Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname
Suriname: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.22 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname, 1987–2024
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 Suriname is 1.22 index, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 18.9% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname peaked at 1.51 index in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8579 index, in 2022.
Suriname ranks 5th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.04 index | 1.04 index | 1.04 index | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.02 index | 1.02 index | 1.02 index | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.03 index | 1.01 index | 1.04 index | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.14 index | 0.8579 index | 1.51 index | 5 |
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More education data for Suriname
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,068 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.23 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname was 1.22 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 index in 2023.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8579 index in 2022.
- How does Suriname rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Suriname ranks 5th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.