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School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) by country

Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in secondary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.

Countries reporting
196
Highest
1.27 GPI
French Polynesia
Lowest
0.4608 GPI
Somalia
Median
1.01 GPI
Years covered
53
1970–2022
Data points
8,237

What the numbers show

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 1.27 GPI in French Polynesia; the lowest is 0.4608 GPI in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.01 GPI, and the mean is 1 GPI.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 69.5%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 19.0%).

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 French Polynesia 1.27 GPI 1993 — falling
2 Bangladesh 1.24 GPI 2021 up 10.0% rising
3 Lesotho 1.24 GPI 2019 down 10.4% flat
4 Suriname 1.22 GPI 2021 down 10.4% rising
5 Honduras 1.22 GPI 2012 down 2.3% rising
6 Burundi 1.21 GPI 2020 up 69.5% rising
7 Senegal 1.2 GPI 2021 up 30.7% rising
8 Gambia 1.18 GPI 2021 up 22.9% rising
9 Tonga 1.18 GPI 2020 up 10.2% rising
10 Libya 1.18 GPI 2006 — rising
11 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 GPI 2017 up 8.4% rising
12 Cambodia 1.15 GPI 2021 up 34.3% rising
13 Rwanda 1.15 GPI 2021 up 10.1% rising
14 Vanuatu 1.14 GPI 2020 up 14.7% rising
15 Tunisia 1.14 GPI 2016 up 3.2% rising
16 Namibia 1.14 GPI 2007 up 1.4% falling
17 Belgium 1.13 GPI 2020 down 0.8% rising
18 Bhutan 1.13 GPI 2018 up 16.5% volatile
19 Nicaragua 1.13 GPI 2010 down 5.6% rising
20 Bermuda 1.12 GPI 2015 down 0.8% flat
21 Botswana 1.11 GPI 2021 up 1.8% rising
22 British Virgin Islands 1.11 GPI 2017 down 0.9% falling
23 Uruguay 1.11 GPI 2020 down 5.6% flat
24 Andorra 1.11 GPI 1983 up 14.5% rising
25 Kiribati 1.11 GPI 2008 up 2.9% rising
26 Burkina Faso 1.11 GPI 2021 up 41.7% rising
27 Samoa 1.1 GPI 2016 down 4.1% flat
28 Ireland 1.1 GPI 2020 up 4.0% flat
29 Mexico 1.1 GPI 2020 up 2.2% rising
30 Finland 1.1 GPI 2020 up 5.2% falling
31 Cameroon 1.1 GPI 2021 up 30.0% rising
32 Dominican Republic 1.1 GPI 2021 down 2.9% falling
33 East Timor 1.09 GPI 2020 up 10.3% rising
34 Marshall Islands 1.09 GPI 2021 up 4.3% flat
35 Palestine 1.09 GPI 2021 down 0.9% rising
36 South Africa 1.09 GPI 2020 up 2.6% falling
37 Seychelles 1.09 GPI 2021 up 3.4% falling
38 Bahrain 1.09 GPI 2019 up 3.8% rising
39 Myanmar 1.09 GPI 2018 up 9.2% rising
40 Costa Rica 1.09 GPI 2020 up 4.2% falling
41 Cape Verde 1.09 GPI 2019 down 8.7% rising
42 Sweden 1.08 GPI 2020 up 9.6% flat
43 Micronesia (country) 1.08 GPI 2005 — rising
44 Tanzania 1.08 GPI 2021 up 32.1% rising
45 Venezuela 1.08 GPI 2017 down 3.2% falling
46 Gabon 1.08 GPI 2019 — rising
47 Philippines 1.08 GPI 2021 down 0.4% flat
48 Puerto Rico 1.08 GPI 2013 — flat
49 Paraguay 1.07 GPI 2012 up 4.8% flat
50 Fiji 1.07 GPI 2021 down 0.5% rising
51 Trinidad and Tobago 1.07 GPI 2004 up 3.4% flat
52 Jamaica 1.07 GPI 2007 up 5.1% falling
53 Comoros 1.07 GPI 2018 up 39.9% rising
54 Mauritania 1.07 GPI 2020 up 25.0% rising
55 Tuvalu 1.06 GPI 2021 down 9.6% rising
56 Kuwait 1.06 GPI 2015 down 2.8% rising
57 Thailand 1.06 GPI 2022 down 1.3% rising
58 Croatia 1.06 GPI 2020 down 1.3% flat
