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

Latest (2019)
0.9912 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
2nd
of 2 groups
All-time high
0.9912 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7887 GPI
in 1993
Years of data
27
1993–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index in World, 1993–2019

00.20.40.60.811993200620191993: 0.789 GPI1994: 0.825 GPI1995: 0.846 GPI1996: 0.846 GPI1997: 0.853 GPI1998: 0.892 GPI1999: 0.916 GPI2000: 0.916 GPI2001: 0.912 GPI2002: 0.91 GPI2003: 0.925 GPI2004: 0.929 GPI2005: 0.944 GPI2006: 0.947 GPI2007: 0.956 GPI2008: 0.959 GPI2009: 0.969 GPI2010: 0.959 GPI2011: 0.96 GPI2012: 0.961 GPI2013: 0.973 GPI2014: 0.983 GPI2015: 0.98 GPI2016: 0.986 GPI2017: 0.984 GPI2018: 0.989 GPI2019: 0.991 GPI

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

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in World, 1993 to 2019.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 Suriname 1.81 GPI compare
  2. 2 Tuvalu 1.59 GPI compare
  3. 3 Lesotho 1.43 GPI compare
  4. 4 Algeria 1.38 GPI compare
  5. 5 Tunisia 1.3 GPI compare

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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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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.