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

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in IDA only was 0.793 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.793 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.442 in 1974.

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 0.467
1971 0.462
1972 0.457
1973 0.456
1974 0.442
1975 0.457
1976 0.474
1977 0.481
1978 0.496
1979 0.470
1980 0.479
1981 0.484
1982 0.516
1983 0.484
1984 0.476
1985 0.485
1986 0.479
1987 0.505
1988 0.493
1989 0.490
1990 0.491
1991 0.490
1992 0.497
1993 0.522
1994 0.532
1995 0.546
1996 0.563
1997 0.584
1998 0.601
1999 0.623
2000 0.642
2001 0.653
2002 0.649
2003 0.641
2004 0.643
2005 0.662
2006 0.670
2007 0.660
2008 0.660
2009 0.671
2010 0.676
2011 0.695
2012 0.713
2013 0.721
2014 0.728
2015 0.739
2016 0.743
2017 0.751
2018 0.762
2019 0.770
2020 0.793

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