Uganda's school enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) was 1.03 in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.37% from 0.99 in 2007 (0.33% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.03 | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 1.01 | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.99 | 2007 |
| Highest | 1.03 | 2016 |
| Lowest | 0.63 | 1970 |
| Average since 2008 | 1.01 | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 0.63 | 1970 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Uganda's school enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) fell 0.00433 on 2016 (from 1.03 to 1.03).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2016), the average change was +0.00669 and a typical year strayed about 0.03 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 0.13 in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.09 in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.00362 a year. A straight line explains 95% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 1.04 for 2020. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2015 to 2017 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.004, against 0.00864 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1.03 | 2017 |
| World | 0.98 | 2020 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.96 | 2020 |
| Low income | 0.93 | 2020 |
Closest to Uganda in the 2017 ranking
- Zambia — 2nd of 6: 1.02
- Tajikistan — 3rd of 6: 0.99
- Venezuela, RB — 4th of 6: 0.98
What this measures
Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in primary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 47 values
| Year | School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 1.03 |
| 2016 | 1.03 |
| 2015 | 1.02 |
| 2014 | 1.02 |
| 2013 | 1.02 |
| 2012 | 1.01 |
| 2011 | 1.01 |
| 2010 | 1.01 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0.9971 |
| 2007 |
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in nearby economies
- Angola — 0.94 (2018)
- Benin — 0.93 (2021)
- Botswana — 0.98 (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 1.02 (2021)
- Burundi — 1.01 (2020)
- Cabo Verde — 0.94 (2019)
- Cameroon — 0.9 (2019)
- Central African Republic — 0.77 (2017)
- Chad — 0.8 (2021)
More education data for Uganda
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, teachers — 207,238 (2017)
- Primary education, pupils — 8.84 million (2017)
- Pupil-teacher ratio, primary — 42.66 (2017)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 106.17% (2017)
- Primary education, pupils (% female) — 50.28% (2017)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 106.84% (2017)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Uganda's school enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)?
- 1.03 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 62.04% from 0.63 in 1970 (1.03% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.03 in 2016 and the lowest 0.63 in 1970.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.ENR.PRIM.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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