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

World: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.9997 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9997 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
23rd
of 45 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.927 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in World, 1998–2019

00.250.50.7511998200820191998: 0.928 GPI1999: 0.927 GPI2000: 0.929 GPI2001: 0.935 GPI2002: 0.945 GPI2003: 0.956 GPI2004: 0.962 GPI2005: 0.961 GPI2006: 0.965 GPI2007: 0.965 GPI2008: 0.973 GPI2009: 0.979 GPI2010: 0.985 GPI2011: 0.989 GPI2012: 0.995 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in World stood at 0.9997 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in World peaked at 1 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.927 GPI, in 1999.

World ranks 23rd of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9274 GPI 0.927 GPI 0.9278 GPI 2
2000s 0.957 GPI 0.9293 GPI 0.9787 GPI 10
2010s 0.9979 GPI 0.9849 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near World

  1. 20 Aruba 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 21 Barbados 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 22 Palestine 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 23 East Timor 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 24 Cayman Islands 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 25 Nicaragua 1.03 GPI compare
  7. 26 Malaysia 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in World?
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in World was 0.9997 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 0.927 GPI in 1999.
How does World rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index?
World ranks 23rd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this 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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About this data

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.