Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia
Somalia: Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 0.7454 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary 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 0.7454 index for primary 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 1.7% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia peaked at 0.7454 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4033 index, in 1981.
Somalia ranks 165th of 165 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4285 index | 0.4033 index | 0.4574 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.4788 index | 0.4598 index | 0.5102 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5719 index | 0.5223 index | 0.616 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6582 index | 0.6239 index | 0.6907 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7198 index | 0.6972 index | 0.7454 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 162 Niger 0.8644 index compare
- 163 South Sudan 0.8003 index compare
- 164 Afghanistan 0.7702 index compare
More gender data for Somalia
- 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)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 363,131 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 338,542 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 349,118 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 328,291 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 338,237 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia?
- Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia was 0.7454 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7454 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4033 index in 1981.
- How does Somalia rank for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Somalia ranks 165th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. 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 Primary 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 primary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.