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Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, 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
47
Highest
1.41 GPIA
Qatar
Lowest
1.07 GPIA
Ireland
Median
1.13 GPIA
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
302

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 1.41 GPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 1.07 GPIA in Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.13 GPIA, and the mean is 1.16 GPIA.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Netherlands (up 4.7%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 11.2%).

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.41 GPIA 2018 up 1.7% falling
2 Thailand 1.38 GPIA 2018 up 3.4% flat
3 Jordan 1.35 GPIA 2018 down 4.8% flat
4 Indonesia 1.31 GPIA 2018 down 6.7% flat
5 Tunisia 1.28 GPIA 2015 down 1.9% flat
6 Bulgaria 1.27 GPIA 2018 down 3.6% flat
7 Greece 1.22 GPIA 2018 up 2.8% flat
8 Israel 1.22 GPIA 2018 up 3.4% rising
9 Serbia 1.22 GPIA 2018 down 3.0% falling
10 Romania 1.22 GPIA 2018 down 5.9% flat
11 Brazil 1.2 GPIA 2018 down 2.4% flat
12 Iceland 1.19 GPIA 2018 up 3.1% flat
13 Slovakia 1.18 GPIA 2018 down 3.3% flat
14 Lithuania 1.18 GPIA 2018 down 6.1% flat
15 Uruguay 1.17 GPIA 2018 down 7.8% flat
16 Latvia 1.16 GPIA 2018 down 2.8% falling
17 Norway 1.16 GPIA 2018 up 1.6% flat
18 Slovenia 1.16 GPIA 2018 down 6.1% falling
19 Croatia 1.16 GPIA 2018 down 4.8% falling
20 Türkiye 1.14 GPIA 2018 down 6.5% falling
21 Czechia 1.13 GPIA 2018 down 5.0% flat
22 Finland 1.13 GPIA 2018 up 2.9% rising
23 Luxembourg 1.13 GPIA 2018 down 3.2% flat
24 Chile 1.13 GPIA 2018 down 1.6% falling
25 Netherlands 1.13 GPIA 2018 up 4.7% flat
26 Austria 1.13 GPIA 2018 down 5.0% flat
27 Russian Federation 1.12 GPIA 2018 down 7.8% falling
28 Hungary 1.12 GPIA 2018 down 1.6% flat
29 Australia 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 0.3% flat
30 Poland 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 4.5% falling
31 Italy 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 6.2% falling
32 Sweden 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 3.6% flat
33 Denmark 1.11 GPIA 2018 up 2.3% flat
34 France 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 2.2% flat
35 Argentina 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 11.2% falling
36 Mexico 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 6.5% falling
37 New Zealand 1.11 GPIA 2018 down 2.9% flat
38 Portugal 1.1 GPIA 2018 down 4.7% falling
39 Hong Kong, China 1.1 GPIA 2018 up 3.0% flat
40 Germany 1.1 GPIA 2018 down 3.0% flat
41 Canada 1.09 GPIA 2018 up 0.1% flat
42 United States of America 1.09 GPIA 2018 down 0.2% flat
43 Republic of Korea 1.08 GPIA 2018 up 1.8% rising
44 Belgium 1.08 GPIA 2018 down 0.5% flat
45 Spain 1.08 GPIA 2015 down 7.5% flat
46 Colombia 1.07 GPIA 2018 down 0.8% flat
47 Ireland 1.07 GPIA 2018 down 5.5% flat

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Indicator
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
47 places, 302 data points, 2000–2018
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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/