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Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary 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
0.3%
British Virgin Islands
Median
0.8%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,308

What the numbers show

Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary 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 0.3% in British Virgin Islands.

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

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 173.6%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 65.0%).

Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 1.4% 2019 up 110.1% flat
2 Mauritania 1.2% 2019 up 16.6% rising
3 Grenada 1.2% 2018 up 163.3% volatile
4 Kuwait 1.1% 2019 up 40.4% falling
5 Sri Lanka 1.1% 2018 up 45.5% rising
6 Nepal 1.1% 2019 up 7.0% flat
7 Armenia 1.1% 2019 up 6.1% falling
8 Azerbaijan 1.0% 2019 up 0.2% rising
9 Lithuania 1.0% 2018 up 8.5% flat
10 Sierra Leone 1.0% 2017 up 1.8% flat
11 Djibouti 1.0% 2020 down 0.3% rising
12 Yemen 1.0% 2016 up 8.9% rising
13 Ukraine 1.0% 2019 up 0.5% flat
14 Andorra 1.0% 2019 up 62.2% rising
15 Côte d'Ivoire 1.0% 2019 up 5.5% flat
16 Iceland 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
16 Monaco 1.0% 2020 down 31.9% volatile
16 Malaysia 1.0% 2017 unchanged flat
16 Norway 1.0% 2018 — flat
16 San Marino 1.0% 2019 up 173.6% falling
21 Belarus 1.0% 2018 up 7.3% flat
22 Liberia 1.0% 2017 up 0.4% flat
23 Togo 1.0% 2019 up 3.5% rising
24 Myanmar 1.0% 2010 down 0.8% flat
25 Niger 1.0% 2019 up 2.7% flat
26 Senegal 1.0% 2019 down 2.8% flat
27 Ghana 1.0% 2018 up 0.1% rising
28 Palestine, State of 1.0% 2019 up 2.9% falling
29 Chad 1.0% 2019 — flat
30 Burkina Faso 1.0% 2019 up 6.5% flat
31 Malawi 0.9% 2019 down 0.6% flat
32 Mali 0.9% 2018 up 1.0% rising
33 Gambia 0.9% 2019 up 0.6% flat
34 Saudi Arabia 0.9% 2019 down 1.6% flat
35 Uganda 0.9% 2017 down 0.5% flat
36 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 22.9% rising
37 North Macedonia 0.9% 2018 up 20.4% rising
38 Sweden 0.9% 2018 down 7.2% falling
39 Cameroon 0.9% 2019 up 0.8% flat
40 Central African Republic 0.9% 2012 down 0.4% flat
41 Zambia 0.9% 2017 up 1.9% rising
42 Madagascar 0.9% 2019 — flat
43 Comoros 0.9% 2017 up 13.3% flat
44 Argentina 0.9% 2017 down 9.0% flat
45 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9% 2018 up 148.7% rising
46 New Zealand 0.9% 2018 down 2.9% flat
47 Guinea 0.9% 2016 up 2.8% flat
48 Kenya 0.9% 2009 down 0.4% flat
49 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9% 2018 up 30.4% falling
50 Mozambique 0.9% 2019 down 2.2% falling
51 India 0.9% 2019 down 13.9% falling
52 Bahrain 0.9% 2019 down 2.0% rising
53 Greece 0.9% 2018 down 0.2% flat
54 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9% 2013 down 1.9% rising
55 Belgium 0.9% 2018 down 1.1% flat
56 Equatorial Guinea 0.9% 2015 down 25.2% falling
57 Benin 0.9% 2019 down 3.4% falling
58 Serbia 0.9% 2019 up 4.4% rising
59 Ethiopia 0.9% 2015 down 4.0% flat
60 Nicaragua 0.9% 2010 down 2.8% flat
61 Eritrea 0.8% 2018 up 9.4% falling
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2019 down 0.8% flat
63 Uzbekistan 0.8% 2019 down 12.5% falling
64 Burundi 0.8% 2019 down 8.5% flat
65 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2019 up 19.9% rising
66 Bhutan 0.8% 2017 down 10.3% falling
67 Peru 0.8% 2019 down 8.1% falling
68 Naoero 0.8% 2019 down 16.8% rising
69 Jordan 0.8% 2019 down 51.4% falling
70 Ecuador 0.8% 2018 down 2.8% falling
71 Italy 0.8% 2018 up 3.0% flat
72 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8% 2016 down 7.3% falling
73 Samoa 0.8% 2019 up 5.8% flat
74 Georgia 0.8% 2019 down 11.4% flat
75 Mauritius 0.8% 2019 down 10.3% rising
