IDA blend - School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in IDA blend was 0.930 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.930 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.594 in 1970.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 0.594
1971 0.605
1972 0.619
1973 0.637
1974 0.646
1975 0.653
1976 0.658
1977 0.672
1978 0.711
1979 0.723
1980 0.729
1981 0.738
1982 0.740
1983 0.714
1984 0.703
1985 0.731
1986 0.757
1987 0.760
1988 0.746
1989 0.766
1990 0.750
1991 0.760
1992 0.768
1993 0.771
1994 0.779
1995 0.787
1996 0.799
1997 0.804
1998 0.804
1999 0.806
2000 0.810
2001 0.818
2002 0.808
2003 0.830
2004 0.831
2005 0.846
2006 0.856
2007 0.865
2008 0.875
2009 0.888
2010 0.889
2011 0.894
2012 0.914
2013 0.914
2014 0.917
2015 0.916
2016 0.908
2017 0.918
2018 0.925
2019 0.930

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 and secondary education by male gross enrollment ratio in primary and secondary 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