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

Ireland
0.9899 GPI
in 2018
Portugal
0.989 GPI
in 2018
Ireland rank
134th
Portugal rank
136th

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

  • Ireland
  • Portugal
00.250.50.751197119942018

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 0.9899 GPI against 0.989 GPI in Portugal, a difference of 0.0009 GPI.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 134th and Portugal ranks 136th of 189 countries.

Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 1 GPI 0.9581 GPI 0.0429 GPI Ireland
1980s 0.9939 GPI 0.9831 GPI 0.0108 GPI Ireland
1990s 0.9914 GPI 0.9794 GPI 0.012 GPI Ireland
2010s 0.9942 GPI 0.9758 GPI 0.0184 GPI Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index, Ireland or Portugal?
Ireland, at 0.9899 GPI against 0.989 GPI in Portugal as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Ireland and Portugal?
0.0009 GPI, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Portugal?
30 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Ireland and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Ireland ranks 134th 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.