Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.8942 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) stood at 0.8942 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 0.8942 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7602 GPIA, in 1998.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.7797 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.7602 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 0.7608 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7819 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7985 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.799 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7947 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.795 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7925 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7922 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8046 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.805 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8115 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8194 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8283 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8447 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.843 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.847 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8563 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.858 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8599 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8611 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8627 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8665 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8704 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8816 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.886 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.8942 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7669 GPIA | 0.7602 GPIA | 0.7797 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.7975 GPIA | 0.7819 GPIA | 0.8115 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.848 GPIA | 0.8194 GPIA | 0.8627 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8797 GPIA | 0.8665 GPIA | 0.8942 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 604,930 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 859,574 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 0.8942 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8942 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7602 GPIA in 1998.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 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