Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia
Somalia: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 0.4334 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 0.4334 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 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia peaked at 0.4334 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.299 index, in 1996.
Somalia ranks 163rd of 164 countries on this measure, 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.3211 index | — |
| 1982 | 0.3206 index | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.3254 index | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 0.3271 index | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.3334 index | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.3363 index | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.3343 index | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.3321 index | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.3317 index | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.331 index | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.3292 index | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.319 index | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 0.3137 index | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.3061 index | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.3005 index | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.299 index | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.2995 index | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.3017 index | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.3027 index | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.3086 index | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.3141 index | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.321 index | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3314 index | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3391 index | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3478 index | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3569 index | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3629 index | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3701 index | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3745 index | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3772 index | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3835 index | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3847 index | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3926 index | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3995 index | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4033 index | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.4055 index | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4053 index | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4061 index | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.4101 index | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4179 index | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 0.4211 index | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.4233 index | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.4281 index | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.4333 index | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 0.4334 index | +0.0% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.4334 index is below the median for low income countries, which is 1 index, 43% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 0.4334 index is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.05 index, 41% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3291 index | 0.3206 index | 0.3363 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.3102 index | 0.299 index | 0.331 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3427 index | 0.3086 index | 0.3745 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3968 index | 0.3772 index | 0.4101 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4262 index | 0.4179 index | 0.4334 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 160 Mozambique 0.6214 index compare
- 161 Chad 0.556 index compare
- 162 South Sudan 0.5112 index compare
- 164 Niger 0.379 index compare
More gender data for Somalia
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 10,410 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 2.2 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 12,505 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 12,505 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 3.67 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 379,876 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 393,718 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 364,586 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 376,417 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 351,742 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia?
- Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia was 0.4334 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4334 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.299 index in 1996.
- How does Somalia rank for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Somalia ranks 163rd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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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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.