Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9077 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries is 0.9077 GPIA, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.9077 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6536 GPIA, in 1999.
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 218th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.6564 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.6536 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.6665 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.6806 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7092 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 0.7302 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7396 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7641 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7759 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7743 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8019 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8095 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8194 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8183 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8294 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8431 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8598 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8638 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8792 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8872 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8845 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9029 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9077 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.655 GPIA | 0.6536 GPIA | 0.6564 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7452 GPIA | 0.6665 GPIA | 0.8095 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8588 GPIA | 0.8183 GPIA | 0.9029 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9077 GPIA | 0.9077 GPIA | 0.9077 GPIA | 1 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 13.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 0.9077 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9077 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6536 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 218th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release