Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.8844 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8844 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
220th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.8844 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6397 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) recorded 0.8844 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 0.8844 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6397 GPIA, in 1970.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6397 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6403 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6564 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6673 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6741 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6815 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.6941 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.6987 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.7054 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7136 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7235 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.7276 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.7293 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7272 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.7312 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7363 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.7469 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7517 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7521 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7564 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7539 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.7572 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7834 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7789 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.7753 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.7644 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.7602 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7686 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.7435 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 0.7578 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.774 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.79 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7634 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7863 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7855 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.783 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7819 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7973 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.7943 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8004 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8074 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8147 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8308 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8316 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8331 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8413 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.844 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8472 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8498 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8513 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8554 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.8597 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8698 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8755 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.8844 GPIA | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6771 GPIA | 0.6397 GPIA | 0.7136 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7382 GPIA | 0.7235 GPIA | 0.7564 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7643 GPIA | 0.7435 GPIA | 0.7834 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7856 GPIA | 0.7634 GPIA | 0.8004 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8351 GPIA | 0.8074 GPIA | 0.8513 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8689 GPIA | 0.8554 GPIA | 0.8844 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 859,574 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.83 % 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 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)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.65 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 0.8844 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8844 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6397 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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 secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release