British Virgin Islands: School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2017, British Virgin Islands' school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) fell 0.00185 on 2016 (from 1.11 to 1.11).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2016), the average change was +0.01 and a typical year strayed about 0.07 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.14 in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.13 in 1985. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.01 a year. A straight line explains 63% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to British Virgin Islands in the 2017 ranking

• São Tomé and Principe — 1st of 7: 1.16
• Venezuela, RB — 3rd of 7: 1.08
• Sierra Leone — 4th of 7: 0.97
• Uganda — 5th of 7: 0.9

What this measures

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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 32 values

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 0.96 (2018)
• Argentina — 1.04 (2020)
• Barbados — 1.03 (2021)
• Belize — 1.03 (2021)
• Bolivia — 0.99 (2020)
• Brazil — 1.05 (2020)
• Cayman Islands — 1.01 (2018)
• Chile — 0.99 (2020)
• Colombia — 1.04 (2020)

More education data for British Virgin Islands

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 1,626 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 72.78% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 73.55% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 72.03% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 2,300 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is British Virgin Islands's school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)?

1.11 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 13.8% from 1.29 in 1971 (0.32% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.55 in 1979 and the lowest 0.93 in 1999.

Is the latest change in school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) unusual for British Virgin Islands?

In 2017, British Virgin Islands' school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) fell 0.00185 on 2016 (from 1.11 to 1.11). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2016), the average change was +0.01 and a typical year strayed about 0.07 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.ENR.SECO.FM.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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