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Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI...

Countries reporting
133
Highest
1.97 GPIA
Uzbekistan
Lowest
0.0182 GPIA
Bahrain
Median
0.964 GPIA
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,962

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 1.97 GPIA in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 0.0182 GPIA in Bahrain.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.964 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9604 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 108.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (up 811.6%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 98.0%).

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uzbekistan 1.97 GPIA 2019 up 108.0% rising
2 Qatar 1.88 GPIA 2019 up 177.2% volatile
3 Azerbaijan 1.79 GPIA 2019 up 53.0% rising
4 Liechtenstein 1.78 GPIA 2018 up 15.3% rising
5 Norway 1.71 GPIA 2017 up 88.4% rising
6 Denmark 1.7 GPIA 2017 up 133.0% rising
7 Tajikistan 1.69 GPIA 2011 up 16.9% rising
8 Poland 1.69 GPIA 2018 up 84.5% rising
9 Zimbabwe 1.68 GPIA 2012 up 21.4% flat
10 Paraguay 1.66 GPIA 2012 up 43.8% flat
11 Brunei Darussalam 1.64 GPIA 2011 — flat
12 Tunisia 1.55 GPIA 1985 down 1.2% flat
13 Iraq 1.51 GPIA 2007 up 13.1% falling
14 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.5 GPIA 2017 up 12.6% rising
15 Switzerland 1.48 GPIA 2018 up 69.1% rising
16 Vanuatu 1.47 GPIA 2015 down 7.8% rising
17 Belgium 1.45 GPIA 2018 up 27.9% rising
18 Togo 1.45 GPIA 2017 down 1.6% falling
19 Kenya 1.4 GPIA 2006 up 61.9% rising
20 United Arab Emirates 1.39 GPIA 2016 — rising
21 Yemen 1.34 GPIA 2016 down 8.0% falling
22 Morocco 1.34 GPIA 2019 up 0.7% rising
23 Kyrgyzstan 1.32 GPIA 2019 up 29.9% rising
24 Central African Republic 1.32 GPIA 2012 — flat
25 Czechia 1.31 GPIA 2018 up 21.5% volatile
26 Luxembourg 1.29 GPIA 2018 up 178.5% flat
27 Greece 1.29 GPIA 2018 down 17.2% rising
28 Guinea 1.28 GPIA 2014 down 2.1% rising
29 Chad 1.21 GPIA 2019 — flat
30 Eritrea 1.2 GPIA 2018 down 16.2% rising
31 Chile 1.19 GPIA 2018 up 2.3% flat
32 Cameroon 1.18 GPIA 2016 — falling
33 British Virgin Islands 1.18 GPIA 2018 down 19.6% flat
34 Mozambique 1.17 GPIA 2015 down 13.4% flat
35 Türkiye 1.17 GPIA 2018 down 37.3% falling
36 Côte d'Ivoire 1.16 GPIA 2019 down 8.8% falling
37 Guatemala 1.14 GPIA 2018 down 9.7% rising
38 Belize 1.14 GPIA 2019 up 8.9% flat
39 Saint Lucia 1.14 GPIA 2019 up 12.8% rising
40 Eswatini 1.12 GPIA 2015 down 26.4% rising
41 Georgia 1.12 GPIA 2014 up 801.2% falling
42 Mali 1.12 GPIA 2018 down 12.4% flat
43 Niger 1.12 GPIA 2017 up 0.4% rising
44 Cambodia 1.12 GPIA 2015 up 8.2% rising
45 Republic of Moldova 1.12 GPIA 2019 up 5.4% rising
46 Spain 1.11 GPIA 2014 up 630.1% falling
47 Portugal 1.11 GPIA 2017 — rising
48 Australia 1.11 GPIA 2018 up 135.8% rising
49 Ethiopia 1.09 GPIA 2015 down 19.8% falling
50 Serbia 1.08 GPIA 2019 down 9.1% falling
51 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.07 GPIA 2015 up 811.6% rising
52 Bulgaria 1.07 GPIA 2018 down 11.4% falling
53 Italy 1.06 GPIA 2018 — volatile
54 Slovakia 1.06 GPIA 2018 up 2.5% flat
55 Syrian Arab Republic 1.05 GPIA 2013 down 15.3% falling
56 Dominican Republic 1.05 GPIA 2019 down 7.0% rising
57 Romania 1.05 GPIA 2018 up 3.5% rising
58 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.04 GPIA 2018 down 7.9% falling
59 El Salvador 1.03 GPIA 2018 down 19.1% falling
60 Hungary 1.02 GPIA 2018 down 9.8% falling
61 Republic of Korea 1.01 GPIA 2018 — falling
62 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.01 GPIA 2019 down 23.4% falling
63 Jordan 1.01 GPIA 2019 up 31.3% rising
