School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Hungary

Hungary: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity was 1.26 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.26 GPI
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
38th
of 106 countries
All-time high
1.26 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.8835 GPI
in 2005
Years of data
21
1998–2018

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Hungary, 1998–2018

00.511.51998200820181998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1.1 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 1.2 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1.2 GPI2004: 0.886 GPI2005: 0.884 GPI2006: 0.97 GPI2007: 0.904 GPI2008: 0.922 GPI2009: 0.884 GPI2010: 0.908 GPI2011: 0.932 GPI2012: 0.938 GPI2013: 1.2 GPI2014: 1.3 GPI2015: 1.2 GPI2016: 1.2 GPI2017: 1.3 GPI2018: 1.3 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Hungary is 1.26 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Hungary peaked at 1.26 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.8835 GPI, in 2005.

That places Hungary 38th out of 106 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Hungary, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Hungary, 1998 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1998 1.13 GPI —
1999 1.14 GPI +0.5%
2000 1.13 GPI -0.4%
2001 1.16 GPI +2.0%
2002 1.15 GPI -0.8%
2003 1.15 GPI +0.3%
2004 0.8862 GPI -23.0%
2005 0.8835 GPI -0.3%
2006 0.9702 GPI +9.8%
2007 0.9039 GPI -6.8%
2008 0.9225 GPI +2.1%
2009 0.8836 GPI -4.2%
2010 0.9078 GPI +2.7%
2011 0.9321 GPI +2.7%
2012 0.9381 GPI +0.6%
2013 1.22 GPI +29.6%
2014 1.26 GPI +3.5%
2015 1.24 GPI -1.4%
2016 1.24 GPI -0.1%
2017 1.25 GPI +0.9%
2018 1.26 GPI +0.9%

Hungary compared with similar countries

  • Hungary's 1.26 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.2 GPI, 1.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
  • Hungary's 1.26 GPI is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.2 GPI, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Hungary changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2013 +29.6% 0.9381 GPI 1.22 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.13 GPI 1.13 GPI 1.14 GPI 2
2000s 1 GPI 0.8835 GPI 1.16 GPI 10
2010s 1.14 GPI 0.9078 GPI 1.26 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 35 Dominica 1.31 GPI compare
  2. 36 Brazil 1.3 GPI compare
  3. 37 Mauritius 1.28 GPI compare
  4. 39 Lithuania 1.25 GPI compare
  5. 40 Iran 1.24 GPI compare
  6. 41 Gibraltar 1.22 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 106 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Hungary?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Hungary was 1.26 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Hungary?
The highest recorded value was 1.26 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8835 GPI in 2005.
How does Hungary rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
Hungary ranks 38th out of 106 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in Hungary?
Over the last ten years it is up 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hungary data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,359 data points, 1998–2020
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.