Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia
Namibia: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 1.23 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia, 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 upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia is 1.23 index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia peaked at 1.23 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.8477 index, in 1981.
Namibia ranks 23rd of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 0.8716 index | 0.8477 index | 0.8998 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.02 index | 0.9174 index | 1.13 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 index | 1.13 index | 1.15 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.16 index | 1.11 index | 1.2 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 index | 1.21 index | 1.23 index | 6 |
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More gender data for Namibia
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 38,320 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 38,517 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 37,694 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 37,867 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 38,396 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 38,539 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 41,370 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 41,570 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 43,316 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 43,334 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia was 1.23 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8477 index in 1981.
- How does Namibia rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Namibia ranks 23rd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.