In 2020, the Gender Parity Index (GPI) for gross enrollment in secondary education in South Africa amounted to 1.09. This indicates that more females than males were enrolled in secondary education. Throughout the observed period, females had more of an advantage in learning opportunities than males, except in 2015 when the opposite was true.
Data for 2013 was not available.
Gender Parity Index (GPI) measures the relative access to education of both males and females.
The source indicates that the GPI for gross enrollment ratio in secondary education is the ratio of females to males enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools. It adds that a GPI of less than one suggests girls are more disadvantaged than boys in learning opportunities and a GPI of greater than one suggests the other way around.
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World Bank. (October 24, 2022). Gender parity index for gross secondary school enrollment in South Africa from 2000 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261628/gender-parity-index-for-secondary-school-enrollment-in-south-africa/
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