Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Mali

Mali: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.8917 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.8917 GPI
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
170th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.8917 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.5404 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
20
1999–2018

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Mali, 1999–2018

00.20.40.60.81999200820181999: 0.54 GPI2000: 0.58 GPI2001: 0.582 GPI2002: 0.588 GPI2003: 0.595 GPI2004: 0.615 GPI2005: 0.63 GPI2006: 0.629 GPI2007: 0.652 GPI2008: 0.67 GPI2009: 0.694 GPI2010: 0.726 GPI2011: 0.738 GPI2012: 0.77 GPI2013: 0.855 GPI2014: 0.803 GPI2015: 0.849 GPI2016: 0.767 GPI2017: 0.873 GPI2018: 0.892 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Mali stood at 0.8917 GPI. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 33.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Mali peaked at 0.8917 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5404 GPI, in 1999.

Mali ranks 170th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Mali, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Mali, 1999 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.5404 GPI
2000 0.5796 GPI +7.2%
2001 0.5817 GPI +0.4%
2002 0.5882 GPI +1.1%
2003 0.5947 GPI +1.1%
2004 0.6151 GPI +3.4%
2005 0.6298 GPI +2.4%
2006 0.6286 GPI -0.2%
2007 0.6522 GPI +3.8%
2008 0.6704 GPI +2.8%
2009 0.6938 GPI +3.5%
2010 0.7257 GPI +4.6%
2011 0.7379 GPI +1.7%
2012 0.77 GPI +4.3%
2013 0.8553 GPI +11.1%
2014 0.8031 GPI -6.1%
2015 0.8491 GPI +5.7%
2016 0.7666 GPI -9.7%
2017 0.8725 GPI +13.8%
2018 0.8917 GPI +2.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5404 GPI 0.5404 GPI 0.5404 GPI 1
2000s 0.6234 GPI 0.5796 GPI 0.6938 GPI 10
2010s 0.808 GPI 0.7257 GPI 0.8917 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Mali

  1. 167 Liechtenstein 0.9063 GPI compare
  2. 168 Eritrea 0.8934 GPI compare
  3. 169 Ethiopia 0.8926 GPI compare
  4. 171 Morocco 0.8893 GPI compare
  5. 172 Pakistan 0.8834 GPI compare
  6. 173 Cameroon 0.8767 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Mali?
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Mali was 0.8917 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mali?
The highest recorded value was 0.8917 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mali?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5404 GPI in 1999.
How does Mali rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Mali ranks 170th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mali?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mali 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.