59 Malaysia 1.06 GPI 2021 down 2.6% rising
60 Bahamas 1.05 GPI 2013 up 1.1% falling
61 New Zealand 1.05 GPI 2020 up 0.4% rising
62 Mauritius 1.05 GPI 2021 up 0.2% rising
63 Sri Lanka 1.05 GPI 2018 up 3.4% falling
64 Estonia 1.05 GPI 2020 up 4.6% falling
65 Brazil 1.05 GPI 2020 down 6.3% falling
66 Argentina 1.04 GPI 2020 down 4.8% flat
67 Colombia 1.04 GPI 2020 down 5.1% rising
68 Panama 1.04 GPI 2021 down 3.3% falling
69 Algeria 1.04 GPI 2011 down 2.3% rising
70 Madagascar 1.04 GPI 2019 up 10.5% rising
71 Nauru 1.04 GPI 2019 down 2.5% falling
72 Brunei 1.03 GPI 2020 up 2.7% flat
73 Albania 1.03 GPI 2021 up 4.0% rising
74 Grenada 1.03 GPI 2020 down 0.2% falling
75 Guyana 1.03 GPI 2012 up 3.5% flat
76 Armenia 1.03 GPI 2021 up 2.7% flat
77 Belize 1.03 GPI 2021 down 3.4% flat
77 Spain 1.03 GPI 2020 up 0.3% rising
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.03 GPI 2018 down 8.6% falling
80 Cuba 1.03 GPI 2021 up 2.5% flat
81 Barbados 1.03 GPI 2021 down 1.1% flat
82 Indonesia 1.03 GPI 2018 up 3.3% rising
83 Ecuador 1.02 GPI 2020 down 2.1% rising
84 United Kingdom 1.02 GPI 2020 up 2.0% flat
85 Sudan 1.02 GPI 2018 up 13.4% rising
86 Jordan 1.02 GPI 2021 down 1.6% rising
87 Montenegro 1.02 GPI 2021 down 0.1% flat
88 Mongolia 1.02 GPI 2021 down 5.0% flat
89 Aruba 1.02 GPI 2012 down 3.4% flat
90 Serbia 1.02 GPI 2021 down 0.7% flat
91 Guatemala 1.02 GPI 2021 up 8.9% rising
92 Netherlands 1.02 GPI 2020 up 3.0% rising
93 Slovenia 1.02 GPI 2020 up 2.3% flat
94 Israel 1.02 GPI 2020 down 0.9% falling
95 Cayman Islands 1.01 GPI 2018 down 7.7% falling
96 United Arab Emirates 1.01 GPI 2020 — rising
97 Slovakia 1.01 GPI 2020 up 0.0% flat
98 Malta 1.01 GPI 2020 up 13.4% rising
99 Canada 1.01 GPI 2020 up 3.5% flat
100 Djibouti 1.01 GPI 2021 up 8.0% rising
101 Czechia 1.01 GPI 2020 up 0.4% falling
102 El Salvador 1.01 GPI 2014 up 1.4% rising
103 Romania 1.01 GPI 2020 up 1.4% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 1 GPI 2021 up 0.1% flat
105 Portugal 1 GPI 2020 down 2.3% rising
106 Latvia 1 GPI 2020 up 1.8% falling
107 Japan 1 GPI 2019 down 0.4% flat
108 Ghana 1 GPI 2020 up 13.6% rising
109 Georgia 1 GPI 2021 down 2.2% rising
110 Palau 1 GPI 2020 down 8.7% flat
111 Uzbekistan 1 GPI 2021 up 1.0% flat
112 Kazakhstan 1 GPI 2020 down 0.4% falling
113 France 1 GPI 2020 down 1.0% falling
114 Luxembourg 0.998 GPI 2020 down 3.1% rising
115 China 0.9966 GPI 2010 up 6.6% rising
116 Macao 0.9965 GPI 2021 up 3.7% falling
117 Hungary 0.9949 GPI 2020 up 0.8% rising
118 Eswatini 0.9946 GPI 2016 up 4.2% rising
119 Syria 0.9944 GPI 2013 up 6.0% rising
120 South Korea 0.9944 GPI 2020 down 0.0% rising
121 Hong Kong 0.9941 GPI 2021 down 1.0% rising
122 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9934 GPI 2021 down 10.3% falling
123 Denmark 0.9927 GPI 2020 down 1.6% flat
124 Singapore 0.9909 GPI 2020 — flat
125 Chile 0.9909 GPI 2020 down 3.9% falling
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9907 GPI 2021 down 0.9% flat
127 Egypt 0.9905 GPI 2019 down 0.1% rising
128 Moldova 0.9904 GPI 2021 down 2.3% flat
129 Dominica 0.9903 GPI 2021 down 7.6% falling
130 Bolivia 0.9896 GPI 2020 down 0.6% rising
131 Iran 0.9895 GPI 2020 up 5.6% rising
132 North Macedonia 0.9872 GPI 2020 up 1.6% flat
