Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income

Low & middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.9921 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9921 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
23rd
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9974 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.8746 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
26
1994–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income, 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.875 GPI1995: 0.876 GPI1996: 0.888 GPI1997: 0.899 GPI1998: 0.899 GPI1999: 0.901 GPI2000: 0.906 GPI2001: 0.914 GPI2002: 0.923 GPI2003: 0.938 GPI2004: 0.937 GPI2005: 0.942 GPI2006: 0.946 GPI2007: 0.951 GPI2008: 0.961 GPI2009: 0.973 GPI2010: 0.97 GPI2011: 0.977 GPI2012: 0.982 GPI2013: 0.996 GPI2014: 0.997 GPI2015: 0.997 GPI2016: 0.995 GPI2017: 0.993 GPI2018: 0.993 GPI2019: 0.992 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Low & middle income recorded 0.9921 GPI for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income peaked at 0.9974 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.8746 GPI, in 1994.

Low & middle income ranks 23rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Low & middle income, 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.8746 GPI
1995 0.8762 GPI +0.2%
1996 0.8879 GPI +1.3%
1997 0.8993 GPI +1.3%
1998 0.8991 GPI -0.0%
1999 0.9011 GPI +0.2%
2000 0.9064 GPI +0.6%
2001 0.9142 GPI +0.9%
2002 0.9231 GPI +1.0%
2003 0.9383 GPI +1.6%
2004 0.9369 GPI -0.1%
2005 0.9421 GPI +0.6%
2006 0.9459 GPI +0.4%
2007 0.9506 GPI +0.5%
2008 0.9615 GPI +1.1%
2009 0.9728 GPI +1.2%
2010 0.9704 GPI -0.3%
2011 0.9768 GPI +0.7%
2012 0.9822 GPI +0.6%
2013 0.9964 GPI +1.4%
2014 0.9974 GPI +0.1%
2015 0.9969 GPI -0.1%
2016 0.9951 GPI -0.2%
2017 0.9932 GPI -0.2%
2018 0.9926 GPI -0.1%
2019 0.9921 GPI -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8897 GPI 0.8746 GPI 0.9011 GPI 6
2000s 0.9392 GPI 0.9064 GPI 0.9728 GPI 10
2010s 0.9893 GPI 0.9704 GPI 0.9974 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Low & middle income

  1. 20 Timor-Leste 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 21 Bahrain 1.06 GPI compare
  3. 22 Namibia 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 23 Honduras 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 24 Madagascar 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 25 Mauritania 1.05 GPI compare
  7. 26 Ireland 1.05 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income?
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income was 0.9921 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
The highest recorded value was 0.9974 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8746 GPI in 1994.
How does Low & middle income rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Low & middle income ranks 23rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Low & middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,598 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female gross enrolment ratio for lower secondary to the male gross enrolment ratio for lower secondary. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.