Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Eswatini
Eswatini: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9728 index in 2022. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Eswatini, 1971–2022
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 Eswatini is 0.9728 index, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Eswatini peaked at 1.02 index in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8038 index, in 2016.
That places Eswatini 139th out of 163 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.903 index | 0.8692 index | 0.9694 index | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9341 index | 0.9341 index | 0.9341 index | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9606 index | 0.8038 index | 1.02 index | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9728 index | 0.9728 index | 0.9728 index | 1 |
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More education data for Eswatini
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 116.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 8,880 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.72 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 112.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Eswatini?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Eswatini was 0.9728 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 index in 2015.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8038 index in 2016.
- How does Eswatini rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Eswatini ranks 139th out of 163 countries with data for 2022.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.