Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)

ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9701 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.9701 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
167th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9701 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.7723 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
29
1995–2023

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1995–2023

00.20.40.60.811995200920231995: 0.774 GPIA1996: 0.772 GPIA1997: 0.78 GPIA1998: 0.785 GPIA1999: 0.806 GPIA2000: 0.814 GPIA2001: 0.817 GPIA2002: 0.823 GPIA2003: 0.83 GPIA2004: 0.84 GPIA2005: 0.852 GPIA2006: 0.865 GPIA2007: 0.871 GPIA2008: 0.883 GPIA2009: 0.894 GPIA2010: 0.901 GPIA2011: 0.896 GPIA2012: 0.905 GPIA2013: 0.917 GPIA2014: 0.922 GPIA2015: 0.935 GPIA2016: 0.935 GPIA2017: 0.937 GPIA2018: 0.937 GPIA2019: 0.943 GPIA2020: 0.948 GPIA2021: 0.957 GPIA2022: 0.966 GPIA2023: 0.97 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) recorded 0.9701 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 0.9701 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7723 GPIA, in 1996.

That places ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 167th out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1995 to 2023.
Year GPIA Change
1995 0.7741 GPIA
1996 0.7723 GPIA -0.2%
1997 0.7802 GPIA +1.0%
1998 0.7847 GPIA +0.6%
1999 0.8065 GPIA +2.8%
2000 0.8145 GPIA +1.0%
2001 0.8174 GPIA +0.4%
2002 0.8234 GPIA +0.7%
2003 0.8295 GPIA +0.7%
2004 0.8405 GPIA +1.3%
2005 0.8523 GPIA +1.4%
2006 0.8653 GPIA +1.5%
2007 0.8712 GPIA +0.7%
2008 0.8829 GPIA +1.3%
2009 0.8938 GPIA +1.2%
2010 0.9011 GPIA +0.8%
2011 0.8963 GPIA -0.5%
2012 0.9052 GPIA +1.0%
2013 0.917 GPIA +1.3%
2014 0.9224 GPIA +0.6%
2015 0.9349 GPIA +1.4%
2016 0.9349 GPIA -0.0%
2017 0.937 GPIA +0.2%
2018 0.9373 GPIA +0.0%
2019 0.9428 GPIA +0.6%
2020 0.948 GPIA +0.6%
2021 0.9566 GPIA +0.9%
2022 0.9656 GPIA +0.9%
2023 0.9701 GPIA +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7836 GPIA 0.7723 GPIA 0.8065 GPIA 5
2000s 0.8491 GPIA 0.8145 GPIA 0.8938 GPIA 10
2010s 0.9229 GPIA 0.8963 GPIA 0.9428 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9601 GPIA 0.948 GPIA 0.9701 GPIA 4

Countries ranked near ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)

  1. 164 Sudan 0.9707 GPIA compare
  2. 165 Kiribati 0.9701 GPIA compare
  3. 166 Morocco 0.9693 GPIA compare
  4. 167 Niger 0.9681 GPIA compare
  5. 168 Grenada 0.9668 GPIA compare
  6. 169 Chile 0.966 GPIA compare
  7. 170 Libya 0.966 GPIA compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 0.9701 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9701 GPIA in 2023.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7723 GPIA in 1996.
How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 167th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
420 places, 10,306 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release