Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Norway
Norway: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 0.997 index in 2024. ▬ Flat
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Norway, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Norway recorded 0.997 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Norway peaked at 1.01 index in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.9959 index, in 2017.
Norway ranks 116th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.01 index | 1 index | 1.01 index | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.9985 index | 0.9959 index | 1 index | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.9986 index | 0.997 index | 1 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 51,889 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.41 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Norway?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Norway was 0.997 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 index in 2004.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9959 index in 2017.
- How does Norway rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Norway ranks 116th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Norway 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.