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Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, 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
153
Highest
1.4%
Maldives
Lowest
0.2%
Cayman Islands
Median
0.8%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,217

What the numbers show

Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 1.4% in Maldives; the lowest is 0.2% in Cayman Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 59.5%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 84.6%).

Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 1.4% 2019 up 59.5% rising
2 Nepal 1.1% 2019 up 3.1% flat
3 Kuwait 1.1% 2019 up 32.4% flat
4 Suriname 1.0% 2019 up 7.4% rising
5 Saudi Arabia 1.0% 2019 up 46.7% rising
6 Palestine 1.0% 2019 down 2.2% falling
7 Mauritania 1.0% 2019 down 0.8% flat
8 Malta 1.0% 2018 up 54.9% rising
9 Iceland 1.0% 2018 down 50.0% falling
9 Malaysia 1.0% 2019 unchanged flat
9 Norway 1.0% 2018 up 8.7% rising
12 Belarus 1.0% 2018 up 2.8% flat
13 Burkina Faso 1.0% 2019 down 3.4% flat
14 Turkey 1.0% 2018 down 14.9% falling
15 Senegal 1.0% 2014 down 1.8% flat
16 Ukraine 1.0% 2019 down 1.5% falling
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.0% 2019 up 16.8% rising
18 Liberia 1.0% 2017 down 1.0% flat
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.0% 2016 up 26.4% falling
20 Bangladesh 1.0% 2019 down 10.0% rising
21 Chad 1.0% 2019 — flat
22 Armenia 0.9% 2019 down 5.1% falling
23 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9% 2019 down 4.5% rising
24 Argentina 0.9% 2017 down 5.9% flat
25 Niger 0.9% 2019 down 4.5% flat
26 Mali 0.9% 2017 down 4.1% flat
27 Ghana 0.9% 2019 down 0.9% rising
28 Djibouti 0.9% 2020 down 2.5% falling
29 Luxembourg 0.9% 2018 up 5.8% rising
30 Equatorial Guinea 0.9% 2015 down 3.7% falling
31 Lebanon 0.9% 2019 down 12.2% falling
32 Afghanistan 0.9% 2018 down 13.7% falling
33 Burundi 0.9% 2019 down 6.7% flat
34 New Zealand 0.9% 2018 up 13.8% rising
35 Sierra Leone 0.9% 2018 down 6.9% flat
36 Central African Republic 0.9% 2012 down 3.2% flat
37 Azerbaijan 0.9% 2019 down 4.5% rising
38 Kenya 0.9% 2009 up 7.2% flat
39 Jordan 0.9% 2019 down 35.0% falling
40 Rwanda 0.9% 2019 down 10.5% falling
41 Madagascar 0.9% 2019 down 1.1% falling
42 Gambia 0.9% 2019 down 2.1% flat
43 Myanmar 0.9% 2018 down 13.6% flat
44 Eswatini 0.8% 2018 down 21.8% rising
45 Nicaragua 0.8% 2010 down 1.7% flat
45 Togo 0.8% 2019 down 5.4% falling
47 Uganda 0.8% 2017 up 9.6% rising
48 Vanuatu 0.8% 2013 up 2.8% rising
49 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% 2019 up 7.4% flat
50 Mongolia 0.8% 2018 down 4.3% rising
51 Bahrain 0.8% 2019 up 17.6% flat
52 Malawi 0.8% 2013 up 4.1% flat
53 Uzbekistan 0.8% 2019 down 6.4% falling
54 Guinea 0.8% 2016 down 5.8% falling
55 Sao Tome and Principe 0.8% 2017 down 14.9% falling
56 Uruguay 0.8% 2018 down 2.6% falling
57 Zambia 0.8% 2013 up 20.7% rising
58 Bhutan 0.8% 2020 down 5.2% falling
59 Tonga 0.8% 2015 up 14.9% falling
60 Switzerland 0.8% 2018 down 4.8% flat
61 Honduras 0.8% 2019 down 11.9% falling
62 Belgium 0.8% 2018 down 1.8% falling
63 Ireland 0.8% 2018 — rising
64 Ethiopia 0.8% 2015 up 5.6% rising
65 Eritrea 0.8% 2018 up 2.4% falling
66 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2019 up 29.9% rising
67 Mauritius 0.8% 2019 down 5.3% rising
68 San Marino 0.8% 2019 down 0.1% falling
69 South Korea 0.8% 2018 up 7.1% rising
70 Costa Rica 0.8% 2019 down 5.9% flat
71 Ecuador 0.8% 2018 up 1.9% flat
72 Yemen 0.8% 2016 down 12.2% flat
73 Guatemala 0.8% 2019 down 8.7% falling
74 Singapore 0.8% 2018 down 5.1% falling
