Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 0.66 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Equatorial Guinea, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 0.66 index for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.66 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3135 index, in 1981.
That places Equatorial Guinea 157th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.3135 index | — |
| 1982 | 0.3192 index | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.3253 index | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.3312 index | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.3387 index | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.344 index | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.3464 index | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3508 index | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.3521 index | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.3559 index | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.3596 index | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.3689 index | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.3821 index | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.3967 index | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.4119 index | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 0.4233 index | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4365 index | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.4489 index | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.46 index | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4672 index | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4761 index | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.4818 index | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4867 index | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4893 index | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4998 index | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5109 index | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5177 index | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5285 index | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5406 index | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5463 index | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5528 index | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5588 index | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.5643 index | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.57 index | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5807 index | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 0.5885 index | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5968 index | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.6072 index | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.6161 index | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6258 index | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6351 index | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.6437 index | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6468 index | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.6573 index | +1.6% |
| 2025 | 0.66 index | +0.4% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.66 index is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.03 index, 64% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.66 index is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.05 index, 63% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3357 index | 0.3135 index | 0.3521 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.4044 index | 0.3559 index | 0.46 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4999 index | 0.4672 index | 0.5406 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5781 index | 0.5463 index | 0.6161 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6448 index | 0.6258 index | 0.66 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 154 Burundi 0.7391 index compare
- 155 Congo 0.6872 index compare
- 156 Central African Republic 0.6752 index compare
- 158 Benin 0.6583 index compare
- 159 Afghanistan 0.6411 index compare
- 160 Mozambique 0.6214 index compare
More gender data for Equatorial Guinea
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 776.54 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.41 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 1,394 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1,394 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.65 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 27,111 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 27,774 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 26,090 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 26,693 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 25,351 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Equatorial Guinea?
- Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Equatorial Guinea was 0.66 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.66 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3135 index in 1981.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 157th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.