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

Cuba
0.9878 GPI
in 2019
Portugal
0.989 GPI
in 2018
Cuba rank
137th
Portugal rank
136th

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

  • Cuba
  • Portugal
00.250.50.751197119952019

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.989 GPI against 0.9878 GPI in Cuba, a difference of 0.0012 GPI.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 137th and Portugal ranks 136th of 189 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 0.989 GPI 0.9581 GPI 0.0309 GPI Cuba
1980s 0.9359 GPI 0.9831 GPI 0.0472 GPI Portugal
1990s 0.9213 GPI 0.9838 GPI 0.0625 GPI Portugal
2000s 0.9958 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0129 GPI Portugal
2010s 1 GPI 0.9778 GPI 0.0225 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 Portugal?
Portugal, at 0.989 GPI against 0.9878 GPI in Cuba as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Cuba and Portugal?
0.0012 GPI, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Portugal?
42 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Cuba and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Cuba ranks 137th 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.