El Salvador vs United States of America: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index

El Salvador
0.9875 GPI
in 2018
United States of America
0.9912 GPI
in 2018
El Salvador rank
122nd
United States of America rank
119th

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index over time

  • El Salvador
  • United States of America
00.250.50.751197019942018

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 0.9912 GPI against 0.9875 GPI in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0037 GPI.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1972 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 122nd and United States of America ranks 119th of 195 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and United States of America in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador United States of America Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8214 GPI 0.7922 GPI 0.0292 GPI El Salvador
1980s 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.0337 GPI United States of America
1990s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.0205 GPI El Salvador
2000s 0.9795 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.029 GPI United States of America
2010s 0.9856 GPI 1 GPI 0.0182 GPI United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index, El Salvador or United States of America?
United States of America, at 0.9912 GPI against 0.9875 GPI in El Salvador as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index between El Salvador and United States of America?
0.0037 GPI, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and United States of America?
26 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and United States of America rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
El Salvador ranks 122nd and United States of America ranks 119th 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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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.