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

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in IDA blend was 0.915 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.915 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.551 in 1984.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 0.589
1971 0.594
1972 0.607
1973 0.624
1974 0.625
1975 0.627
1976 0.625
1977 0.629
1978 0.638
1979 0.656
1980 0.635
1981 0.639
1982 0.642
1983 0.583
1984 0.551
1985 0.615
1986 0.691
1987 0.710
1988 0.713
1989 0.711
1990 0.711
1991 0.722
1992 0.725
1993 0.736
1994 0.749
1995 0.763
1996 0.778
1997 0.793
1998 0.803
1999 0.821
2000 0.813
2001 0.819
2002 0.801
2003 0.829
2004 0.829
2005 0.849
2006 0.847
2007 0.823
2008 0.845
2009 0.869
2010 0.863
2011 0.848
2012 0.860
2013 0.861
2014 0.872
2015 0.878
2016 0.880
2017 0.888
2018 0.909
2019 0.915

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 secondary education by male gross enrollment ratio in 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