Papua New Guinea vs SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender

Papua New Guinea
0.9424 GPIA
in 2023
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
0.9615 GPIA
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
181st
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia rank
184th

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
00.250.50.751199420092024

How they compare

SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia currently reports 0.9615 GPIA against 0.9424 GPIA in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0191 GPIA.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 181st and SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 184th of 199 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia Difference Ahead
1990s 0.8941 GPIA 0.8753 GPIA 0.0188 GPIA Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.9306 GPIA 0.9518 GPIA 0.0212 GPIA SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
2020s 0.9928 GPIA 0.9586 GPIA 0.0343 GPIA Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender, Papua New Guinea or SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, at 0.9615 GPIA against 0.9424 GPIA in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender between Papua New Guinea and SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
0.0191 GPIA, with SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
7 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
Papua New Guinea ranks 181st and SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 184th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
420 places, 10,306 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release