Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.67 index in 2022. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cape Verde, 1987–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 1.67 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2022. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 60.6% on the previous year and up 61.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cape Verde peaked at 1.67 index in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8814 index, in 1987.
That places Cape Verde 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8814 index | 0.8814 index | 0.8814 index | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9556 index | 0.9556 index | 0.9556 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.03 index | 1.02 index | 1.05 index | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.05 index | 1.04 index | 1.07 index | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.25 index | 1.03 index | 1.67 index | 3 |
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More education data for Cape Verde
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.0% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 3,031 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.51 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cape Verde?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cape Verde was 1.67 index in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 1.67 index in 2022.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8814 index in 1987.
- How does Cape Verde rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2022.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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 lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.