Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in New Zealand

New Zealand: Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
1.01 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
77th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.9839 GPI
in 1983
Years of data
33
1970–2018

Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in New Zealand, 1970–2018

00.250.50.7511970199420181970: 0.999 GPI1971: 0.996 GPI1972: 1 GPI1973: 0.999 GPI1974: 0.994 GPI1975: 0.991 GPI1976: 0.993 GPI1977: 0.991 GPI1978: 0.989 GPI1979: 0.988 GPI1980: 0.989 GPI1981: 0.986 GPI1982: 0.984 GPI1983: 0.984 GPI1984: 0.99 GPI1985: 0.991 GPI1986: 0.995 GPI1987: 0.997 GPI1988: 1 GPI1989: 0.997 GPI1990: 0.99 GPI1991: 0.997 GPI1992: 0.996 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 0.998 GPI1997: 0.995 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in New Zealand stood at 1.01 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in New Zealand peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.9839 GPI, in 1983.

That places New Zealand 77th out of 189 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in New Zealand, 1970 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.9994 GPI
1971 0.9955 GPI -0.4%
1972 1 GPI +0.6%
1973 0.9992 GPI -0.3%
1974 0.9941 GPI -0.5%
1975 0.991 GPI -0.3%
1976 0.9932 GPI +0.2%
1977 0.9914 GPI -0.2%
1978 0.9887 GPI -0.3%
1979 0.9882 GPI -0.0%
1980 0.9893 GPI +0.1%
1981 0.9862 GPI -0.3%
1982 0.984 GPI -0.2%
1983 0.9839 GPI -0.0%
1984 0.99 GPI +0.6%
1985 0.9914 GPI +0.1%
1986 0.9951 GPI +0.4%
1987 0.9971 GPI +0.2%
1988 1 GPI +0.5%
1989 0.9965 GPI -0.6%
1990 0.9902 GPI -0.6%
1991 0.9968 GPI +0.7%
1992 0.9959 GPI -0.1%
1994 1 GPI +0.5%
1995 1 GPI +0.2%
1996 0.9981 GPI -0.4%
1997 0.995 GPI -0.3%
2013 1.01 GPI +1.2%
2014 1 GPI -0.4%
2015 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2016 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2017 1 GPI -0.3%
2018 1.01 GPI +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9943 GPI 0.9882 GPI 1 GPI 10
1980s 0.9916 GPI 0.9839 GPI 1 GPI 10
1990s 0.997 GPI 0.9902 GPI 1 GPI 7
2010s 1.01 GPI 1 GPI 1.01 GPI 6

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 74 Poland 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 75 Israel 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 76 Guatemala 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 78 Solomon Islands 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 79 Spain 1 GPI compare
  6. 80 Slovenia 1 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in New Zealand?
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in New Zealand was 1.01 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9839 GPI in 1983.
How does New Zealand rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index?
New Zealand ranks 77th out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
Is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 4,343 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for primary to the male total net enrolment rate for primary. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.