School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index was 0.9003 GPI in 2020. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970–2020
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 0.9003 GPI for school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9003 GPI in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.5945 GPI, in 1984.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 41st out of 45 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6891 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6871 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.6846 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.6897 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6894 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6794 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6718 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6649 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6639 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.6537 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.6445 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.6485 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.6545 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.6164 GPI | -5.8% |
| 1984 | 0.5945 GPI | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 0.6508 GPI | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7132 GPI | +9.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7349 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7397 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.7475 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.7603 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.77 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7795 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.785 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7867 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8052 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8123 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8158 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8158 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8171 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8021 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7967 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.777 GPI | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7836 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7809 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7877 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.7861 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.7777 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.797 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8098 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8214 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8281 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8477 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8612 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8622 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8678 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8746 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8848 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8928 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.894 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9003 GPI | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6774 GPI | 0.6537 GPI | 0.6897 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6744 GPI | 0.5945 GPI | 0.7475 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7948 GPI | 0.7603 GPI | 0.8171 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7899 GPI | 0.777 GPI | 0.8098 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8635 GPI | 0.8214 GPI | 0.894 GPI | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9003 GPI | 0.9003 GPI | 0.9003 GPI | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 38 Bahrain 1.09 GPI compare
- 39 Myanmar 1.09 GPI compare
- 40 Costa Rica 1.09 GPI compare
- 41 Cape Verde 1.09 GPI compare
- 42 Sweden 1.08 GPI compare
- 43 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.08 GPI compare
- 44 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.08 GPI compare
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.9003 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9003 GPI in 2020.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5945 GPI in 1984.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st out of 45 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high 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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About this data
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.