133 Nepal 0.9872 GPI 2022 down 3.7% rising
134 Poland 0.9864 GPI 2020 down 0.8% falling
135 Italy 0.9853 GPI 2020 down 0.4% rising
136 Belarus 0.9849 GPI 2021 up 1.8% falling
137 Azerbaijan 0.9835 GPI 2021 — flat
138 Austria 0.9815 GPI 2020 up 2.2% rising
139 Saint Lucia 0.9807 GPI 2020 down 0.8% falling
140 Ukraine 0.9805 GPI 2014 down 1.0% falling
141 United States 0.9789 GPI 2020 down 2.4% rising
142 Bulgaria 0.9781 GPI 2020 up 2.1% flat
143 Liberia 0.9767 GPI 2020 up 20.1% rising
144 Lithuania 0.9746 GPI 2020 down 0.8% falling
145 Turkey 0.9731 GPI 2020 up 6.2% rising
146 Russia 0.9728 GPI 2019 down 1.2% flat
147 India 0.9696 GPI 2021 up 1.4% rising
148 Cyprus 0.9695 GPI 2020 down 4.2% flat
149 Morocco 0.9693 GPI 2021 up 12.4% rising
150 Sierra Leone 0.9655 GPI 2017 up 28.5% rising
151 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9629 GPI 2018 down 2.7% rising
152 Iceland 0.9623 GPI 2020 down 5.3% rising
153 Australia 0.9623 GPI 2020 up 10.7% falling
154 Ethiopia 0.9617 GPI 2015 up 59.9% rising
155 Saudi Arabia 0.9611 GPI 2021 up 8.5% rising
156 Zimbabwe 0.9599 GPI 2013 up 9.2% rising
157 Greece 0.9549 GPI 2020 down 1.1% rising
158 Germany 0.9538 GPI 2020 up 0.6% flat
159 Laos 0.9531 GPI 2021 up 13.4% rising
160 Nigeria 0.9516 GPI 2018 up 14.1% rising
161 Norway 0.9515 GPI 2020 down 3.3% falling
162 Solomon Islands 0.9496 GPI 2012 up 18.3% rising
163 Peru 0.9491 GPI 2021 down 5.7% falling
164 Qatar 0.9489 GPI 2010 down 11.5% falling
165 Switzerland 0.9475 GPI 2020 down 2.4% rising
166 Oman 0.9365 GPI 2021 down 2.5% rising
167 Maldives 0.9304 GPI 2019 down 19.0% rising
168 Mozambique 0.9296 GPI 2020 up 15.6% rising
169 Congo 0.9237 GPI 2018 up 9.8% rising
170 United States Virgin Islands 0.9204 GPI 1997 down 6.2% flat
171 Gibraltar 0.9184 GPI 2021 down 5.9% falling
172 Eritrea 0.9168 GPI 2019 up 27.9% rising
173 Uganda 0.9015 GPI 2017 up 13.5% rising
174 Tajikistan 0.9014 GPI 2013 up 8.6% rising
175 Kenya 0.8965 GPI 2009 down 5.7% rising
176 Mali 0.8761 GPI 2020 up 27.4% rising
177 Pakistan 0.8684 GPI 2019 up 9.3% rising
178 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8591 GPI 2021 up 26.9% rising
179 Liechtenstein 0.8493 GPI 2020 down 0.1% falling
180 Benin 0.8315 GPI 2021 up 33.4% rising
181 Malawi 0.8305 GPI 2019 down 2.6% rising
182 Togo 0.8135 GPI 2021 up 53.8% rising
183 Papua New Guinea 0.7992 GPI 2018 up 6.5% rising
184 Iraq 0.7493 GPI 2007 up 17.5% rising
185 Niger 0.7479 GPI 2017 up 20.2% rising
186 Equatorial Guinea 0.7374 GPI 2005 up 38.8% rising
187 Yemen 0.7258 GPI 2016 up 48.8% rising
188 Guinea 0.7175 GPI 2019 up 25.6% rising
189 Central African Republic 0.6727 GPI 2017 up 19.1% rising
190 Angola 0.6433 GPI 2016 down 16.0% flat
191 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6395 GPI 2015 up 19.7% rising
192 Zambia 0.5978 GPI 1988 up 11.6% rising
193 Chad 0.5831 GPI 2021 up 33.3% rising
194 Afghanistan 0.571 GPI 2018 up 34.2% rising
195 Guinea-Bissau 0.5379 GPI 2000 up 16.3% rising
196 Somalia 0.4608 GPI 2007 — rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 8,237 data points, 1970–2022
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Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in secondary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.