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

Malta: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity was 0.4854 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.4854 GPI
Change on year
down 48.8%
World rank
94th
of 106 countries
All-time high
1.09 GPI
in 2000
All-time low
0.4854 GPI
in 2018
Years of data
19
1998–2018

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

00.250.50.7511998200820181998: 0.686 GPI1999: 0.901 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 0.798 GPI2002: 0.659 GPI2003: 0.632 GPI2004: 0.522 GPI2005: 0.675 GPI2006: 0.709 GPI2007: 0.639 GPI2008: 0.662 GPI2011: 0.643 GPI2012: 0.647 GPI2013: 0.65 GPI2014: 0.758 GPI2015: 0.823 GPI2016: 0.736 GPI2017: 0.948 GPI2018: 0.485 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 Malta is 0.4854 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 48.8% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Malta peaked at 1.09 GPI in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4854 GPI, in 2018.

That places Malta 94th out of 106 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Malta, 1998 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1998 0.6863 GPI —
1999 0.9014 GPI +31.4%
2000 1.09 GPI +20.6%
2001 0.7979 GPI -26.6%
2002 0.6594 GPI -17.4%
2003 0.6319 GPI -4.2%
2004 0.5215 GPI -17.5%
2005 0.6753 GPI +29.5%
2006 0.7088 GPI +5.0%
2007 0.6389 GPI -9.9%
2008 0.6618 GPI +3.6%
2011 0.6431 GPI -2.8%
2012 0.647 GPI +0.6%
2013 0.6496 GPI +0.4%
2014 0.7582 GPI +16.7%
2015 0.8235 GPI +8.6%
2016 0.7355 GPI -10.7%
2017 0.9476 GPI +28.8%
2018 0.4854 GPI -48.8%

Malta compared with similar countries

  • Malta's 0.4854 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.2 GPI, 40% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
  • Malta's 0.4854 GPI is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.7309 GPI, 66% of the median. (13 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7939 GPI 0.6863 GPI 0.9014 GPI 2
2000s 0.7092 GPI 0.5215 GPI 1.09 GPI 9
2010s 0.7112 GPI 0.4854 GPI 0.9476 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 91 Vanuatu 0.5401 GPI compare
  2. 92 Grenada 0.5269 GPI compare
  3. 93 Burkina Faso 0.5207 GPI compare
  4. 95 Portugal 0.4849 GPI compare
  5. 96 Malaysia 0.4729 GPI compare
  6. 97 Bhutan 0.4346 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 Malta?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Malta was 0.4854 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPI in 2000.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4854 GPI in 2018.
How does Malta rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
Malta ranks 94th out of 106 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malta 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.