Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia
Namibia: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 1.29 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia stood at 1.29 index. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia peaked at 1.29 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.7437 index, in 1981.
Namibia ranks 4th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8093 index | 0.7437 index | 0.898 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.04 index | 0.9243 index | 1.11 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 index | 1.11 index | 1.17 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.22 index | 1.18 index | 1.26 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.28 index | 1.26 index | 1.29 index | 6 |
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More gender data for Namibia
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 38,320 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 38,517 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 37,694 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 37,867 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 38,396 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 38,539 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 41,370 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 41,570 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 43,316 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 43,334 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia?
- Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia was 1.29 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7437 index in 1981.
- How does Namibia rank for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Namibia ranks 4th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.