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

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in World was 0.993 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.993 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.763 in 1972.

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 0.765
1971 0.763
1972 0.763
1973 0.771
1974 0.784
1975 0.796
1976 0.801
1977 0.807
1978 0.821
1979 0.828
1980 0.825
1981 0.820
1982 0.817
1983 0.826
1984 0.817
1985 0.811
1986 0.828
1987 0.836
1988 0.838
1989 0.843
1990 0.845
1991 0.850
1992 0.855
1993 0.859
1994 0.870
1995 0.879
1996 0.885
1997 0.894
1998 0.907
1999 0.901
2000 0.920
2001 0.921
2002 0.925
2003 0.939
2004 0.940
2005 0.947
2006 0.950
2007 0.956
2008 0.963
2009 0.973
2010 0.968
2011 0.971
2012 0.974
2013 0.985
2014 0.990
2015 0.990
2016 0.990
2017 0.989
2018 0.992
2019 0.993

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