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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9619 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9619 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
32nd
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9619 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.8461 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, 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.857 GPI1995: 0.863 GPI1996: 0.846 GPI1997: 0.867 GPI1998: 0.874 GPI1999: 0.881 GPI2000: 0.888 GPI2001: 0.896 GPI2002: 0.895 GPI2003: 0.907 GPI2004: 0.912 GPI2005: 0.915 GPI2006: 0.919 GPI2007: 0.924 GPI2008: 0.927 GPI2009: 0.93 GPI2010: 0.931 GPI2011: 0.929 GPI2012: 0.937 GPI2013: 0.942 GPI2014: 0.947 GPI2015: 0.958 GPI2016: 0.958 GPI2017: 0.959 GPI2018: 0.96 GPI2019: 0.962 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 0.9619 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 0.9619 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8461 GPI, in 1996.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 32nd of 45 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.8565 GPI
1995 0.8627 GPI +0.7%
1996 0.8461 GPI -1.9%
1997 0.8671 GPI +2.5%
1998 0.8736 GPI +0.7%
1999 0.8811 GPI +0.9%
2000 0.8876 GPI +0.7%
2001 0.8956 GPI +0.9%
2002 0.8954 GPI -0.0%
2003 0.9074 GPI +1.3%
2004 0.9117 GPI +0.5%
2005 0.9153 GPI +0.4%
2006 0.9186 GPI +0.4%
2007 0.9236 GPI +0.5%
2008 0.9273 GPI +0.4%
2009 0.93 GPI +0.3%
2010 0.9315 GPI +0.2%
2011 0.9295 GPI -0.2%
2012 0.9371 GPI +0.8%
2013 0.9424 GPI +0.6%
2014 0.9467 GPI +0.5%
2015 0.9584 GPI +1.2%
2016 0.9584 GPI +0.0%
2017 0.9586 GPI +0.0%
2018 0.9597 GPI +0.1%
2019 0.9619 GPI +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8645 GPI 0.8461 GPI 0.8811 GPI 6
2000s 0.9113 GPI 0.8876 GPI 0.93 GPI 10
2010s 0.9484 GPI 0.9295 GPI 0.9619 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

  1. 29 Ghana 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 30 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 31 Samoa 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 32 Palestine, State of 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 32 Zambia 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 34 Ecuador 1.02 GPI compare
  7. 35 Sweden 1.02 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?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 0.9619 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?
The highest recorded value was 0.9619 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8461 GPI in 1996.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 32nd 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?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.