64 Djibouti 1 GPIA 2015 down 13.2% flat
65 Cuba 1 GPIA 2019 up 8.5% falling
66 France 0.9865 GPIA 2018 up 9.9% rising
67 Peru 0.964 GPIA 2016 up 27.5% falling
68 Cape Verde 0.9584 GPIA 2018 up 14.1% flat
69 New Zealand 0.958 GPIA 2018 up 17.8% falling
70 Malawi 0.9552 GPIA 2019 down 13.6% falling
71 Bahamas 0.949 GPIA 2018 up 2.0% falling
72 Cyprus 0.9472 GPIA 2016 down 36.3% falling
73 Iceland 0.9257 GPIA 2017 down 21.2% rising
74 Burkina Faso 0.9123 GPIA 2019 down 17.0% falling
75 Panama 0.9121 GPIA 2017 down 4.5% falling
76 Jamaica 0.9117 GPIA 2019 up 59.7% rising
77 Hong Kong, China 0.8985 GPIA 2014 down 1.4% rising
78 Myanmar 0.8963 GPIA 2018 down 10.2% falling
79 Montenegro 0.8938 GPIA 2019 — rising
80 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.8856 GPIA 2017 up 56.8% falling
81 Argentina 0.8697 GPIA 2016 up 457.1% volatile
82 Cayman Islands 0.8664 GPIA 2018 down 30.5% rising
83 Burundi 0.8616 GPIA 2019 down 27.8% falling
84 South Africa 0.8485 GPIA 2018 up 6.9% rising
85 Armenia 0.837 GPIA 2019 down 45.2% falling
86 Colombia 0.8337 GPIA 2018 up 27.7% rising
87 Mauritania 0.8276 GPIA 2019 down 17.5% falling
88 Sweden 0.8161 GPIA 2012 up 510.4% rising
89 Malaysia 0.8 GPIA 2017 down 3.5% falling
90 Ukraine 0.7995 GPIA 2014 down 6.0% flat
91 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.7917 GPIA 2018 up 435.6% rising
92 Nicaragua 0.7848 GPIA 2010 up 1.0% falling
93 Mexico 0.7748 GPIA 2018 down 10.0% falling
94 Sri Lanka 0.7652 GPIA 2018 down 11.7% rising
95 Oman 0.7626 GPIA 2012 down 31.5% falling
96 Timor-Leste 0.7241 GPIA 2019 down 30.6% falling
97 Tonga 0.7239 GPIA 2015 down 20.4% rising
98 Indonesia 0.713 GPIA 2018 down 27.5% falling
99 Honduras 0.7028 GPIA 2019 down 23.8% falling
100 Germany 0.679 GPIA 2018 down 36.7% falling
101 Puerto Rico 0.6786 GPIA 2018 down 16.1% flat
102 Mauritius 0.6651 GPIA 2019 down 4.0% falling
103 Slovenia 0.653 GPIA 2018 down 35.9% falling
104 Mongolia 0.644 GPIA 2008 up 8.6% falling
105 Ghana 0.64 GPIA 2019 down 39.2% falling
106 Netherlands 0.6385 GPIA 2018 down 20.9% flat
107 Malta 0.6213 GPIA 2014 — falling
108 Lesotho 0.6164 GPIA 2016 up 66.2% rising
109 Suriname 0.594 GPIA 2015 down 37.7% flat
110 Ireland 0.592 GPIA 1998 down 24.4% falling
111 Latvia 0.588 GPIA 2018 down 69.0% falling
112 Aruba 0.5729 GPIA 2009 down 54.8% falling
113 Philippines 0.5596 GPIA 2018 down 19.0% falling
114 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5515 GPIA 2015 down 53.9% falling
115 Ecuador 0.5298 GPIA 2018 down 49.3% falling
116 Egypt 0.5129 GPIA 2019 down 58.3% falling
117 Costa Rica 0.4822 GPIA 2019 down 54.8% falling
118 Finland 0.4784 GPIA 2017 down 48.2% rising
119 Macau, China 0.4761 GPIA 2019 down 57.4% falling
120 Lithuania 0.4736 GPIA 2012 down 74.6% volatile
121 Kuwait 0.4492 GPIA 2015 up 37.8% falling
122 Barbados 0.4429 GPIA 2019 down 58.1% falling
123 Dominica 0.3497 GPIA 2015 down 54.0% falling
124 Croatia 0.3471 GPIA 2013 down 68.0% falling
125 Bhutan 0.325 GPIA 2018 down 65.9% falling
126 Albania 0.2325 GPIA 2019 down 78.1% falling
127 Botswana 0.19 GPIA 2000 down 67.2% falling
128 Namibia 0.1867 GPIA 2007 down 74.3% falling
129 Uruguay 0.1288 GPIA 2016 down 86.8% falling
130 Palestine, State of 0.1263 GPIA 2019 down 84.1% falling
131 Austria 0.1057 GPIA 2018 down 88.6% rising
132 Estonia 0.0262 GPIA 2018 down 96.5% volatile
133 Bahrain 0.0182 GPIA 2019 down 98.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 2,962 data points, 1970–2019
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The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted 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. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/