Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.9264 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9264 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
37th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9264 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.8251 GPI
in 1995
Years of data
26
1994–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.826 GPI1995: 0.825 GPI1996: 0.828 GPI1997: 0.839 GPI1998: 0.848 GPI1999: 0.857 GPI2000: 0.861 GPI2001: 0.866 GPI2002: 0.852 GPI2003: 0.881 GPI2004: 0.886 GPI2005: 0.891 GPI2006: 0.897 GPI2007: 0.906 GPI2008: 0.912 GPI2009: 0.918 GPI2010: 0.915 GPI2011: 0.916 GPI2012: 0.917 GPI2013: 0.915 GPI2014: 0.919 GPI2015: 0.922 GPI2016: 0.925 GPI2017: 0.925 GPI2018: 0.925 GPI2019: 0.926 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 0.9264 GPI for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9264 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8251 GPI, in 1995.

That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.8255 GPI
1995 0.8251 GPI -0.1%
1996 0.8275 GPI +0.3%
1997 0.8388 GPI +1.4%
1998 0.848 GPI +1.1%
1999 0.8574 GPI +1.1%
2000 0.8614 GPI +0.5%
2001 0.8656 GPI +0.5%
2002 0.8519 GPI -1.6%
2003 0.8814 GPI +3.5%
2004 0.8858 GPI +0.5%
2005 0.8913 GPI +0.6%
2006 0.8968 GPI +0.6%
2007 0.906 GPI +1.0%
2008 0.9125 GPI +0.7%
2009 0.9181 GPI +0.6%
2010 0.9151 GPI -0.3%
2011 0.9158 GPI +0.1%
2012 0.9167 GPI +0.1%
2013 0.9145 GPI -0.2%
2014 0.9186 GPI +0.4%
2015 0.9224 GPI +0.4%
2016 0.9252 GPI +0.3%
2017 0.9247 GPI -0.1%
2018 0.9255 GPI +0.1%
2019 0.9264 GPI +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8371 GPI 0.8251 GPI 0.8574 GPI 6
2000s 0.8871 GPI 0.8519 GPI 0.9181 GPI 10
2010s 0.9205 GPI 0.9145 GPI 0.9264 GPI 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.9264 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9264 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8251 GPI in 1995.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high 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.