Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt
Egypt: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.01 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2024, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt stood at 1.01 index.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 1.02 index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.8361 index, in 1994.
That places Egypt 71st out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8361 index | 0.8361 index | 0.8361 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9634 index | 0.9621 index | 0.9646 index | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9999 index | 0.9926 index | 1.02 index | 5 |
| 2020s | 1 index | 0.9993 index | 1.01 index | 4 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 483,053 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.73 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt was 1.01 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 index in 2014.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8361 index in 1994.
- How does Egypt rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Egypt ranks 71st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.