Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Arab World

Arab World: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.9498 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9498 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
41st
of 44 groups
All-time high
0.9498 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7304 GPI
in 1984
Years of data
29
1984–2019

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Arab World, 1984–2019

00.20.40.60.811984200120191984: 0.73 GPI1985: 0.777 GPI1993: 0.799 GPI1994: 0.789 GPI1995: 0.797 GPI1996: 0.814 GPI1997: 0.826 GPI1998: 0.834 GPI1999: 0.843 GPI2000: 0.848 GPI2001: 0.858 GPI2002: 0.871 GPI2003: 0.884 GPI2004: 0.885 GPI2005: 0.894 GPI2006: 0.903 GPI2007: 0.903 GPI2008: 0.91 GPI2009: 0.923 GPI2010: 0.933 GPI2011: 0.942 GPI2012: 0.947 GPI2013: 0.942 GPI2014: 0.941 GPI2015: 0.943 GPI2016: 0.947 GPI2017: 0.947 GPI2018: 0.948 GPI2019: 0.95 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Arab World stood at 0.9498 GPI. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Arab World peaked at 0.9498 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7304 GPI, in 1984.

Arab World ranks 41st of 44 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7537 GPI 0.7304 GPI 0.7771 GPI 2
1990s 0.8146 GPI 0.7894 GPI 0.8433 GPI 7
2000s 0.8881 GPI 0.8483 GPI 0.9229 GPI 10
2010s 0.944 GPI 0.9335 GPI 0.9498 GPI 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Arab World?
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Arab World was 0.9498 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Arab World?
The highest recorded value was 0.9498 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Arab World?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7304 GPI in 1984.
How does Arab World rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Arab World ranks 41st out of 44 groups with data for 2019.
Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Arab World?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Arab World data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 3,032 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for lower secondary to the male total net enrolment rate for 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.