Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9841 index in 2020. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index in Papua New Guinea, 1989–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2020, net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index in Papua New Guinea stood at 0.9841 index. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.9841 index in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9202 index, in 1989.
That places Papua New Guinea 138th out of 180 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.9202 index | — |
| 2012 | 0.9418 index | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.97 index | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9747 index | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9838 index | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9841 index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9202 index | 0.9202 index | 0.9202 index | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9675 index | 0.9418 index | 0.9838 index | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9841 index | 0.9841 index | 0.9841 index | 1 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.852 % change on previous year (1999)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 20,178 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 20,710 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3,498 (1999)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.1427 % change on previous year (1999)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6,445 (1999)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.4 % change on previous year (1999)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index in Papua New Guinea?
- Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index in Papua New Guinea was 0.9841 index in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9841 index in 2020.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9202 index in 1989.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 138th out of 180 countries with data for 2020.
- Is net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.