Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.9236 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9236 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
39th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9236 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.822 GPI
in 1995
Years of data
26
1994–2019

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

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.822 GPI1995: 0.822 GPI1996: 0.824 GPI1997: 0.836 GPI1998: 0.845 GPI1999: 0.854 GPI2000: 0.858 GPI2001: 0.861 GPI2002: 0.847 GPI2003: 0.878 GPI2004: 0.882 GPI2005: 0.887 GPI2006: 0.893 GPI2007: 0.902 GPI2008: 0.909 GPI2009: 0.915 GPI2010: 0.912 GPI2011: 0.912 GPI2012: 0.913 GPI2013: 0.91 GPI2014: 0.914 GPI2015: 0.918 GPI2016: 0.921 GPI2017: 0.921 GPI2018: 0.923 GPI2019: 0.924 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) is 0.9236 GPI, measured 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 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.9236 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.822 GPI, in 1995.

That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 39th 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 (IDA & IBRD), year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.8224 GPI
1995 0.822 GPI -0.1%
1996 0.8243 GPI +0.3%
1997 0.8355 GPI +1.4%
1998 0.8447 GPI +1.1%
1999 0.854 GPI +1.1%
2000 0.8575 GPI +0.4%
2001 0.8613 GPI +0.4%
2002 0.8474 GPI -1.6%
2003 0.8776 GPI +3.6%
2004 0.8819 GPI +0.5%
2005 0.8873 GPI +0.6%
2006 0.8927 GPI +0.6%
2007 0.9022 GPI +1.1%
2008 0.9087 GPI +0.7%
2009 0.9147 GPI +0.7%
2010 0.9115 GPI -0.3%
2011 0.9118 GPI +0.0%
2012 0.9129 GPI +0.1%
2013 0.9103 GPI -0.3%
2014 0.9144 GPI +0.4%
2015 0.9183 GPI +0.4%
2016 0.9213 GPI +0.3%
2017 0.9209 GPI -0.0%
2018 0.9227 GPI +0.2%
2019 0.9236 GPI +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8338 GPI 0.822 GPI 0.854 GPI 6
2000s 0.8831 GPI 0.8474 GPI 0.9147 GPI 10
2010s 0.9168 GPI 0.9103 GPI 0.9236 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.9236 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9236 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.822 GPI in 1995.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 39th 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.