Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Jordan
Jordan: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9814 index in 2024. ▬ Flat
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Jordan, 1999–2024
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 Jordan stood at 0.9814 index. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Jordan peaked at 1.05 index in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.9814 index, in 2024.
Jordan ranks 134th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.04 index | 1.04 index | 1.04 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.03 index | 1.01 index | 1.05 index | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.02 index | 1.01 index | 1.04 index | 6 |
| 2020s | 1 index | 0.9814 index | 1.02 index | 5 |
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More education data for Jordan
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 30.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 64,348 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.6 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Jordan?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Jordan was 0.9814 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 Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 index in 2008.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9814 index in 2024.
- How does Jordan rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Jordan ranks 134th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jordan 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.