Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low income
Low income: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.8477 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low income, 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low income is 0.8477 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low income peaked at 0.8477 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6816 GPI, in 2001.
Low income ranks 43rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.6831 GPI | — |
| 1998 | 0.6843 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6816 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.6838 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6816 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.6936 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.7136 GPI | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.7041 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7177 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.7254 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7377 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7552 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.773 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.7928 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8126 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8225 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8319 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8323 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8407 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8383 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8454 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8477 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.683 GPI | 0.6816 GPI | 0.6843 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.7186 GPI | 0.6816 GPI | 0.773 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8294 GPI | 0.7928 GPI | 0.8477 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More education data for Low income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.6% (2024)
- Labor force, female 43.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low income?
- Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Low income was 0.8477 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8477 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6816 GPI in 2001.
- How does Low income rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index?
- Low income ranks 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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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About this data
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.