Burkina Faso - School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Burkina Faso was 0.553 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.582 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.118 in 1972.

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
1971 0.177
1972 0.118
1973 0.157
1974 0.208
1975 0.256
1976 0.246
1977 0.265
1978 0.269
1979 0.248
1980 0.284
1981 0.271
1982 0.269
1983 0.283
1984 0.282
1985 0.294
1986 0.298
1987 0.313
1988 0.315
1989 0.315
1990 0.297
1991 0.300
1992 0.291
1993 0.296
1994 0.320
1995 0.285
1996 0.320
1997 0.296
1999 0.298
2002 0.345
2003 0.293
2005 0.451
2006 0.458
2007 0.456
2008 0.495
2009 0.484
2010 0.479
2011 0.496
2012 0.496
2013 0.493
2014 0.486
2015 0.523
2016 0.512
2017 0.521
2018 0.582
2019 0.562
2020 0.553

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