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

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in IDA total was 0.816 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.816 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.514 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 0.550
1971 0.550
1972 0.556
1973 0.558
1974 0.551
1975 0.567
1976 0.575
1977 0.578
1978 0.586
1979 0.558
1980 0.562
1981 0.542
1982 0.574
1983 0.548
1984 0.537
1985 0.535
1986 0.516
1987 0.545
1988 0.519
1989 0.514
1990 0.519
1991 0.515
1992 0.528
1993 0.550
1994 0.565
1995 0.576
1996 0.597
1997 0.621
1998 0.654
1999 0.672
2000 0.687
2001 0.691
2002 0.690
2003 0.684
2004 0.690
2005 0.708
2006 0.713
2007 0.708
2008 0.706
2009 0.715
2010 0.722
2011 0.732
2012 0.749
2013 0.758
2014 0.771
2015 0.758
2016 0.761
2017 0.765
2018 0.775
2019 0.799
2020 0.816

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