Central Europe and the Baltics - School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 0.992 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.998 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.970 in 1970.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 0.970
1971 0.971
1972 0.972
1973 0.976
1974 0.975
1975 0.976
1976 0.978
1977 0.980
1978 0.981
1979 0.982
1980 0.982
1981 0.982
1982 0.984
1983 0.985
1984 0.983
1985 0.984
1986 0.985
1987 0.986
1988 0.986
1989 0.988
1990 0.988
1991 0.989
1992 0.997
1993 0.989
1994 0.989
1995 0.992
1996 0.991
1997 0.985
1998 0.983
1999 0.984
2000 0.987
2001 0.987
2002 0.988
2003 0.989
2004 0.990
2005 0.990
2006 0.991
2007 0.991
2008 0.990
2009 0.990
2010 0.991
2011 0.993
2012 0.996
2013 0.996
2014 0.996
2015 0.998
2016 0.998
2017 0.998
2018 0.994
2019 0.992

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 primary education by male gross enrollment ratio in primary 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