Tunisia: School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.05 in 1976 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.02 in 2011. 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

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Closest to Tunisia in the 2016 ranking

• Samoa — 2nd of 5: 1.1
• Eswatini — 3rd of 5: 0.99
• Yemen, Rep. — 4th of 5: 0.73

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 39 values

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

• Afghanistan — 0.57 (2018)
• Bahrain — 1.09 (2019)
• Djibouti — 1.01 (2021)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 0.99 (2019)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 0.99 (2020)
• Israel — 1.02 (2020)
• Jordan — 1.02 (2021)
• Kuwait — 1.06 (2015)
• Malta — 1.01 (2020)

More education data for Tunisia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.45 (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 38.12% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 49.4% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 27.38% (2023)
• Primary education, pupils — 1.34 million (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross)

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Questions people ask

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

1.14 in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 193.27% from 0.39 in 1971 (2.42% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.14 in 2016 and the lowest 0.39 in 1971.

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.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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