Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in World
World: Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index was 0.9912 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in World, 1993–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
World recorded 0.9912 GPI for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in World peaked at 0.9912 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7887 GPI, in 1993.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in World, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.7887 GPI | — |
| 1994 | 0.8251 GPI | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 0.846 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.846 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8534 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.892 GPI | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9156 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9157 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9124 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9104 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9248 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9287 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9437 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.947 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9558 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9588 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.969 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9594 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9596 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9609 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9735 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.983 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.98 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9863 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9837 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9889 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9912 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8524 GPI | 0.7887 GPI | 0.9156 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.9366 GPI | 0.9104 GPI | 0.969 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9766 GPI | 0.9594 GPI | 0.9912 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for World
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34.10 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 65.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 34.10 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4548 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in World?
- Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in World was 0.9912 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9912 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7887 GPI in 1993.
- How does World rank for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index?
- World ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2019.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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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About this data
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.