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

New Zealand: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity was 1.15 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.15 GPI
Change on year
up 14.5%
World rank
47th
of 106 countries
All-time high
1.19 GPI
in 2003
All-time low
0.8413 GPI
in 2007
Years of data
20
1998–2018

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

00.250.50.7511.21998200820181998: 0.872 GPI1999: 0.873 GPI2000: 0.854 GPI2001: 0.924 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1.2 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 0.905 GPI2007: 0.841 GPI2008: 0.85 GPI2009: 0.852 GPI2010: 0.876 GPI2011: 0.982 GPI2012: 0.995 GPI2013: 0.986 GPI2014: 0.959 GPI2015: 0.971 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1.2 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 New Zealand is 1.15 GPI, measured in 2018.

The figure is up 14.5% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in New Zealand peaked at 1.19 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.8413 GPI, in 2007.

That places New Zealand 47th 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 20 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in New Zealand, 1998 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1998 0.8719 GPI
1999 0.873 GPI +0.1%
2000 0.8541 GPI -2.2%
2001 0.9236 GPI +8.1%
2002 1.08 GPI +16.6%
2003 1.19 GPI +10.6%
2004 1.15 GPI -3.7%
2005 1.03 GPI -10.4%
2006 0.9055 GPI -11.9%
2007 0.8413 GPI -7.1%
2008 0.8496 GPI +1.0%
2009 0.8521 GPI +0.3%
2010 0.8756 GPI +2.8%
2011 0.9825 GPI +12.2%
2012 0.9947 GPI +1.2%
2013 0.9859 GPI -0.9%
2014 0.9587 GPI -2.8%
2015 0.9714 GPI +1.3%
2017 1.01 GPI +3.8%
2018 1.15 GPI +14.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8725 GPI 0.8719 GPI 0.873 GPI 2
2000s 0.9668 GPI 0.8413 GPI 1.19 GPI 10
2010s 0.9913 GPI 0.8756 GPI 1.15 GPI 8

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 44 Eritrea 1.19 GPI compare
  2. 45 Slovakia 1.19 GPI compare
  3. 46 Brunei Darussalam 1.18 GPI compare
  4. 48 Puerto Rico 1.12 GPI compare
  5. 49 Belgium 1.09 GPI compare
  6. 50 China 1.07 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 New Zealand?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in New Zealand was 1.15 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 1.19 GPI in 2003.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8413 GPI in 2007.
How does New Zealand rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
New Zealand ranks 47th out of 106 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Zealand 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.