Afghanistan vs ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity

Afghanistan
0.3809 GPIA
in 2020
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
0.7948 GPIA
in 2021
Afghanistan rank
187th
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank
185th

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity over time

  • Afghanistan
  • ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
0.20.40.60.8197019952021

How they compare

ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) currently reports 0.7948 GPIA against 0.3809 GPIA in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.4139 GPIA.

That makes ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)'s figure about 2.1 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 18 years both countries report, ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 187th and ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 185th of 189 countries.

ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1877 GPIA 0.5995 GPIA 0.4117 GPIA ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
1980s 0.1597 GPIA 0.525 GPIA 0.3653 GPIA ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
1990s 0.4406 GPIA 0.5187 GPIA 0.078 GPIA ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
2000s 0.2536 GPIA 0.6989 GPIA 0.4453 GPIA ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
2010s 0.3133 GPIA 0.7297 GPIA 0.4164 GPIA ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
2020s 0.3809 GPIA 0.788 GPIA 0.407 GPIA ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity, Afghanistan or ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), at 0.7948 GPIA against 0.3809 GPIA in Afghanistan as of 2021.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity between Afghanistan and ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
0.4139 GPIA, with ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
18 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Afghanistan and ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank globally for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity?
Afghanistan ranks 187th and ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 185th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
410 places, 14,225 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release