IDA blend - School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in IDA blend was 0.852 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.852 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.477 in 1989.

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 0.501
1971 0.509
1972 0.538
1973 0.542
1974 0.549
1975 0.561
1976 0.548
1977 0.558
1978 0.560
1979 0.545
1980 0.547
1981 0.536
1982 0.526
1983 0.518
1984 0.511
1985 0.495
1986 0.490
1987 0.502
1988 0.480
1989 0.477
1990 0.496
1991 0.495
1992 0.500
1993 0.522
1994 0.548
1995 0.575
1996 0.606
1997 0.637
1998 0.671
1999 0.709
2000 0.718
2001 0.716
2002 0.717
2003 0.715
2004 0.729
2005 0.741
2006 0.744
2007 0.754
2008 0.756
2009 0.767
2010 0.789
2011 0.779
2012 0.797
2013 0.810
2014 0.840
2015 0.777
2016 0.779
2017 0.777
2018 0.787
2019 0.848
2020 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 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