Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Iraq
Iraq: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 0.7627 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Iraq, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 0.7627 index for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Iraq peaked at 0.9972 index in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.4809 index, in 1981.
Iraq ranks 148th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.624 index | 0.4809 index | 0.7864 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8623 index | 0.8097 index | 0.8873 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9118 index | 0.8533 index | 0.9813 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9502 index | 0.8446 index | 0.9972 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7807 index | 0.7627 index | 0.8146 index | 6 |
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More gender data for Iraq
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 566,580 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 596,188 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 558,252 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 587,298 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 550,204 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 578,858 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 545,044 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 573,388 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 540,845 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 568,912 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Iraq?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Iraq was 0.7627 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9972 index in 2013.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4809 index in 1981.
- How does Iraq rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Iraq ranks 148th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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.