Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 0.871 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.871 index
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
143rd
of 164 countries
All-time high
0.8711 index
in 2023
All-time low
0.6311 index
in 1981
Years of data
45
1981–2025
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Vanuatu, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 0.871 index for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Vanuatu peaked at 0.8711 index in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6311 index, in 1981.
Vanuatu ranks 143rd 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.
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.6311 index | — |
| 1982 | 0.634 index | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.6364 index | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.644 index | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.6475 index | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.6426 index | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.6454 index | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.656 index | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.6596 index | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.6601 index | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.6506 index | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.6585 index | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.6572 index | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.6555 index | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.6529 index | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.6607 index | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6678 index | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6847 index | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 0.6951 index | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.7067 index | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.7091 index | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7148 index | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.715 index | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7186 index | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7172 index | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7255 index | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.7354 index | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7421 index | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.7515 index | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7601 index | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7686 index | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.7754 index | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.786 index | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.7938 index | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7951 index | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8021 index | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8114 index | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8264 index | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.838 index | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8506 index | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.8624 index | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.8683 index | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8711 index | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.8702 index | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.871 index | +0.1% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 0.871 index is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.04 index, 84% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 0.871 index is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.17 index, 74% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6441 index | 0.6311 index | 0.6596 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.6643 index | 0.6506 index | 0.6951 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7236 index | 0.7067 index | 0.7515 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7957 index | 0.7601 index | 0.838 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8656 index | 0.8506 index | 0.8711 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 140 Yemen 0.8939 index compare
- 141 Mauritania 0.8774 index compare
- 142 Central African Republic 0.8721 index compare
- 144 Tajikistan 0.8685 index compare
- 145 Nigeria 0.8457 index compare
- 146 Congo 0.8448 index compare
More gender data for Vanuatu
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 133.22 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.7563 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 239.2 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 239.2 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 4,343 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 4,637 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 4,300 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 4,590 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 4,274 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Vanuatu?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Vanuatu was 0.871 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8711 index in 2023.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6311 index in 1981.
- How does Vanuatu rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Vanuatu ranks 143rd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.