Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)

ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9419 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.9419 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
183rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9419 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.6775 GPIA
in 1997
Years of data
29
1995–2023

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1995–2023

00.20.40.60.811995200920231995: 0.681 GPIA1996: 0.682 GPIA1997: 0.678 GPIA1998: 0.688 GPIA1999: 0.687 GPIA2000: 0.692 GPIA2001: 0.69 GPIA2002: 0.701 GPIA2003: 0.695 GPIA2004: 0.695 GPIA2005: 0.704 GPIA2006: 0.719 GPIA2007: 0.732 GPIA2008: 0.755 GPIA2009: 0.774 GPIA2010: 0.799 GPIA2011: 0.82 GPIA2012: 0.835 GPIA2013: 0.852 GPIA2014: 0.857 GPIA2015: 0.863 GPIA2016: 0.858 GPIA2017: 0.872 GPIA2018: 0.884 GPIA2019: 0.891 GPIA2020: 0.903 GPIA2021: 0.919 GPIA2022: 0.936 GPIA2023: 0.942 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) recorded 0.9419 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 0.9419 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6775 GPIA, in 1997.

That places ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 183rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1995 to 2023.
Year GPIA Change
1995 0.6805 GPIA
1996 0.6821 GPIA +0.2%
1997 0.6775 GPIA -0.7%
1998 0.6884 GPIA +1.6%
1999 0.6874 GPIA -0.1%
2000 0.6922 GPIA +0.7%
2001 0.6899 GPIA -0.3%
2002 0.701 GPIA +1.6%
2003 0.6949 GPIA -0.9%
2004 0.6948 GPIA -0.0%
2005 0.7036 GPIA +1.3%
2006 0.7189 GPIA +2.2%
2007 0.7324 GPIA +1.9%
2008 0.7549 GPIA +3.1%
2009 0.7744 GPIA +2.6%
2010 0.7987 GPIA +3.1%
2011 0.8201 GPIA +2.7%
2012 0.8347 GPIA +1.8%
2013 0.8524 GPIA +2.1%
2014 0.8567 GPIA +0.5%
2015 0.863 GPIA +0.7%
2016 0.8577 GPIA -0.6%
2017 0.8724 GPIA +1.7%
2018 0.8838 GPIA +1.3%
2019 0.8912 GPIA +0.8%
2020 0.9027 GPIA +1.3%
2021 0.9187 GPIA +1.8%
2022 0.9362 GPIA +1.9%
2023 0.9419 GPIA +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6832 GPIA 0.6775 GPIA 0.6884 GPIA 5
2000s 0.7157 GPIA 0.6899 GPIA 0.7744 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8531 GPIA 0.7987 GPIA 0.8912 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9249 GPIA 0.9027 GPIA 0.9419 GPIA 4

Countries ranked near ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)

  1. 180 British Virgin Islands 0.9139 GPIA compare
  2. 181 Palau 0.9119 GPIA compare
  3. 182 Angola 0.9096 GPIA compare
  4. 183 Algeria 0.9013 GPIA compare
  5. 184 Cameroon 0.8991 GPIA compare
  6. 185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.8981 GPIA compare
  7. 186 Togo 0.8731 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 420 places →

More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)

All data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) →

Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 0.9419 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9419 GPIA in 2023.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6775 GPIA in 1997.
How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 183rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 29 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118). Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-lower-secondary-adjusted-gender-parity-index-gpia/eca-least-developed-countries-unsdcode-98118/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-lower-secondary-adjusted-gender-parity-index-gpia/eca-least-developed-countries-unsdcode-98118/">Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
420 places, 10,386 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release