Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.852 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.852 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.545 in 1979.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 0.567
1971 0.563
1972 0.560
1973 0.562
1974 0.566
1975 0.557
1976 0.552
1977 0.549
1978 0.547
1979 0.545
1980 0.557
1981 0.564
1982 0.589
1983 0.595
1984 0.605
1985 0.617
1986 0.629
1987 0.641
1988 0.647
1989 0.656
1990 0.662
1991 0.670
1992 0.673
1993 0.669
1994 0.651
1995 0.682
1996 0.682
1997 0.681
1998 0.679
1999 0.684
2000 0.686
2001 0.689
2002 0.693
2003 0.706
2004 0.696
2005 0.707
2006 0.709
2007 0.720
2008 0.731
2009 0.744
2010 0.761
2011 0.783
2012 0.795
2013 0.811
2014 0.817
2015 0.832
2016 0.836
2017 0.845
2018 0.851
2019 0.852

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