Fragile and conflict affected situations - School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 0.901 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 0.928 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.594 in 1973.

Definition: Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.

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

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Year Value
1970 0.609
1971 0.602
1972 0.595
1973 0.594
1974 0.598
1975 0.606
1976 0.616
1977 0.617
1978 0.618
1979 0.613
1980 0.619
1981 0.614
1982 0.616
1983 0.616
1984 0.620
1985 0.610
1986 0.627
1987 0.709
1988 0.662
1989 0.646
1990 0.664
1991 0.671
1992 0.682
1993 0.714
1994 0.736
1995 0.762
1996 0.788
1997 0.815
1998 0.834
1999 0.859
2000 0.866
2001 0.851
2002 0.832
2003 0.813
2004 0.827
2005 0.844
2006 0.880
2007 0.903
2008 0.928
2009 0.916
2010 0.906
2011 0.897
2012 0.895
2013 0.889
2014 0.885
2015 0.888
2016 0.903
2017 0.901

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 tertiary education by male gross enrollment ratio in tertiary 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