Low income - School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Low income was 0.639 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.639 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.484 in 1979.

Definition: Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.

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

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Year Value
1970 0.541
1971 0.540
1972 0.529
1973 0.522
1974 0.514
1975 0.509
1976 0.507
1977 0.498
1978 0.492
1979 0.484
1980 0.488
1981 0.485
1982 0.495
1983 0.492
1984 0.493
1985 0.493
1986 0.495
1987 0.499
1988 0.498
1989 0.496
1990 0.505
1991 0.502
1992 0.505
1993 0.510
1994 0.510
1995 0.508
1996 0.510
1997 0.511
1998 0.505
1999 0.506
2000 0.519
2001 0.522
2002 0.540
2003 0.529
2004 0.541
2005 0.553
2006 0.576
2007 0.566
2008 0.566
2009 0.570
2010 0.573
2011 0.588
2012 0.610
2013 0.609
2014 0.616
2015 0.624
2016 0.631
2017 0.633
2018 0.633
2019 0.639

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 tertiary education by male gross enrollment ratio in tertiary 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