Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.741 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.741 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.541 in 1979.

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 0.664
1971 0.656
1972 0.630
1973 0.617
1974 0.602
1975 0.585
1976 0.568
1977 0.572
1978 0.551
1979 0.541
1980 0.545
1981 0.545
1982 0.549
1983 0.548
1984 0.549
1985 0.558
1986 0.549
1987 0.555
1988 0.555
1989 0.556
1990 0.560
1991 0.554
1992 0.557
1993 0.558
1994 0.564
1995 0.569
1996 0.578
1997 0.588
1998 0.605
1999 0.618
2000 0.629
2001 0.627
2002 0.652
2003 0.639
2004 0.646
2005 0.649
2006 0.666
2007 0.661
2008 0.646
2009 0.651
2010 0.648
2011 0.649
2012 0.671
2013 0.668
2014 0.663
2015 0.674
2016 0.690
2017 0.697
2018 0.712
2019 0.727
2020 0.741

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