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

School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in IDA only was 0.949 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.949 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.606 in 1971.

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 0.606
1971 0.606
1972 0.621
1973 0.620
1974 0.620
1975 0.625
1976 0.632
1977 0.646
1978 0.653
1979 0.657
1980 0.668
1981 0.684
1982 0.704
1983 0.695
1984 0.715
1985 0.712
1986 0.723
1987 0.730
1988 0.743
1989 0.750
1990 0.758
1991 0.769
1992 0.777
1993 0.783
1994 0.788
1995 0.791
1996 0.795
1997 0.805
1998 0.813
1999 0.829
2000 0.840
2001 0.846
2002 0.851
2003 0.859
2004 0.852
2005 0.872
2006 0.881
2007 0.888
2008 0.897
2009 0.903
2010 0.915
2011 0.923
2012 0.927
2013 0.929
2014 0.933
2015 0.943
2016 0.944
2017 0.948
2018 0.947
2019 0.949

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