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

School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 0.901 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.903 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.666 in 1970.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 0.666
1971 0.668
1972 0.676
1973 0.684
1974 0.691
1975 0.694
1976 0.697
1977 0.711
1978 0.721
1979 0.728
1980 0.736
1981 0.746
1982 0.763
1983 0.754
1984 0.747
1985 0.762
1986 0.781
1987 0.796
1988 0.782
1989 0.801
1990 0.791
1991 0.801
1992 0.810
1993 0.806
1994 0.799
1995 0.801
1996 0.800
1997 0.795
1998 0.789
1999 0.796
2000 0.798
2001 0.800
2002 0.797
2003 0.805
2004 0.800
2005 0.821
2006 0.829
2007 0.836
2008 0.847
2009 0.858
2010 0.865
2011 0.873
2012 0.888
2013 0.892
2014 0.892
2015 0.901
2016 0.896
2017 0.900
2018 0.903
2019 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 primary and secondary education by male gross enrollment ratio in primary and 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