Completion rate, upper secondary education … modelled data gender in Sudan
Sudan: Completion rate, upper secondary education … modelled data gender was 1.02 modelled data in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
1.02 modelled data
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
118th
of 164 countries
All-time high
1.02 modelled data
in 2025
All-time low
0.5309 modelled data
in 1981
Years of data
45
1981–2025
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Sudan, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in modelled data.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Sudan stood at 1.02 modelled data. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Sudan peaked at 1.02 modelled data in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.5309 modelled data, in 1981.
Sudan ranks 118th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education … modelled data gender in Sudan, year by year
| Year | modelled data | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.5309 modelled data | — |
| 1982 | 0.546 modelled data | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5674 modelled data | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 0.5924 modelled data | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 0.6211 modelled data | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 0.6482 modelled data | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 0.6791 modelled data | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 0.716 modelled data | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7461 modelled data | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 0.7704 modelled data | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 0.7937 modelled data | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8194 modelled data | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.8502 modelled data | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8781 modelled data | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.897 modelled data | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 0.9121 modelled data | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.9244 modelled data | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9334 modelled data | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9353 modelled data | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.944 modelled data | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9435 modelled data | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9296 modelled data | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9199 modelled data | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9129 modelled data | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9109 modelled data | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9134 modelled data | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9219 modelled data | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9375 modelled data | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.952 modelled data | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9583 modelled data | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9634 modelled data | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9655 modelled data | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.968 modelled data | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9696 modelled data | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9727 modelled data | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9745 modelled data | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.978 modelled data | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9739 modelled data | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9723 modelled data | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9726 modelled data | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9735 modelled data | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9827 modelled data | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.995 modelled data | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 1.01 modelled data | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 1.02 modelled data | +0.7% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 1.02 modelled data is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.8939 modelled data, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 1.02 modelled data is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9431 modelled data, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6275 modelled data | 0.5309 modelled data | 0.7461 modelled data | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8714 modelled data | 0.7704 modelled data | 0.9353 modelled data | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9286 modelled data | 0.9109 modelled data | 0.952 modelled data | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9696 modelled data | 0.9583 modelled data | 0.978 modelled data | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9912 modelled data | 0.9726 modelled data | 1.02 modelled data | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More education data for Sudan
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 58.07 (2019)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 56.16 (2019)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 105,251 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 581,716 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 563,787 (2019)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.31 million (2019)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.23 million (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.27 % change on previous year (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Sudan?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Sudan was 1.02 modelled data in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 modelled data in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5309 modelled data in 1981.
- How does Sudan rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity?
- Sudan ranks 118th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release