Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary and Secondary Education
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- In 2018, Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary and Secondary Education in Ireland jumped by 6.9% from a year earlier.
- Since 2014 Senegal Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary and Secondary Education was up 1.2% year on year to 1.14 Indexes.
- In 2019 Mauritania was number 6 in Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary and Secondary Education.
- In 2019 Senegal was ranked number 1 in Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary and Secondary Education close to 1.14 Indexes, from 138 in 2018.
Top Countries in Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary and Secondary Education
| # | 158 Countries | Indexes | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Senegal
|
1.14 | 2019 | NA | +1.2 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Suriname
|
1.13 | 2015 | -1.8 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Bangladesh
|
1.12 | 2018 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Belgium
|
1.07 | 2018 | +0.3 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Tunisia
|
1.07 | 2016 | NA | +0.6 % | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Mauritania
|
1.06 | 2019 | +1.3 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Ireland
|
1.06 | 2018 | +6.9 % | NA | View data |
| 8 |
#8
Bhutan
|
1.06 | 2018 | +0.8 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Palestine
|
1.06 | 2019 | -0.3 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Finland
|
1.06 | 2018 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Seychelles
|
1.05 | 2019 | -0.7 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Samoa
|
1.05 | 2016 | +0.3 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Kuwait
|
1.05 | 2015 | +1.1 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Bermuda
|
1.05 | 2015 | -0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Nepal
|
1.05 | 2019 | NA | -0.1 % | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Honduras
|
1.05 | 2019 | NA | -0.0 % | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Mexico
|
1.05 | 2018 | +0.7 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Lesotho
|
1.05 | 2017 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Burundi
|
1.04 | 2019 | +0.8 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Sweden
|
1.04 | 2018 | +0.2 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Puerto Rico
|
1.04 | 2018 | NA | -0.1 % | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Costa Rica
|
1.04 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Sao Tome and Principe
|
1.04 | 2017 | +1.6 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Bahrain
|
1.04 | 2019 | +1.6 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 25 |
#25
New Zealand
|
1.04 | 2018 | -0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Armenia
|
1.03 | 2019 | +1.2 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Malaysia
|
1.03 | 2017 | -0.4 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Croatia
|
1.03 | 2018 | -0.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Tanzania
|
1.03 | 2019 | +0.3 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 30 |
#30
East Timor
|
1.03 | 2019 | +1.4 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
San Marino
|
1.03 | 2019 | +0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Philippines
|
1.03 | 2018 | +0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 33 |
#33
British Virgin Islands
|
1.03 | 2018 | +1.2 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Bahamas
|
1.03 | 2018 | NA | +0.3 % | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Mauritius
|
1.02 | 2019 | -1.9 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Sri Lanka
|
1.02 | 2018 | -0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Comoros
|
1.02 | 2018 | +3.0 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Tuvalu
|
1.02 | 2019 | +0.8 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Ecuador
|
1.02 | 2018 | +0.2 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Brunei
|
1.02 | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
India
|
1.02 | 2019 | NA | -0.9 % | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Argentina
|
1.02 | 2017 | -0.1 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Venezuela
|
1.02 | 2017 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Madagascar
|
1.02 | 2019 | +0.9 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Albania
|
1.02 | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Iran
|
1.02 | 2017 | -0.2 % | +1.3 % | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Spain
|
1.02 | 2018 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Estonia
|
1.02 | 2018 | +0.4 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
China
|
1.02 | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Kazakhstan
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Slovenia
|
1.01 | 2018 | -0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Colombia
|
1.01 | 2018 | -0.1 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
United Kingdom
|
1.01 | 2018 | -0.2 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Israel
|
1.01 | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Marshall Islands
|
1.01 | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Panama
|
1.01 | 2017 | +0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Montenegro
|
1.01 | 2019 | +2.2 % | NA | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Myanmar
|
1.01 | 2018 | +0.6 % | NA | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Azerbaijan
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Tonga
|
1.01 | 2015 | -1.8 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Rwanda
|
1.01 | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Ghana
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Georgia
|
1.01 | 2019 | -0.5 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Cape Verde
|
1.01 | 2018 | -0.0 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Slovakia
|
1.01 | 2018 | +0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Serbia
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Burkina Faso
|
1.01 | 2019 | +1.8 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Nauru
|
1.01 | 2019 | NA | +1.4 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Sierra Leone
|
1.01 | 2017 | +1.7 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Netherlands
|
1.01 | 2018 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Dominican Republic
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
1.01 | 2018 | +1.4 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Czech Republic
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Grenada
|
