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

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in IDA only was 0.935 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.935 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.500 in 1979.

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 0.507
1971 0.506
1972 0.509
1973 0.511
1974 0.517
1975 0.519
1976 0.524
1977 0.504
1978 0.501
1979 0.500
1980 0.520
1981 0.513
1982 0.537
1983 0.553
1984 0.575
1985 0.578
1986 0.602
1987 0.606
1988 0.615
1989 0.625
1990 0.629
1991 0.644
1992 0.659
1993 0.671
1994 0.677
1995 0.712
1996 0.730
1997 0.749
1998 0.768
1999 0.784
2000 0.801
2001 0.806
2002 0.815
2003 0.819
2004 0.793
2005 0.809
2006 0.810
2007 0.818
2008 0.836
2009 0.837
2010 0.859
2011 0.877
2012 0.885
2013 0.887
2014 0.895
2015 0.913
2016 0.915
2017 0.932
2018 0.935
2019 0.935

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