School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Low & middle income

Low & middle income: School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index was 0.9863 GPI in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.9863 GPI
Change on year
down 0.5%
Rank
26th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9916 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7175 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Low & middle income, 1970–2020

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Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Low & middle income recorded 0.9863 GPI for school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in 2020.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Low & middle income peaked at 0.9916 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7175 GPI, in 1970.

That places Low & middle income 26th out of 43 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Low & middle income, year by year

Annual values for School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Low & middle income, 1970 to 2020.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.7175 GPI
1971 0.7188 GPI +0.2%
1972 0.7199 GPI +0.2%
1973 0.7211 GPI +0.2%
1974 0.7287 GPI +1.0%
1975 0.7348 GPI +0.8%
1976 0.7348 GPI +0.0%
1977 0.7384 GPI +0.5%
1978 0.7514 GPI +1.8%
1979 0.7639 GPI +1.7%
1980 0.7552 GPI -1.1%
1981 0.7459 GPI -1.2%
1982 0.7425 GPI -0.5%
1983 0.7552 GPI +1.7%
1984 0.7453 GPI -1.3%
1985 0.7375 GPI -1.1%
1986 0.763 GPI +3.5%
1987 0.7747 GPI +1.5%
1988 0.7808 GPI +0.8%
1989 0.7891 GPI +1.1%
1990 0.7927 GPI +0.5%
1991 0.7994 GPI +0.8%
1992 0.8076 GPI +1.0%
1993 0.8138 GPI +0.8%
1994 0.8303 GPI +2.0%
1995 0.841 GPI +1.3%
1996 0.8501 GPI +1.1%
1997 0.8619 GPI +1.4%
1998 0.8774 GPI +1.8%
1999 0.8912 GPI +1.6%
2000 0.8965 GPI +0.6%
2001 0.8997 GPI +0.4%
2002 0.906 GPI +0.7%
2003 0.9223 GPI +1.8%
2004 0.9237 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9327 GPI +1.0%
2006 0.9384 GPI +0.6%
2007 0.9456 GPI +0.8%
2008 0.9539 GPI +0.9%
2009 0.9658 GPI +1.3%
2010 0.9603 GPI -0.6%
2011 0.9643 GPI +0.4%
2012 0.9679 GPI +0.4%
2013 0.9809 GPI +1.3%
2014 0.986 GPI +0.5%
2015 0.9859 GPI -0.0%
2016 0.9882 GPI +0.2%
2017 0.9873 GPI -0.1%
2018 0.9904 GPI +0.3%
2019 0.9916 GPI +0.1%
2020 0.9863 GPI -0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7329 GPI 0.7175 GPI 0.7639 GPI 10
1980s 0.7589 GPI 0.7375 GPI 0.7891 GPI 10
1990s 0.8365 GPI 0.7927 GPI 0.8912 GPI 10
2000s 0.9285 GPI 0.8965 GPI 0.9658 GPI 10
2010s 0.9803 GPI 0.9603 GPI 0.9916 GPI 10
2020s 0.9863 GPI 0.9863 GPI 0.9863 GPI 1

Countries ranked near Low & middle income

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  3. 25 Kiribati 1.11 GPI compare
  4. 26 Burkina Faso 1.11 GPI compare
  5. 27 Samoa 1.1 GPI compare
  6. 28 Ireland 1.1 GPI compare
  7. 29 Mexico 1.1 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Low & middle income?
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Low & middle income was 0.9863 GPI in 2020, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
The highest recorded value was 0.9916 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7175 GPI in 1970.
How does Low & middle income rank for school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index?
Low & middle income ranks 26th out of 43 groups with data for 2020.
Is school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index rising or falling in Low & middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 8,237 data points, 1970–2022
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Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in secondary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.