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

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Niger was 0.636 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 0.636 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.040 in 1974.

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
1973 0.046
1974 0.040
1975 0.107
1976 0.103
1977 0.156
1978 0.165
1979 0.174
1980 0.155
1981 0.167
1982 0.143
1983 0.131
1984 0.194
1985 0.165
1987 0.179
1989 0.168
1990 0.146
2003 0.325
2004 0.326
2005 0.357
2006 0.304
2007 0.340
2008 0.369
2009 0.372
2010 0.399
2011 0.422
2012 0.382
2015 0.479
2016 0.560
2017 0.492
2018 0.414
2019 0.636

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