Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- Kuwait Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education was up 4.5% in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
- Since 2014 Kuwait Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education jumped by 2.4% year on year totalising 1.15 Indexes.
- In 2019 Gambia was number 3 in Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education.
- In 2019 Senegal was ranked number 2 in Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education with 1.14 Indexes, moving from 155 in 2018.
Top Countries in Gender Parity Index for Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education
| # | 179 Countries | Indexes | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Kuwait
|
1.15 | 2019 | +4.5 % | +2.4 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Senegal
|
1.14 | 2019 | NA | +0.4 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Gambia
|
1.11 | 2019 | +1.3 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 4 |
#4
San Marino
|
1.11 | 2019 | -4.9 % | NA | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Oman
|
1.09 | 2019 | -0.7 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Bangladesh
|
1.07 | 2018 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Kiribati
|
1.07 | 2017 | +4.7 % | NA | View data |
| 8 |
#8
Mauritania
|
1.06 | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Iran
|
1.06 | 2017 | -1.1 % | +1.5 % | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Seychelles
|
1.05 | 2019 | -0.9 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Azerbaijan
|
1.03 | 2019 | +2.5 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Qatar
|
1.03 | 2019 | +1.9 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Malawi
|
1.03 | 2019 | +2.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Albania
|
1.03 | 2019 | -0.8 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Uganda
|
1.03 | 2017 | -0.4 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Sierra Leone
|
1.03 | 2019 | -0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Mauritius
|
1.03 | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Maldives
|
1.03 | 2019 | -1.0 % | NA | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Zambia
|
1.02 | 2017 | +0.4 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Tanzania
|
1.02 | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Gibraltar
|
1.02 | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Vietnam
|
1.02 | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Ukraine
|
1.02 | 2014 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 24 |
#24
India
|
1.02 | 2019 | NA | -1.8 % | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Nepal
|
1.02 | 2019 | NA | -1.1 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Saint Lucia
|
1.02 | 2019 | +0.7 % | NA | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Kazakhstan
|
1.02 | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Sweden
|
1.02 | 2018 | +0.4 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Madagascar
|
1.02 | 2019 | +1.0 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Ecuador
|
1.02 | 2018 | +0.4 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Bhutan
|
1.02 | 2020 | NA | +0.1 % | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Saudi Arabia
|
1.02 | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Burundi
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.2 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Ghana
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Spain
|
1.01 | 2018 | -0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Malaysia
|
1.01 | 2017 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
China
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Samoa
|
1.01 | 2019 | +1.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Israel
|
1.01 | 2018 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Brunei
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Liechtenstein
|
1.01 | 2018 | +4.3 % | NA | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Egypt
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Georgia
|
1.01 | 2019 | -0.4 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Costa Rica
|
1.01 | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Germany
|
1.01 | 2018 | +0.5 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Malta
|
1.01 | 2018 | +0.5 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Mexico
|
1.01 | 2018 | +0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Czech Republic
|
1.01 | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
New Zealand
|
1.01 | 2018 | +0.2 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Armenia
|
1.01 | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Latvia
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Belgium
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.4 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Kenya
|
1.00 | 2016 | +0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Greece
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Croatia
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.2 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Estonia
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Slovenia
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.2 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Honduras
|
1.00 | 2019 | NA | +0.3 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Lithuania
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Montenegro
|
1.00 | 2019 | +4.7 % | NA | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Norway
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Palestine
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Singapore
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 64 |
#64
North Korea
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Thailand
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Netherlands
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Serbia
|
1.00 | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Australia
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Denmark
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.5 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
United States
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.7 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Suriname
|
1.00 | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Comoros
|
1.00 | 2018 | +4.3 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 73 |
#73
South Korea
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 74 |
#74
British Virgin Islands
|
1.00 | 2018 | +4.2 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Argentina
|
1.00 | 2017 | +0.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Macedonia
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Belarus
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Iceland
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 79 |
#79
United Kingdom
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Slovakia
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Solomon Islands
|
1.00 | 2018 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Canada
|
1.00 | 2018 | -0.2 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Bahamas
|
1.00 | 2018 | NA | +0.5 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Ireland
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.2 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Austria
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Burkina Faso
|
0.99 | 2019 | +1.1 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Finland
