Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 1 index in 2025. ▬ Flat
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Turkmenistan, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Turkmenistan is 1 index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Turkmenistan peaked at 1 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.9953 index, in 1981.
Turkmenistan ranks 128th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Turkmenistan, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.9953 index | — |
| 1982 | 0.9955 index | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.9956 index | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9958 index | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.996 index | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.9961 index | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.9963 index | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.9965 index | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.9968 index | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.9973 index | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.9978 index | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9981 index | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9987 index | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9991 index | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.9994 index | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9994 index | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.9993 index | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9991 index | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9991 index | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9988 index | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9985 index | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9981 index | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9979 index | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9978 index | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9978 index | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9977 index | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9977 index | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9979 index | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.998 index | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9983 index | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9985 index | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9988 index | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9991 index | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9993 index | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9995 index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9997 index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9998 index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9998 index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 index | +0.0% |
Turkmenistan compared with similar countries
- Turkmenistan's 1 index is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.03 index, 97% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Turkmenistan's 1 index is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.01 index, 99% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.996 index | 0.9953 index | 0.9968 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9987 index | 0.9973 index | 0.9994 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.998 index | 0.9977 index | 0.9988 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9993 index | 0.9983 index | 1 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 index | 1 index | 1 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkmenistan
More gender data for Turkmenistan
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 2,311 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.23 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 5,825 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 5,825 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.05 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 73,479 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 77,770 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 74,912 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 79,143 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 76,323 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Turkmenistan?
- Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Turkmenistan was 1 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 Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9953 index in 1981.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Turkmenistan ranks 128th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 45 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.