Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 1 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9097 GPIA, in 2011.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 113th out of 212 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.9216 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.9222 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9178 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9229 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9245 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9305 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9363 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9391 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9445 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9401 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9401 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9436 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.94 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9097 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 0.923 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9349 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9474 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9409 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9634 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9685 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9703 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9748 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9823 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9906 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9953 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.999 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9219 GPIA | 0.9216 GPIA | 0.9222 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9339 GPIA | 0.9178 GPIA | 0.9445 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9473 GPIA | 0.9097 GPIA | 0.9748 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9936 GPIA | 0.9823 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9097 GPIA in 2011.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 113th out of 212 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release