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

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in IDA total was 0.928 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.928 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.554 in 1970.

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 0.554
1971 0.556
1972 0.562
1973 0.570
1974 0.574
1975 0.576
1976 0.579
1977 0.567
1978 0.566
1979 0.571
1980 0.575
1981 0.573
1982 0.590
1983 0.576
1984 0.574
1985 0.603
1986 0.648
1987 0.658
1988 0.663
1989 0.668
1990 0.671
1991 0.683
1992 0.693
1993 0.703
1994 0.711
1995 0.737
1996 0.752
1997 0.769
1998 0.785
1999 0.800
2000 0.808
2001 0.813
2002 0.813
2003 0.825
2004 0.808
2005 0.826
2006 0.825
2007 0.821
2008 0.840
2009 0.849
2010 0.861
2011 0.867
2012 0.877
2013 0.877
2014 0.888
2015 0.901
2016 0.903
2017 0.917
2018 0.927
2019 0.928

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