Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Zambia
Zambia: Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index was 1.05 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Zambia, 1972–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 1.05 GPI for total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in 2017. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Zambia peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8701 GPI, in 1972.
That places Zambia 14th out of 189 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Zambia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.8701 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.903 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 0.913 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.9244 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.9365 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.9426 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.9471 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.9483 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.9478 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9458 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.9606 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.9749 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.9652 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.9656 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9617 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9558 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9685 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9788 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9735 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.992 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.01 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 1.02 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9981 GPI | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 1.02 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.02 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.05 GPI | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9094 GPI | 0.8701 GPI | 0.9365 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.9524 GPI | 0.9426 GPI | 0.9749 GPI | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.9621 GPI | 0.9558 GPI | 0.9656 GPI | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.995 GPI | 0.9685 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 11 Mauritania 1.05 GPI compare
- 12 Seychelles 1.05 GPI compare
- 13 Madagascar 1.05 GPI compare
- 15 Kenya 1.04 GPI compare
- 16 Tanzania 1.04 GPI compare
- 17 Albania 1.04 GPI compare
More education data for Zambia
- 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 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 116,859 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Zambia?
- Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Zambia was 1.05 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8701 GPI in 1972.
- How does Zambia rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index?
- Zambia ranks 14th out of 189 countries with data for 2017.
- Is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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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About this data
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.