Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity was 1.13 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.13 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
76th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.17 GPIA
in 2019
All-time low
0.8028 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
52
1973–2024

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), 1973–2024

00.250.50.7511.2197319982024

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) recorded 1.13 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in 2024.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) peaked at 1.17 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8028 GPIA, in 1996.

That places ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 76th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), 1973 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1973 1.06 GPIA
1974 1.05 GPIA -0.6%
1975 1.04 GPIA -1.4%
1976 1.02 GPIA -1.4%
1977 1.03 GPIA +0.8%
1978 1.02 GPIA -1.0%
1979 0.9877 GPIA -3.1%
1980 0.9721 GPIA -1.6%
1981 0.9204 GPIA -5.3%
1982 0.9169 GPIA -0.4%
1983 0.9186 GPIA +0.2%
1984 0.907 GPIA -1.3%
1985 0.8762 GPIA -3.4%
1986 0.8471 GPIA -3.3%
1987 0.836 GPIA -1.3%
1988 0.8196 GPIA -2.0%
1989 0.832 GPIA +1.5%
1990 0.8133 GPIA -2.2%
1991 0.833 GPIA +2.4%
1992 0.8449 GPIA +1.4%
1993 0.8366 GPIA -1.0%
1994 0.8374 GPIA +0.1%
1995 0.816 GPIA -2.6%
1996 0.8028 GPIA -1.6%
1997 0.8318 GPIA +3.6%
1998 0.8858 GPIA +6.5%
1999 0.9265 GPIA +4.6%
2000 0.9529 GPIA +2.8%
2001 0.9471 GPIA -0.6%
2002 0.9792 GPIA +3.4%
2003 0.9767 GPIA -0.3%
2004 1.01 GPIA +3.3%
2005 1.02 GPIA +1.2%
2006 1.04 GPIA +2.1%
2007 1.07 GPIA +3.0%
2008 1.09 GPIA +1.3%
2009 1.1 GPIA +1.0%
2010 1.1 GPIA +0.5%
2011 1.11 GPIA +0.6%
2012 1.13 GPIA +1.4%
2013 1.14 GPIA +0.9%
2014 1.14 GPIA +0.4%
2015 1.15 GPIA +0.8%
2016 1.16 GPIA +0.5%
2017 1.16 GPIA +0.2%
2018 1.16 GPIA +0.5%
2019 1.17 GPIA +0.6%
2020 1.16 GPIA -0.9%
2021 1.15 GPIA -0.7%
2022 1.14 GPIA -1.0%
2023 1.14 GPIA -0.2%
2024 1.13 GPIA -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.03 GPIA 0.9877 GPIA 1.06 GPIA 7
1980s 0.8846 GPIA 0.8196 GPIA 0.9721 GPIA 10
1990s 0.8428 GPIA 0.8028 GPIA 0.9265 GPIA 10
2000s 1.02 GPIA 0.9471 GPIA 1.1 GPIA 10
2010s 1.14 GPIA 1.1 GPIA 1.17 GPIA 10
2020s 1.14 GPIA 1.13 GPIA 1.16 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

  1. 73 Nicaragua 1.29 GPIA compare
  2. 74 Italy 1.29 GPIA compare
  3. 75 Armenia 1.28 GPIA compare
  4. 76 Kyrgyzstan 1.28 GPIA compare
  5. 77 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.27 GPIA compare
  6. 78 Belgium 1.27 GPIA compare
  7. 79 Canada 1.27 GPIA compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) was 1.13 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
The highest recorded value was 1.17 GPIA in 2019.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8028 GPIA in 1996.
How does ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 76th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 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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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
410 places, 14,225 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release