Gender Parity Index for Primary Education Enrolment

Definition:

• Gender Parity Index for primary level enrolment is the ratio of the number of female students enrolled at the primary level of education to the number of male students.
• GPI = (Number of girls enrolled in primary education / Number of boys enrolled in primary education) x 100
• A GPI of 100 indicates perfect gender parity, meaning there is an equal number of girls and boys enrolled in primary education. A GPI below 100 suggests that there are fewer girls enrolled than boys, while a GPI above 100 indicates that there are more girls enrolled than boys.

Unit of Measure:

• Ratio

Year:

• 2021, 2022, 2023

SDG Indicators:

• 4.5.1 Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated

CPAP Outcome:

• Education for Early Childhood and Adolescent Development

CPAP Output:

• 2.1 Basic education