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

Ireland: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind was 0.6326 GPI in 2018. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2018)
0.6326 GPI
Change on year
down 37.8%
World rank
80th
of 106 countries
All-time high
1.39 GPI
in 1999
All-time low
0.5508 GPI
in 2006
Years of data
21
1998–2018

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

00.511.51998200820181998: 1.3 GPI1999: 1.4 GPI2000: 1.4 GPI2001: 1.3 GPI2002: 1.2 GPI2003: 1.3 GPI2004: 0.573 GPI2005: 0.599 GPI2006: 0.551 GPI2007: 0.576 GPI2008: 0.6 GPI2009: 0.67 GPI2010: 0.717 GPI2011: 0.644 GPI2012: 0.686 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.3 GPI2015: 0.909 GPI2016: 0.849 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 0.633 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Ireland is 0.6326 GPI, measured in 2018.

The figure is down 37.8% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Ireland peaked at 1.39 GPI in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.5508 GPI, in 2006.

Ireland ranks 80th of 106 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.36 GPI 1.33 GPI 1.39 GPI 2
2000s 0.8674 GPI 0.5508 GPI 1.35 GPI 10
2010s 0.8628 GPI 0.6326 GPI 1.25 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 77 Ukraine 0.6455 GPI compare
  2. 78 Mongolia 0.6432 GPI compare
  3. 79 Ethiopia 0.6424 GPI compare
  4. 81 Cambodia 0.6296 GPI compare
  5. 82 Bahrain 0.6288 GPI compare
  6. 83 Belarus 0.6128 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 106 places β†’

More reference data data for Ireland

All data for Ireland β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Ireland?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Ireland was 0.6326 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind recorded in Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 1.39 GPI in 1999.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5508 GPI in 2006.
How does Ireland rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind?
Ireland ranks 80th out of 106 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ireland 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
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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.