Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.03 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 1.03 GPIA for net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 1.03 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8473 GPIA, in 2015.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 26th of 207 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9862 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9594 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9388 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9232 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9062 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8947 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8833 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9015 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8944 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9014 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9029 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9418 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9086 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8867 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8668 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8473 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8765 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9309 GPIA | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9976 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8853 GPIA | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 1.02 GPIA | +15.4% |
| 2023 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9189 GPIA | 0.8833 GPIA | 0.9862 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9166 GPIA | 0.8473 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9948 GPIA | 0.8853 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 545,537 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 329,590 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 875,127 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 1.03 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8473 GPIA in 2015.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 26th out of 207 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. 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 Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release