Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.9535 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1993–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 0.9535 GPI for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9535 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8258 GPI, in 1994.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 40th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.8324 GPI | — |
| 1994 | 0.8258 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.8331 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.8481 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8565 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8631 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8696 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8727 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8813 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8921 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9022 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9018 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9078 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9154 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9142 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9187 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9294 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9382 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.948 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9534 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9473 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9418 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9437 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.948 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9516 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9514 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9535 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8469 GPI | 0.8258 GPI | 0.8696 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.9036 GPI | 0.8727 GPI | 0.9294 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9477 GPI | 0.9382 GPI | 0.9535 GPI | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.9535 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9535 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8258 GPI in 1994.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 40th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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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About this data
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.