Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Madagascar
Madagascar: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.05 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Madagascar, 2001–2024
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 Madagascar stood at 1.05 index.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Madagascar peaked at 1.05 index in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.9528 index, in 2003.
That places Madagascar 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9537 index | 0.9528 index | 0.9547 index | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 0.9725 index | 1.04 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 index | 1.03 index | 1.05 index | 5 |
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More education data for Madagascar
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 132.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 138,648 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.91 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 135.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Madagascar?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Madagascar was 1.05 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 index in 2021.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9528 index in 2003.
- How does Madagascar rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Madagascar ranks 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.