School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Australia

Australia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9565 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9565 GPI
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
170th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2001
All-time low
0.9565 GPI
in 2018
Years of data
38
1971–2018

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Australia, 1971–2018

00.250.50.7511971199420181971: 0.986 GPI1974: 0.996 GPI1975: 0.993 GPI1976: 1 GPI1977: 0.996 GPI1978: 0.987 GPI1979: 0.98 GPI1980: 0.986 GPI1981: 0.989 GPI1982: 0.99 GPI1983: 0.992 GPI1984: 0.998 GPI1985: 0.989 GPI1986: 1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 0.994 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1 GPI1991: 0.997 GPI1992: 0.998 GPI1993: 1 GPI1994: 0.999 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 0.978 GPI2007: 0.98 GPI2008: 0.975 GPI2009: 0.98 GPI2010: 0.978 GPI2013: 0.976 GPI2014: 0.972 GPI2015: 0.967 GPI2016: 0.958 GPI2017: 0.961 GPI2018: 0.957 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Australia recorded 0.9565 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 38 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Australia peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.9565 GPI, in 2018.

That places Australia 170th out of 189 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Australia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Australia, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.986 GPI
1974 0.9962 GPI +1.0%
1975 0.9929 GPI -0.3%
1976 1 GPI +1.0%
1977 0.9955 GPI -0.8%
1978 0.9867 GPI -0.9%
1979 0.9796 GPI -0.7%
1980 0.9858 GPI +0.6%
1981 0.9887 GPI +0.3%
1982 0.9903 GPI +0.2%
1983 0.9921 GPI +0.2%
1984 0.998 GPI +0.6%
1985 0.9885 GPI -0.9%
1986 1 GPI +1.3%
1987 1 GPI +0.2%
1988 0.9937 GPI -1.0%
1989 1 GPI +0.6%
1990 1 GPI +0.3%
1991 0.9975 GPI -0.6%
1992 0.9981 GPI +0.1%
1993 0.9997 GPI +0.2%
1994 0.9992 GPI -0.0%
2001 1.02 GPI +2.4%
2002 1.02 GPI -0.3%
2003 1.01 GPI -0.7%
2004 1.01 GPI -0.4%
2005 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2006 0.978 GPI -2.8%
2007 0.9802 GPI +0.2%
2008 0.9753 GPI -0.5%
2009 0.9803 GPI +0.5%
2010 0.978 GPI -0.2%
2013 0.9759 GPI -0.2%
2014 0.9724 GPI -0.4%
2015 0.9674 GPI -0.5%
2016 0.9582 GPI -0.9%
2017 0.961 GPI +0.3%
2018 0.9565 GPI -0.5%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 0.9565 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9937 GPI, 96% of the median. (70 countries reporting)
  • Australia's 0.9565 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.01 GPI, 94% of the median. (30 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9914 GPI 0.9796 GPI 1 GPI 7
1980s 0.9943 GPI 0.9858 GPI 1 GPI 10
1990s 0.9996 GPI 0.9975 GPI 1 GPI 5
2000s 0.9985 GPI 0.9753 GPI 1.02 GPI 9
2010s 0.9671 GPI 0.9565 GPI 0.978 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 167 Syria 0.9613 GPI compare
  2. 168 Turkey 0.9607 GPI compare
  3. 169 Guyana 0.9606 GPI compare
  4. 171 Guinea 0.9558 GPI compare
  5. 172 United Arab Emirates 0.9518 GPI compare
  6. 173 Ethiopia 0.9477 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Australia?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Australia was 0.9565 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2001.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9565 GPI in 2018.
How does Australia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Australia ranks 170th out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 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.