Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.9566 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9566 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
35th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9566 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7869 GPI
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1998–2019

00.20.40.60.811998200820191998: 0.787 GPI1999: 0.789 GPI2000: 0.801 GPI2001: 0.806 GPI2002: 0.811 GPI2003: 0.811 GPI2004: 0.823 GPI2005: 0.839 GPI2006: 0.857 GPI2007: 0.872 GPI2008: 0.888 GPI2009: 0.905 GPI2010: 0.913 GPI2011: 0.92 GPI2012: 0.926 GPI2013: 0.929 GPI2014: 0.935 GPI2015: 0.936 GPI2016: 0.937 GPI2017: 0.947 GPI2018: 0.955 GPI2019: 0.957 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 0.9566 GPI. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.9566 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7869 GPI, in 1998.

That places Sub-Saharan Africa 35th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year

Annual values for Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1998 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1998 0.7869 GPI
1999 0.7893 GPI +0.3%
2000 0.8008 GPI +1.5%
2001 0.8057 GPI +0.6%
2002 0.8112 GPI +0.7%
2003 0.8113 GPI +0.0%
2004 0.8229 GPI +1.4%
2005 0.8389 GPI +1.9%
2006 0.8572 GPI +2.2%
2007 0.8717 GPI +1.7%
2008 0.8883 GPI +1.9%
2009 0.905 GPI +1.9%
2010 0.9131 GPI +0.9%
2011 0.9196 GPI +0.7%
2012 0.9264 GPI +0.7%
2013 0.9289 GPI +0.3%
2014 0.9355 GPI +0.7%
2015 0.9359 GPI +0.0%
2016 0.9372 GPI +0.1%
2017 0.9471 GPI +1.1%
2018 0.955 GPI +0.8%
2019 0.9566 GPI +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7881 GPI 0.7869 GPI 0.7893 GPI 2
2000s 0.8413 GPI 0.8008 GPI 0.905 GPI 10
2010s 0.9355 GPI 0.9131 GPI 0.9566 GPI 10

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  6. 37 Mauritius 1.02 GPI compare
  7. 38 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.9566 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
The highest recorded value was 0.9566 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7869 GPI in 1998.
How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 35th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.