Sub-Saharan Africa vs Trinidad and Tobago: School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index

Sub-Saharan Africa
0.7942 GPI
in 2021
Trinidad and Tobago
1.39 GPI
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
38th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
34th

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

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Trinidad and Tobago
0.40.60.811.21.4197019972024

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 1.39 GPI against 0.7942 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.5958 GPI.

That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 1.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 34th of 45 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa averaged higher in 1 and Trinidad and Tobago in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa Trinidad and Tobago Difference Ahead
1970s 0.6018 GPI 0.5773 GPI 0.0245 GPI Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s 0.5272 GPI 0.6797 GPI 0.1524 GPI Trinidad and Tobago
1990s 0.5861 GPI 0.8725 GPI 0.2864 GPI Trinidad and Tobago
2000s 0.6918 GPI 1.33 GPI 0.6335 GPI Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index, Sub-Saharan Africa or Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago, at 1.39 GPI against 0.7942 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index between Sub-Saharan Africa and Trinidad and Tobago?
0.5958 GPI, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Trinidad and Tobago?
27 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2004.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 34th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sub-Saharan Africa vs Trinidad and Tobago: School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-enrollment-tertiary-gross-gender-parity-index-gpi/sub-saharan-africa/trinidad-and-tobago/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-enrollment-tertiary-gross-gender-parity-index-gpi/sub-saharan-africa/trinidad-and-tobago/">Sub-Saharan Africa vs Trinidad and Tobago: School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.