1.00 | 2018 | +1.8 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Malta
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.4 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Brazil
|
1.00 | 2017 | -1.3 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Canada
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.2 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 78 |
#78
South Africa
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.9 % | NA | View data |
| 79 |
#79
Djibouti
|
1.00 | 2020 | -1.8 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Egypt
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
France
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Luxembourg
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.9 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Jordan
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Denmark
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.3 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Barbados
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Saint Lucia
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Romania
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Latvia
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
1.00 | 2016 | +0.4 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Jamaica
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Ukraine
|
1.00 | 2014 | +0.8 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Singapore
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 93 |
#93
South Korea
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 94 |
#94
United States
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Iceland
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.1 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Hungary
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.5 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Kyrgyzstan
|
0.99 | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Indonesia
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Dominica
|
0.99 | 2019 | NA | -0.1 % | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Uzbekistan
|
0.99 | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Belarus
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Gibraltar
|
0.99 | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Belize
|
0.99 | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Malawi
|
0.99 | 2019 | -1.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Cuba
|
0.99 | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Vanuatu
|
0.99 | 2015 | NA | +0.1 % | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Macedonia
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Portugal
|
0.99 | 2018 | +1.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Palau
|
0.99 | 2014 | -0.9 % | NA | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Chile
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.2 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Bolivia
|
0.98 | 2018 | +0.2 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Cyprus
|
0.98 | 2018 | -1.0 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Thailand
|
0.98 | 2019 | -0.6 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Oman
|
0.98 | 2019 | -0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Moldova
|
0.98 | 2019 | -1.3 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Poland
|
0.98 | 2018 | -0.3 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Turkey
|
0.98 | 2018 | +1.6 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Antigua and Barbuda
|
0.98 | 2018 | -0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Italy
|
0.98 | 2018 | -0.5 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Russia
|
0.98 | 2018 | -0.5 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 121 |
#121
El Salvador
|
0.98 | 2018 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Norway
|
0.98 | 2018 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Bulgaria
|
0.98 | 2018 | -0.4 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Lithuania
|
0.98 | 2018 | +0.5 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Greece
|
0.98 | 2018 | +0.4 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Austria
|
0.97 | 2018 | +0.2 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Guatemala
|
0.97 | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Switzerland
|
0.97 | 2018 | -0.3 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Australia
|
0.97 | 2018 | +3.3 % | NA | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Sudan
|
0.96 | 2017 | +1.7 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Germany
|
0.96 | 2018 | +0.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Saudi Arabia
|
0.96 | 2019 | -1.8 % | NA | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Peru
|
0.95 | 2019 | -0.6 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Morocco
|
0.95 | 2019 | +1.0 % | NA | View data |
| 135 |
#135
Laos
|
0.95 | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 136 |
#136
United Arab Emirates
|
0.95 | 2017 | -1.3 % | NA | View data |
| 137 |
#137
Swaziland
|
0.94 | 2016 | +0.7 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 138 |
#138
Nigeria
|
0.93 | 2016 | NA | +0.5 % | View data |
| 139 |
#139
Ethiopia
|
0.92 | 2015 | NA | +0.4 % | View data |
| 140 |
#140
Mozambique
|
0.92 | 2017 | NA | +0.5 % | View data |
| 141 |
#141
Liechtenstein
|
0.90 | 2018 | +3.0 % | NA | View data |
| 142 |
#142
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0.89 | 2015 | +7.3 % | +2.5 % | View data |
| 143 |
#143
Cameroon
|
0.89 | 2016 | +0.3 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 144 |
#144
Ivory Coast
|
0.88 | 2019 | +1.9 % | +1.8 % | View data |
| 145 |
#145
Eritrea
|
0.88 | 2018 | +0.5 % | -1.3 % | View data |
| 146 |
#146
Benin
|
0.88 | 2016 | +2.1 % | +1.6 % | View data |
| 147 |
#147
Mali
|
0.88 | 2018 | +0.9 % | NA | View data |
| 148 |
#148
Togo
|
0.87 | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 149 |
#149
Pakistan
|
0.86 | 2019 | +1.8 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 150 |
#150
Liberia
|
0.86 | 2015 | -1.5 % | NA | View data |
| 151 |
#151
Papua New Guinea
|
0.86 | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Niger
|
0.84 | 2017 | +0.8 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 153 |
#153
Yemen
|
0.82 | 2016 | NA | +1.7 % | View data |
| 154 |
#154
Guinea
|
0.79 | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 155 |
#155
Central African Republic
|
0.76 | 2016 | NA | +1.5 % | View data |
| 156 |
#156
Chad
|
0.73 | 2019 | +0.1 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 157 |
#157
South Sudan
|
0.69 | 2015 | NA | +1.4 % | View data |
| 158 |
#158
Afghanistan
|
0.64 | 2018 | -0.9 % | -0.6 % | View data |
Source: World Bank