Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9876 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa is 0.9876 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa peaked at 0.9876 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8872 GPIA, in 1998.
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 111th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8919 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8872 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8889 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8907 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8955 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8974 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8984 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9043 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.912 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9208 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9219 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9291 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9378 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9414 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9326 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9401 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9483 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9548 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9547 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9593 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9609 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9614 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.965 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9685 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9756 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9843 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9876 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8893 GPIA | 0.8872 GPIA | 0.8919 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9108 GPIA | 0.8907 GPIA | 0.9378 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9518 GPIA | 0.9326 GPIA | 0.965 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.979 GPIA | 0.9685 GPIA | 0.9876 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49.26 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.30 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 8.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.20 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa was 0.9876 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9876 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8872 GPIA in 1998.
- How does UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 111th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release