Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity was 0.6621 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) stood at 0.6621 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 0.6621 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4714 GPIA, in 1979.
That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5168 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5264 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 0.5061 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 0.5096 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.502 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.4942 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.4931 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4852 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.4794 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.4714 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 0.4755 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.4747 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.4816 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4802 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.4843 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.4845 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.4865 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.49 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.4898 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.4887 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.4991 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.496 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.4984 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.5036 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5032 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.4999 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.5035 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.5062 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.5015 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.5048 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.519 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.5225 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5414 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.531 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5421 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5543 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5769 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 0.5665 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.5654 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5689 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5711 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.5866 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6135 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6127 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6195 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6275 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.6342 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6399 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.6433 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6547 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.6621 GPIA | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4984 GPIA | 0.4714 GPIA | 0.5264 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4836 GPIA | 0.4747 GPIA | 0.49 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5016 GPIA | 0.496 GPIA | 0.5062 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5488 GPIA | 0.519 GPIA | 0.5769 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6203 GPIA | 0.5711 GPIA | 0.6547 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6621 GPIA | 0.6621 GPIA | 0.6621 GPIA | 1 |
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.13 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.22 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 0.6621 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6621 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4714 GPIA in 1979.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release