Gender gap education levels, gaps filled in Namibia
Namibia: Gender gap education levels, gaps filled was 98.68 in 2012. ▲ Rising
Gender gap education levels, gaps filled in Namibia, 1989–2012
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Namibia recorded 98.68 for gender gap education levels, gaps filled in 2012. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap education levels, gaps filled in Namibia peaked at 98.68 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 88.75, in 1989.
Namibia ranks 29th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Gender gap education levels, gaps filled in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 88.75 | — |
| 1990 | 88.94 | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 91.35 | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 93.76 | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 92.47 | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 90.75 | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 90.02 | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 89.96 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 91.31 | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 91.71 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 90.46 | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 92.3 | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 90.59 | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 94.48 | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 94.23 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 95.05 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 95.9 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 96.91 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 98.68 | +1.8% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 98.68 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 90.55, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 98.68 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 86.36, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 88.75 | 88.75 | 88.75 | 1 |
| 1990s | 91.45 | 88.94 | 93.76 | 5 |
| 2000s | 92.01 | 89.96 | 95.05 | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.16 | 95.9 | 98.68 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More education data for Namibia
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.13 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10,653 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 90,003 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 26,964 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27,746 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 236,050 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 590,029 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap education levels, gaps filled in Namibia?
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled in Namibia was 98.68 in 2012, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gender gap education levels, gaps filled recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.68 in 2012.
- What is the lowest gender gap education levels, gaps filled recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.75 in 1989.
- How does Namibia rank for gender gap education levels, gaps filled?
- Namibia ranks 29th out of 190 countries with data for 2012.
- Is gender gap education levels, gaps filled rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gender gap education levels, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gender gap education levels with 642 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gender gap education levels with 642 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.