Gabon: School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

Key figures

Since 1971 it is up 20.74% from 0.84 in 1971 (0.39% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 25 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.03 in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.02 in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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

How it compares

In 2019, Gabon had the 5th highest value of the 14 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Gabon in the 2019 ranking

• Lesotho — 1st of 14: 1.04
• Bahrain — 2nd of 14: 1.04
• Madagascar — 3rd of 14: 1.02
• Naoero — 5th of 14: 1.01
• Cabo Verde — 6th of 14: 1.01
• Japan — 7th of 14: 1

What this measures

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

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

All 24 values

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

• Benin — 0.9 (2021)
• Botswana — 1.02 (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 1.04 (2021)
• Burundi — 1.06 (2020)
• Cabo Verde — 1.01 (2019)
• Cameroon — 0.89 (2018)
• Central African Republic — 0.74 (2017)
• Chad — 0.75 (2021)
• Comoros

More education data for Gabon

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.97 (2019)
• Primary education, pupils — 269,687 (2019)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.17% (2019)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 97.96% (2019)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 102.37% (2019)
• Primary education, teachers — 10,935 (2019)

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Questions people ask

What is Gabon's school enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)?

1.02 in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 20.74% from 0.84 in 1971 (0.39% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.02 in 2019 and the lowest 0.84 in 1971.

How does Gabon rank?

5th highest of 14 economies with data for 2019.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.ENR.PRSC.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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