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

School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 0.913 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.918 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.676 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 0.676
1971 0.679
1972 0.690
1973 0.697
1974 0.704
1975 0.709
1976 0.712
1977 0.731
1978 0.744
1979 0.755
1980 0.768
1981 0.779
1982 0.797
1983 0.796
1984 0.796
1985 0.798
1986 0.804
1987 0.817
1988 0.796
1989 0.818
1990 0.803
1991 0.815
1992 0.824
1993 0.817
1994 0.814
1995 0.808
1996 0.806
1997 0.798
1998 0.791
1999 0.799
2000 0.803
2001 0.811
2002 0.810
2003 0.816
2004 0.813
2005 0.835
2006 0.847
2007 0.857
2008 0.867
2009 0.878
2010 0.884
2011 0.893
2012 0.906
2013 0.909
2014 0.912
2015 0.918
2016 0.912
2017 0.914
2018 0.915
2019 0.913

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