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

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Ethiopia was 0.483 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 0.483 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.082 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 0.086
1972 0.082
1974 0.098
1979 0.141
1980 0.192
1982 0.148
1983 0.138
1984 0.120
1986 0.215
1987 0.197
1988 0.205
1989 0.218
1990 0.219
1991 0.216
1994 0.284
1995 0.259
1996 0.243
1997 0.258
1998 0.239
1999 0.230
2000 0.276
2001 0.271
2002 0.356
2003 0.334
2004 0.334
2005 0.319
2008 0.311
2009 0.441
2010 0.430
2011 0.437
2012 0.465
2014 0.483

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