Cuba vs Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index

Cuba
0.9878 GPI
in 2019
Papua New Guinea
0.9841 GPI
in 2016
Cuba rank
137th
Papua New Guinea rank
140th

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

  • Cuba
  • Papua New Guinea
00.250.50.751197119952019

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 0.9878 GPI against 0.9841 GPI in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0037 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 137th and Papua New Guinea ranks 140th of 189 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9908 GPI 0.7709 GPI 0.2199 GPI Cuba
1980s 0.8913 GPI 0.8486 GPI 0.0427 GPI Cuba
1990s 0.8603 GPI 0.923 GPI 0.0627 GPI Papua New Guinea
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.9557 GPI 0.0548 GPI Cuba
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.9841 GPI 0.0465 GPI Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index, Cuba or Papua New Guinea?
Cuba, at 0.9878 GPI against 0.9841 GPI in Papua New Guinea as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Cuba and Papua New Guinea?
0.0037 GPI, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Papua New Guinea?
21 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2016.
How do Cuba and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Cuba ranks 137th and Papua New Guinea ranks 140th 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.