.949 GPI +0.4%
2016 0.9523 GPI +0.3%
2017 0.9514 GPI -0.1%
2018 0.953 GPI +0.2%
2019 0.9548 GPI +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8557 GPI 0.835 GPI 0.8733 GPI 6
2000s 0.9029 GPI 0.8794 GPI 0.9246 GPI 10
2010s 0.9421 GPI 0.9223 GPI 0.9548 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

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  2. 32 Zambia 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 34 Ecuador 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 35 Sweden 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 36 Bahrain 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 37 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI compare
  7. 38 Armenia 1.01 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.9548 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9548 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.835 GPI in 1996.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 35th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.