Upper middle income - School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Upper middle income was 0.995 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.996 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.797 in 1974.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 0.810
1971 0.808
1972 0.804
1973 0.800
1974 0.797
1975 0.858
1976 0.890
1977 0.897
1978 0.896
1979 0.890
1980 0.892
1981 0.889
1982 0.880
1983 0.876
1984 0.881
1985 0.884
1986 0.907
1987 0.913
1988 0.921
1989 0.926
1990 0.934
1991 0.939
1992 0.946
1993 0.948
1994 0.951
1995 0.958
1996 0.963
1997 0.967
1998 0.971
1999 0.974
2000 0.975
2001 0.980
2002 0.981
2003 0.983
2004 0.986
2005 0.984
2006 0.982
2007 0.981
2008 0.978
2009 0.980
2010 0.976
2011 0.977
2012 0.981
2013 0.987
2014 0.990
2015 0.988
2016 0.994
2017 0.994
2018 0.996
2019 0.995

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 education by male gross enrollment ratio in primary 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