Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8864 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) recorded 0.8864 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 0.8864 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7062 GPIA, in 1999.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 212th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.7358 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.7185 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7062 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.7285 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7261 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7375 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.7212 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7213 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7271 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7324 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.7282 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.7428 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7643 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.7744 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7905 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8058 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7913 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.81 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8204 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8236 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.843 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8465 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8517 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8527 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8547 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8805 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.878 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.8864 GPIA | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7202 GPIA | 0.7062 GPIA | 0.7358 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.7329 GPIA | 0.7212 GPIA | 0.7643 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8157 GPIA | 0.7744 GPIA | 0.8517 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8704 GPIA | 0.8527 GPIA | 0.8864 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 112,564 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 859,574 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 604,930 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 352,678 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 0.8864 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8864 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7062 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 212th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release