Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Samoa: School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1.28 GPI
in 2024
Samoa
1.57 GPI
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
8th
Samoa rank
9th

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 1.57 GPI against 1.28 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.29 GPI.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Samoa ranks 9th of 45 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Samoa Difference Ahead
1990s 1.13 GPI 0.9889 GPI 0.1367 GPI Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 1.14 GPI 0.8764 GPI 0.2598 GPI Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 1.22 GPI 1.46 GPI 0.243 GPI Samoa
2020s 1.27 GPI 1.49 GPI 0.2216 GPI Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Samoa?
Samoa, at 1.57 GPI against 1.28 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Samoa?
0.29 GPI, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Samoa?
10 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Samoa rank globally for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Samoa ranks 9th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 6,538 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.