Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity in Eswatini
Eswatini: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9728 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity in Eswatini, 1971–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 0.9728 GPIA for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity in Eswatini peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8038 GPIA, in 2016.
That places Eswatini 137th out of 161 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.
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8816 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.8692 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.888 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 0.9004 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.9093 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.9694 GPIA | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9341 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9525 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9237 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9607 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9786 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8038 GPIA | -21.0% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | +24.9% |
| 2019 | 0.996 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9728 GPIA | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.903 GPIA | 0.8692 GPIA | 0.9694 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9341 GPIA | 0.9341 GPIA | 0.9341 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9606 GPIA | 0.8038 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9728 GPIA | 0.9728 GPIA | 0.9728 GPIA | 1 |
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More education data for Eswatini
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0994 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,880 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity in Eswatini?
- Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity in Eswatini was 0.9728 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8038 GPIA in 2016.
- How does Eswatini rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Eswatini ranks 137th out of 161 countries with data for 2022.
- Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity 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, published as part of Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release