Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income

Low & middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index was 0.9876 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9876 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
27th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9876 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7446 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
26
1994–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income, 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.745 GPI1995: 0.772 GPI1996: 0.772 GPI1997: 0.789 GPI1998: 0.839 GPI1999: 0.875 GPI2000: 0.881 GPI2001: 0.876 GPI2002: 0.877 GPI2003: 0.897 GPI2004: 0.904 GPI2005: 0.921 GPI2006: 0.93 GPI2007: 0.941 GPI2008: 0.945 GPI2009: 0.957 GPI2010: 0.947 GPI2011: 0.948 GPI2012: 0.95 GPI2013: 0.962 GPI2014: 0.973 GPI2015: 0.971 GPI2016: 0.979 GPI2017: 0.978 GPI2018: 0.984 GPI2019: 0.988 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income is 0.9876 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income peaked at 0.9876 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7446 GPI, in 1994.

Low & middle income ranks 27th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Low & middle income, 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.7446 GPI
1995 0.7722 GPI +3.7%
1996 0.7719 GPI -0.0%
1997 0.7886 GPI +2.2%
1998 0.839 GPI +6.4%
1999 0.8751 GPI +4.3%
2000 0.8811 GPI +0.7%
2001 0.8756 GPI -0.6%
2002 0.8774 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.897 GPI +2.2%
2004 0.9043 GPI +0.8%
2005 0.9207 GPI +1.8%
2006 0.9298 GPI +1.0%
2007 0.9405 GPI +1.2%
2008 0.9449 GPI +0.5%
2009 0.9573 GPI +1.3%
2010 0.947 GPI -1.1%
2011 0.9477 GPI +0.1%
2012 0.95 GPI +0.2%
2013 0.9618 GPI +1.2%
2014 0.9728 GPI +1.1%
2015 0.9714 GPI -0.1%
2016 0.979 GPI +0.8%
2017 0.9777 GPI -0.1%
2018 0.9838 GPI +0.6%
2019 0.9876 GPI +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7986 GPI 0.7446 GPI 0.8751 GPI 6
2000s 0.9129 GPI 0.8756 GPI 0.9573 GPI 10
2010s 0.9679 GPI 0.947 GPI 0.9876 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Low & middle income

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  3. 26 Belgium 1.17 GPI compare
  4. 27 Finland 1.17 GPI compare
  5. 28 Kuwait 1.17 GPI compare
  6. 29 Samoa 1.16 GPI compare
  7. 30 Botswana 1.15 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income?
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income was 0.9876 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
The highest recorded value was 0.9876 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7446 GPI in 1994.
How does Low & middle income rank for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index?
Low & middle income ranks 27th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Low & middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 4,271 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female gross enrolment ratio for upper secondary to the male gross enrolment ratio for upper secondary. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.