Barbados vs Sri Lanka: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index

Barbados
1.04 GPI
in 2019
Sri Lanka
1.05 GPI
in 2018
Barbados rank
60th
Sri Lanka rank
58th

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Barbados
  • Sri Lanka
00.250.50.7511.2197119952019

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.05 GPI against 1.04 GPI in Barbados, a difference of 0.01 GPI.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 60th and Sri Lanka ranks 58th of 195 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s 1.11 GPI 1.06 GPI 0.0487 GPI Barbados
1980s 1.04 GPI 1.1 GPI 0.064 GPI Sri Lanka
1990s 0.8956 GPI 1.08 GPI 0.185 GPI Sri Lanka
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.03 GPI 0.0017 GPI Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index, Barbados or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 1.05 GPI against 1.04 GPI in Barbados as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index between Barbados and Sri Lanka?
0.01 GPI, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sri Lanka?
13 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do Barbados and Sri Lanka rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Barbados ranks 60th and Sri Lanka ranks 58th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, 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, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.