75 Australia 0.8% 2018 up 3.7% rising
76 Namibia 0.8% 2017 up 4.1% falling
77 United States 0.8% 2018 up 0.1% rising
78 Mozambique 0.8% 2019 down 15.9% falling
79 Syria 0.7% 2013 down 7.6% flat
80 Peru 0.7% 2019 down 8.7% falling
81 Lesotho 0.7% 2017 down 12.0% falling
82 Cambodia 0.7% 2019 down 14.6% falling
83 Thailand 0.7% 2019 up 31.2% rising
84 Serbia 0.7% 2019 up 25.6% rising
85 East Timor 0.7% 2019 down 18.0% falling
86 Iran 0.7% 2017 up 33.5% rising
87 Bahamas 0.7% 2010 up 47.9% rising
88 Montenegro 0.7% 2019 down 15.8% flat
89 Aruba 0.7% 2014 down 6.4% falling
90 France 0.7% 2018 down 9.1% falling
91 Georgia 0.7% 2019 down 15.4% falling
92 Austria 0.7% 2018 up 0.3% flat
93 Hong Kong 0.7% 2019 down 12.8% falling
94 Samoa 0.7% 2019 up 4.0% rising
95 Denmark 0.7% 2018 up 3.6% flat
96 Panama 0.7% 2017 up 0.4% flat
97 Croatia 0.7% 2018 up 14.6% falling
98 Spain 0.7% 2018 — falling
99 Colombia 0.7% 2018 down 21.6% falling
100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2010 down 23.6% falling
101 Fiji 0.7% 2019 up 12.3% flat
102 Laos 0.7% 2019 down 5.7% falling
103 Hungary 0.7% 2018 up 8.3% rising
104 British Virgin Islands 0.7% 2018 up 36.1% rising
105 Venezuela 0.7% 2017 down 7.8% flat
106 Cape Verde 0.6% 2018 down 23.9% falling
107 Tunisia 0.6% 2018 down 0.7% flat
108 Albania 0.6% 2019 down 4.1% flat
109 Botswana 0.6% 2014 down 15.2% falling
110 Bolivia 0.6% 2018 down 24.8% falling
111 Estonia 0.6% 2018 up 1.8% rising
112 Tanzania 0.6% 2016 down 10.1% falling
113 El Salvador 0.6% 2018 down 14.7% falling
114 Cyprus 0.6% 2018 up 1.4% rising
115 Qatar 0.6% 2019 down 24.5% falling
116 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2018 down 6.9% falling
117 Romania 0.6% 2018 up 7.2% flat
118 Brazil 0.6% 2018 down 5.5% falling
119 Mexico 0.6% 2018 up 4.7% rising
120 United Arab Emirates 0.6% 2017 up 8.0% flat
121 Greece 0.6% 2018 up 8.1% rising
122 Chile 0.6% 2018 down 3.5% flat
123 Italy 0.6% 2018 down 2.0% flat
124 Philippines 0.6% 2018 — falling
125 Morocco 0.6% 2019 down 15.4% falling
126 Belize 0.6% 2019 down 20.6% falling
127 Israel 0.6% 2018 down 17.5% falling
128 Sweden 0.6% 2018 down 41.2% falling
129 Moldova 0.6% 2019 down 14.0% falling
130 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2019 down 11.0% falling
131 Seychelles 0.6% 2019 down 44.5% volatile
132 Puerto Rico 0.5% 2018 down 0.3% flat
133 Macao 0.5% 2019 down 23.0% falling
134 Algeria 0.5% 2019 down 30.1% falling
135 Andorra 0.5% 2019 down 33.7% falling
136 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.5% 2018 down 2.5% falling
137 Slovenia 0.5% 2018 down 21.7% falling
138 Monaco 0.5% 2020 down 63.3% volatile
139 Latvia 0.5% 2018 down 7.5% falling
140 Oman 0.5% 2019 down 46.1% falling
141 Brunei 0.5% 2019 up 3.9% rising
142 South Africa 0.5% 2018 down 26.2% flat
143 Lithuania 0.5% 2018 down 11.0% falling
144 Cuba 0.5% 2019 down 1.3% falling
145 Jamaica 0.5% 2019 down 22.7% falling
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4% 2018 down 28.2% falling
147 Dominica 0.4% 2016 down 18.4% falling
148 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4% 2018 down 31.5% falling
149 Barbados 0.4% 2019 down 41.4% falling
150 Tajikistan 0.4% 2017 down 25.3% falling
151 Saint Lucia 0.3% 2019 down 37.5% falling
152 Grenada 0.3% 2018 down 54.6% falling
153 Cayman Islands 0.2% 2018 down 84.6% 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
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
194 places, 2,217 data points, 1997–2020
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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/