Barbados vs Portugal: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index

Barbados
0.9867 GPI
in 2019
Portugal
0.989 GPI
in 2018
Barbados rank
139th
Portugal rank
136th

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index over time

  • Barbados
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.989 GPI against 0.9867 GPI in Barbados, a difference of 0.0023 GPI.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 139th and Portugal ranks 136th of 189 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 1.14 GPI 0.9606 GPI 0.1764 GPI Barbados
1980s 1.03 GPI 0.9792 GPI 0.0485 GPI Barbados
1990s 0.9806 GPI 0.995 GPI 0.0144 GPI Portugal
2000s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0137 GPI Barbados
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9805 GPI 0.0341 GPI Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index, Barbados or Portugal?
Portugal, at 0.989 GPI against 0.9867 GPI in Barbados as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Barbados and Portugal?
0.0023 GPI, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Portugal?
24 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.
How do Barbados and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Barbados ranks 139th and Portugal ranks 136th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal 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 disparity in favor of females.