Gross enrollment ratio, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)

Ratio of female to male net enrollment ratio for tertiary education. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPIequal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparityin favor of females. Gender Parity is defined as a GPI between 0.97 and 1.03.