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 88 |
#88
France
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Bulgaria
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Tonga
|
0.99 | 2015 | -0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Bahrain
|
0.99 | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Equatorial Guinea
|
0.99 | 2015 | NA | +0.1 % | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Switzerland
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Hungary
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Antigua and Barbuda
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Romania
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.5 % | NA | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Tunisia
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.4 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Cyprus
|
0.99 | 2018 | -1.0 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Liberia
|
0.99 | 2017 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Uruguay
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.7 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Bolivia
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Puerto Rico
|
0.99 | 2018 | NA | -0.5 % | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Sri Lanka
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.4 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Russia
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.6 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Turkey
|
0.99 | 2018 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Tajikistan
|
0.99 | 2017 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Poland
|
0.99 | 2018 | -1.2 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
0.99 | 2018 | +0.4 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Nauru
|
0.99 | 2019 | NA | +1.4 % | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Kyrgyzstan
|
0.99 | 2019 | -0.6 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Uzbekistan
|
0.99 | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Grenada
|
0.98 | 2018 | +3.4 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Jordan
|
0.98 | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Bermuda
|
0.98 | 2015 | +1.2 % | NA | View data |
| 115 |
#115
United Arab Emirates
|
0.98 | 2017 | +1.7 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Rwanda
|
0.98 | 2019 | -0.7 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Panama
|
0.98 | 2017 | -0.6 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 118 |
#118
East Timor
|
0.98 | 2019 | +1.4 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Jamaica
|
0.98 | 2019 | +2.4 % | NA | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Guatemala
|
0.98 | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Botswana
|
0.98 | 2015 | +0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Venezuela
|
0.98 | 2017 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Mongolia
|
0.98 | 2018 | -0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Luxembourg
|
0.98 | 2018 | -1.9 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Portugal
|
0.97 | 2018 | +0.8 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Moldova
|
0.97 | 2019 | -2.6 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Cambodia
|
0.97 | 2019 | -0.2 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Vanuatu
|
0.97 | 2015 | NA | -0.3 % | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Chile
|
0.97 | 2018 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Colombia
|
0.97 | 2018 | +0.2 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
0.97 | 2016 | -2.3 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Aruba
|
0.97 | 2014 | -1.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 133 |
#133
El Salvador
|
0.97 | 2018 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Dominica
|
0.97 | 2019 | NA | -0.8 % | View data |
| 135 |
#135
Italy
|
0.97 | 2018 | -0.3 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 136 |
#136
Sao Tome and Principe
|
0.97 | 2017 | +1.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 137 |
#137
Indonesia
|
0.97 | 2018 | -0.1 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 138 |
#138
Belize
|
0.97 | 2019 | +1.9 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 139 |
#139
Togo
|
0.97 | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 140 |
#140
Brazil
|
0.97 | 2017 | -0.9 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 141 |
#141
Morocco
|
0.97 | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 142 |
#142
Cuba
|
0.97 | 2019 | +1.0 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 143 |
#143
Laos
|
0.97 | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 144 |
#144
Marshall Islands
|
0.96 | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
| 145 |
#145
Fiji
|
0.96 | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
| 146 |
#146
Philippines
|
0.96 | 2018 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 147 |
#147
South Africa
|
0.96 | 2018 | -0.5 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 148 |
#148
Peru
|
0.96 | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 149 |
#149
Federated States of Micronesia
|
0.96 | 2019 | NA | -0.2 % | View data |
| 150 |
#150
Djibouti
|
0.96 | 2020 | -3.7 % | -2.2 % | View data |
| 151 |
#151
Barbados
|
0.96 | 2019 | -0.5 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Algeria
|
0.96 | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 153 |
#153
Myanmar
|
0.96 | 2018 | +1.0 % | NA | View data |
| 154 |
#154
Dominican Republic
|
0.95 | 2019 | +1.1 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 155 |
#155
Lesotho
|
0.95 | 2017 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 156 |
#156
Nigeria
|
0.94 | 2016 | NA | +0.2 % | View data |
| 157 |
#157
Ivory Coast
|
0.94 | 2019 | +1.5 % | +1.6 % | View data |
| 158 |
#158
Sudan
|
0.94 | 2017 | +0.8 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 159 |
#159
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0.94 | 2018 | NA | +0.7 % | View data |
| 160 |
#160
Cape Verde
|
0.93 | 2018 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 161 |
#161
Mozambique
|
0.93 | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 162 |
#162
Benin
|
0.93 | 2019 | -0.8 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 163 |
#163
Swaziland
|
0.92 | 2018 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 164 |
#164
Tuvalu
|
0.92 | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 165 |
#165
Papua New Guinea
|
0.91 | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 166 |
#166
Ethiopia
|
0.91 | 2015 | -1.0 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 167 |
#167
Cameroon
|
0.90 | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 168 |
#168
Mali
|
0.90 | 2018 | +0.7 % | NA | View data |
| 169 |
#169
Palau
|
0.88 | 2014 | -2.2 % | NA | View data |
| 170 |
#170
Niger
|
0.88 | 2019 | NA | +0.7 % | View data |
| 171 |
#171
Angola
|
0.87 | 2015 | NA | +1.8 % | View data |
| 172 |
#172
Yemen
|
0.87 | 2016 | NA | +1.4 % | View data |
| 173 |
#173
Pakistan
|
0.86 | 2019 | +1.8 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 174 |
#174
Eritrea
|
0.86 | 2018 | -0.2 % | -3.9 % | View data |
| 175 |
#175
Guinea
|
0.82 | 2016 | NA | -0.8 % | View data |
| 176 |
#176
Central African Republic
|
0.78 | 2016 | NA | +1.1 % | View data |
| 177 |
#177
Chad
|
0.78 | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 178 |
#178
South Sudan
|
0.71 | 2015 | NA | +1.7 % | View data |
| 179 |
#179
Afghanistan
|
0.67 | 2018 | -1.4 % | -1.0 % | View data |
Source: World Bank