School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Barbados
Barbados: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9867 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Barbados, 1974–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 0.9867 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Barbados peaked at 1.19 GPI in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.9468 GPI, in 2016.
Barbados ranks 139th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.14 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.19 GPI | 3 |
| 1980s | 1.03 GPI | 0.9729 GPI | 1.11 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.9806 GPI | 0.9806 GPI | 0.9806 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9941 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9468 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Barbados?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Barbados was 0.9867 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 GPI in 1979.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9468 GPI in 2016.
- How does Barbados rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 139th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados 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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About this data
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.