Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia
Cambodia: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.06 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia is 1.06 index, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.7% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia peaked at 1.09 index in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6094 index, in 1998.
That places Cambodia 23rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6277 index | 0.6094 index | 0.6461 index | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8387 index | 0.6924 index | 0.963 index | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9846 index | 0.9634 index | 0.9966 index | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.02 index | 0.8636 index | 1.09 index | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More education data for Cambodia
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 109.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 46,016 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.55 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cambodia was 1.06 index in 2024, 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 index in 2021.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6094 index in 1998.
- How does Cambodia rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cambodia ranks 23rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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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About this data
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.