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

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Uganda was 0.730 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 0.765 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.215 in 1970.

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 0.215
1971 0.255
1972 0.264
1974 0.232
1975 0.218
1976 0.244
1977 0.339
1979 0.321
1980 0.291
1981 0.296
1982 0.367
1985 0.303
1986 0.391
1988 0.393
1989 0.378
1990 0.393
1991 0.381
1992 0.400
1993 0.426
1994 0.461
1995 0.481
1996 0.494
1999 0.519
2000 0.503
2001 0.516
2002 0.610
2003 0.587
2004 0.608
2006 0.743
2008 0.765
2009 0.760
2010 0.746
2011 0.733
2012 0.685
2014 0.730

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