School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) - Country Ranking - Europe

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/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Hungary 1.09 2019
2 Belgium 1.08 2019
3 Sweden 1.05 2019
4 Finland 1.05 2019
5 Ireland 1.04 2019
6 Croatia 1.04 2019
7 Andorra 1.03 1983
8 Albania 1.02 2020
9 Estonia 1.02 2019
10 Spain 1.02 2019
11 Montenegro 1.01 2020
12 United Kingdom 1.01 2019
13 Serbia 1.01 2020
14 Slovenia 1.01 2019
15 Czech Republic 1.01 2019
16 Slovak Republic 1.01 2019
17 Netherlands 1.01 2019
18 Malta 1.01 2019
19 Latvia 1.00 2019
20 France 1.00 2019
21 Romania 1.00 2019
22 Ukraine 1.00 2014
23 Denmark 1.00 2019
24 Portugal 0.99 2019
25 Luxembourg 0.99 2019
26 Belarus 0.99 2018
27 Moldova 0.99 2020
28 Iceland 0.99 2019
29 North Macedonia 0.99 2018
30 Bulgaria 0.99 2019
31 Italy 0.98 2019
32 Cyprus 0.98 2019
33 Austria 0.98 2019
34 Poland 0.98 2019
35 Lithuania 0.98 2019
36 Greece 0.98 2019
37 Norway 0.98 2019
38 San Marino 0.97 2020
39 Turkey 0.97 2019
40 Switzerland 0.97 2019
41 Germany 0.97 2019
42 Liechtenstein 0.91 2019

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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