Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity was 1.09 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 1.09 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 1.1 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5589 GPIA, in 1970.
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 105th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5589 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7882 GPIA | +41.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6109 GPIA | -22.5% |
| 1973 | 0.734 GPIA | +20.2% |
| 1974 | 0.6268 GPIA | -14.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6379 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 0.7775 GPIA | +21.9% |
| 1977 | 0.7881 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.788 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7865 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7832 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.7684 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7831 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.778 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.8136 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 0.81 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7638 GPIA | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 0.7675 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7757 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7884 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7851 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.802 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.7771 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 0.779 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.7901 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.8595 GPIA | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 0.826 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8785 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8551 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8856 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.904 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.911 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9391 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.94 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9518 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9674 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9959 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9957 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1.06 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.08 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.1 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +41.0% | 0.5589 GPIA | 0.7882 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7097 GPIA | 0.5589 GPIA | 0.7882 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7832 GPIA | 0.7638 GPIA | 0.8136 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8238 GPIA | 0.7771 GPIA | 0.8856 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9612 GPIA | 0.904 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.57 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 1.09 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5589 GPIA in 1970.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 105th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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