Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Congo
Congo: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8448 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Congo, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Congo stood at 0.8448 index. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Congo peaked at 0.8448 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2803 index, in 1981.
That places Congo 146th 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.
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Congo, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.2803 index | — |
| 1982 | 0.2831 index | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.2911 index | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 0.3014 index | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 0.3066 index | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.3136 index | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.3202 index | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.3297 index | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.3356 index | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.3368 index | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.3369 index | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.3444 index | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3532 index | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.3647 index | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.3906 index | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 0.4167 index | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 0.4445 index | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.4797 index | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 0.5174 index | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5505 index | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 0.5784 index | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.5859 index | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.59 index | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6014 index | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.6173 index | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.6371 index | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6497 index | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.6635 index | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.6828 index | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.7039 index | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7254 index | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.7336 index | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7315 index | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7372 index | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.7486 index | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7638 index | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7769 index | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7918 index | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8011 index | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8086 index | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.811 index | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8192 index | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.821 index | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.8321 index | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 0.8448 index | +1.5% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 0.8448 index is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.04 index, 81% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Congo's 0.8448 index is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9431 index, 90% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3068 index | 0.2803 index | 0.3356 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.3985 index | 0.3368 index | 0.5174 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6156 index | 0.5505 index | 0.6828 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7514 index | 0.7039 index | 0.8011 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8228 index | 0.8086 index | 0.8448 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More gender data for Congo
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 2,740 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.35 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 4,543 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 4,543 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 93,771 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 95,629 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 91,657 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 93,441 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 89,756 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Congo?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Congo was 0.8448 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8448 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2803 index in 1981.
- How does Congo rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Congo ranks 146th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, 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 upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.