Arab World - School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Arab World was 0.953 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.953 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.536 in 1971.

Definition: Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in secondary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 0.537
1971 0.536
1972 0.544
1973 0.553
1974 0.563
1975 0.564
1976 0.580
1977 0.595
1978 0.603
1979 0.615
1980 0.623
1981 0.637
1982 0.650
1983 0.664
1984 0.675
1985 0.686
1986 0.695
1987 0.706
1988 0.718
1989 0.729
1990 0.751
1991 0.767
1992 0.787
1993 0.798
1994 0.804
1995 0.823
1996 0.828
1997 0.840
1998 0.857
1999 0.873
2000 0.883
2001 0.889
2002 0.902
2003 0.912
2004 0.914
2005 0.925
2006 0.933
2007 0.937
2008 0.935
2009 0.931
2010 0.933
2011 0.939
2012 0.940
2013 0.943
2014 0.946
2015 0.951
2016 0.945
2017 0.945
2018 0.953
2019 0.953

Development Relevance: The Gender Parity Index (GPI) indicates parity between girls and boys. A GPI of less than 1 suggests girls are more disadvantaged than boys in learning opportunities and a GPI of greater than 1 suggests the other way around. Eliminating gender disparities in education would help increase the status and capabilities of women.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: This indicator is calculated by dividing female gross enrollment ratio in secondary education by male gross enrollment ratio in secondary education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation