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

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Tanzania was 0.836 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.836 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.083 in 1976.

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 0.193
1971 0.209
1972 0.195
1973 0.195
1974 0.183
1975 0.160
1976 0.083
1977 0.104
1978 0.173
1979 0.208
1982 0.219
1983 0.209
1984 0.182
1985 0.172
1986 0.161
1987 0.146
1991 0.191
1992 0.197
1993 0.183
1994 0.211
1995 0.196
1996 0.215
1997 0.248
1998 0.256
1999 0.269
2000 0.306
2001 0.317
2002 0.336
2003 0.446
2004 0.414
2005 0.485
2007 0.479
2010 0.825
2012 0.549
2013 0.541
2015 0.538
2019 0.658
2020 0.836

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