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Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment, 2008

Figures for 2008, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

The gender parity index for tertiary enrolment compares women’s and men’s enrolment in universities and colleges. 1 means parity; below 1, fewer women than men are enrolled; above 1, fewer men than women. UNESCO adjusts it so that a gap in either direction counts the same.

Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment, 2008 covers 121 countries. Qatar is highest, at 1.84583; Chad is lowest, at 0.14642. The middle country reads 1.20017. Against 2007, 102 values changed (68 up, 34 down), 19 countries joined, 9 left.

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Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment · Data for 2008

HighestQatar

1.84583

LowestChad

0.14642

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment, 2008, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 121 countries · select a heading to sort

Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment, 2008: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.99241
2CyprusCYPWestern Asia1.01346
3AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia0.98143
4MoroccoMARNorthern Africa0.97743
5MexicoMEXCentral America0.97639
6Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.97309
7ChileCHLSouth America1.02783
8MacauMACEastern Asia0.97172
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.97113
10ColombiaCOLSouth America0.97072
11SudanSDNNorthern Africa1.02973
12ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.03720
13Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean1.03771
14IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia0.94582
15VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia0.93464
16EgyptEGYNorthern Africa0.93424
17MadagascarMDGEastern Africa0.91250
18NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.09293
19El SalvadorSLVCentral America1.10729
20GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia1.10758
21SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.87869
22EcuadorECUSouth America1.13265
23IranIRNSouthern Asia1.14751
24PakistanPAKSouthern Asia0.84959
25PalestinePSEWestern Asia1.15264

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 120Qatar1.84583
  2. 119Anguilla1.79841
  3. 118Montserrat1.76763
  4. 111Saint Lucia1.57641
  5. 107Jamaica1.55858

Lowest

  1. 121Chad0.14642
  2. 117Guinea0.31846
  3. 116Ethiopia0.32202
  4. 115DR Congo0.35353
  5. 114Central African Republic0.36354

1 is parity; further away in either direction is worse. The middle country reads 1.20017. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

  • +19 / −9countries joined / left
  • 102values changed, of 102 in both
  • 68 · 34rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Guyana1.53150 → 1.29480−0.23670
  • Maldives1.44808 → 1.27792−0.17016
  • Colombia1.06298 → 0.97072−0.09226
  • Ghana0.53138 → 0.43931−0.09207
  • Bermuda1.61848 → 1.53195−0.08653
+ Andorra+ Central African Republic+ Ecuador+ Ethiopia+ Honduras+ Jamaica+ Saint Kitts and Nevis+ Luxembourg+ Mali+ Mauritania+ Montserrat+ Namibia+ Nepal+ Philippines+ San Marino+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Chad+ Uganda+ Venezuela− Barbados− Algeria− Greece− Guatemala− India− Myanmar− Malawi− Oman− Tanzania

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 121 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2008). Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-gender-parity/2008

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