76 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% 2019 down 3.6% flat
77 United Arab Emirates 0.8% 2015 up 6.1% rising
78 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.8% 2019 down 9.0% falling
79 Luxembourg 0.8% 2018 down 2.8% flat
80 Eswatini 0.8% 2018 down 3.2% flat
81 Oman 0.8% 2019 down 3.9% flat
82 Cambodia 0.8% 2019 down 15.8% falling
83 Albania 0.8% 2019 down 2.6% flat
84 Honduras 0.8% 2019 down 5.3% falling
85 Hong Kong, China 0.8% 2019 down 1.7% falling
86 Panama 0.8% 2017 up 1.2% flat
87 Guatemala 0.8% 2019 down 15.0% falling
88 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.8% 2018 down 19.0% falling
89 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.7% 2017 down 0.7% rising
90 Malta 0.7% 2018 down 35.2% falling
91 Austria 0.7% 2018 up 5.9% rising
92 Aruba 0.7% 2014 up 4.0% rising
93 Croatia 0.7% 2018 down 13.3% falling
94 Mexico 0.7% 2018 up 10.7% flat
95 Timor-Leste 0.7% 2019 down 16.6% falling
96 Spain 0.7% 2018 down 3.9% flat
97 Costa Rica 0.7% 2019 down 0.2% flat
98 Tonga 0.7% 2015 down 51.7% falling
99 Seychelles 0.7% 2019 down 65.0% volatile
100 Fiji 0.7% 2016 up 2.3% flat
101 Sao Tome and Principe 0.7% 2017 down 22.9% falling
102 Switzerland 0.7% 2018 down 1.1% flat
103 Lebanon 0.7% 2019 down 17.5% falling
104 Barbados 0.7% 2019 up 27.5% rising
105 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2019 down 4.7% flat
106 Colombia 0.7% 2018 down 28.0% falling
107 El Salvador 0.7% 2018 down 13.6% falling
108 Namibia 0.7% 2018 down 7.1% falling
109 Cyprus 0.7% 2018 down 6.2% rising
110 Ireland 0.7% 2018 down 18.4% falling
111 Belize 0.7% 2019 down 8.7% falling
112 Montenegro 0.7% 2019 up 8.0% rising
113 Denmark 0.7% 2018 up 1.5% flat
114 Hungary 0.7% 2018 up 2.4% flat
115 Mongolia 0.6% 2018 down 22.9% falling
116 Morocco 0.6% 2019 down 13.9% falling
117 Lesotho 0.6% 2017 down 21.2% falling
118 Botswana 0.6% 2013 down 14.7% falling
119 Uruguay 0.6% 2018 down 4.3% rising
120 Singapore 0.6% 2018 down 30.6% falling
121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.6% 2016 up 5.7% falling
122 Jamaica 0.6% 2019 up 28.5% falling
123 Slovenia 0.6% 2018 down 12.2% falling
124 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2017 down 14.6% falling
125 Suriname 0.6% 2019 down 12.5% falling
126 Philippines 0.6% 2018 — falling
127 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6% 2010 down 12.6% falling
128 Tajikistan 0.6% 2017 down 12.6% falling
129 Guyana 0.6% 2012 — flat
130 Bulgaria 0.6% 2018 up 6.3% falling
131 Brazil 0.6% 2018 down 4.3% flat
132 Czechia 0.6% 2018 down 1.5% flat
133 Australia 0.6% 2018 up 4.2% flat
134 Bahamas 0.6% 2018 down 7.9% falling
135 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2019 down 14.0% falling
136 Israel 0.6% 2018 down 8.4% falling
137 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5% 2018 up 13.6% rising
138 Chile 0.5% 2018 down 7.5% falling
139 Brunei Darussalam 0.5% 2019 down 16.2% rising
140 Tunisia 0.5% 2018 down 18.9% falling
141 Cape Verde 0.5% 2018 down 21.2% falling
142 Qatar 0.5% 2019 down 37.2% falling
143 Latvia 0.5% 2018 up 1.5% flat
144 Puerto Rico 0.5% 2018 up 2.8% rising
145 Estonia 0.5% 2018 up 41.7% rising
146 Algeria 0.5% 2019 down 18.9% falling
147 Cayman Islands 0.5% 2018 down 22.8% falling
148 South Africa 0.5% 2018 down 28.1% falling
149 Macau, China 0.4% 2019 down 17.7% falling
150 Dominica 0.4% 2016 up 83.0% flat
151 Cuba 0.4% 2019 down 2.3% falling
152 Saint Lucia 0.4% 2019 down 4.2% falling
153 British Virgin Islands 0.3% 2018 up 12.5% falling

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 primary 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
192 places, 2,308 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

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/