Gender parity in finishing secondary

Ratio of women’s to men’s upper-secondary completion rate; above 1, women complete more often.

Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Unit
adjusted index; 1 = parity (UNESCO UIS)
Frequency
annual
Latest figure
2024 · 13 countries reporting

Nicaragua has no recent figure on this series; the comparison shows the countries that report it.

Regional comparison

Each country’s latest figure

Map of 17 countries

Nicaragua

no recent figure

1.021.258no data

Region: gender parity in finishing secondary, latest per country

adjusted index; 1 = parity (UNESCO UIS)

Includes only observations that pass this series’ declared semantic review.

00.4190.8391.26HondurasHonduras1.26Honduras: 1.26UruguayUruguay1.19Uruguay: 1.19Dominican RepublicDominican Republic1.16Dominican Republic: 1.16PanamaPanama1.12Panama: 1.12ParaguayParaguay1.1Paraguay: 1.1ColombiaColombia1.07Colombia: 1.07MexicoMexico1.07Mexico: 1.07Costa RicaCosta Rica1.07Costa Rica: 1.07El SalvadorEl Salvador1.06El Salvador: 1.06BoliviaBolivia1.05Bolivia: 1.05GuatemalaGuatemala1.05Guatemala: 1.05EcuadorEcuador1.04Ecuador: 1.04PeruPeru1.02Peru: 1.02
13 results shown13 source records
Query scope
2 filtersIndicator key: completion_upper_secondary_gender_parity_indexYear: from 2020

Over time

Gender parity in finishing secondary since 2001

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5 of 10 series
0.80.951.11.251.42001: 0.852002: 0.962003: 0.852004: 0.872005: 0.932006: 0.942007: 0.952008: 0.92009: 0.932011: 0.972012: 1.022013: 1.012014: 0.972015: 0.972016: 0.932017: 0.962018: 1.032019: 1.022020: 1.052021: 12023: 1.052001: 1.122002: 1.132003: 1.172004: 1.172005: 1.142006: 1.152007: 1.222008: 1.122009: 1.222010: 1.142011: 1.332012: 1.152013: 1.112014: 1.192015: 1.242016: 1.182017: 1.212018: 1.072019: 1.122020: 1.092021: 1.092022: 1.112023: 1.12024: 1.072001: 1.32005: 1.312009: 1.232014: 1.312002: 1.122004: 1.122006: 1.022008: 1.072010: 1.082012: 1.12014: 1.012015: 1.062016: 12018: 1.072020: 1.062022: 1.042024: 1.072006: 0.872011: 0.962014: 12015: 0.942022: 0.882024: 1.05Nicaragua · 1.31Mexico · 1.07Costa Rica · 1.07Bolivia · 1.05Guatemala · 1.0520012007201320182024
68 results shown68 source records
Query scope
3 filtersIndicator key: completion_upper_secondary_gender_parity_indexCountry: bolivia, costa-rica, guatemala, mexico, nicaraguaYear: from 2001

All countries

Figure, year and recent change

This indicator has no “better” direction; the table is alphabetical.

CountryGender parity in finishing secondaryYearChange
Bolivia1.0532023+0.048
Colombia1.072024−0.02
Costa Rica1.0672024−0.035
Dominican Republic1.1562024−0.108
Ecuador1.0382024+0.003
El Salvador1.0652023+0.06
Guatemala1.0492024+0.164
Honduras1.2582024+0.02
Mexico1.0672024+0.026
Panama1.1172023−0.037
Paraguay1.1052024+0.005
Peru1.022024+0.016
Uruguay1.1932024−0.081

Source and citation

UNESCO: education indicators

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via the VerDat PIDA normalized layer.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), “Gender parity in finishing secondary”, retrieved from VerDat PIDA (OEI) on Oct 9, 2026.

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