School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Early-demographic dividend

Early-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) was 0.994 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.994 GPI
Change on year
down 0.6%
Rank
25th
of 45 groups
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.8683 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend, 1970–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend is 0.994 GPI, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.8683 GPI, in 1970.

Early-demographic dividend ranks 25th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Early-demographic dividend, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Early-demographic dividend, 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.8683 GPI —
1971 0.87 GPI +0.2%
1972 0.8734 GPI +0.4%
1973 0.8772 GPI +0.4%
1974 0.8889 GPI +1.3%
1975 0.9054 GPI +1.9%
1976 0.9133 GPI +0.9%
1977 0.9236 GPI +1.1%
1978 0.9308 GPI +0.8%
1979 0.9351 GPI +0.5%
1980 0.9387 GPI +0.4%
1981 0.9377 GPI -0.1%
1982 0.9452 GPI +0.8%
1983 0.9372 GPI -0.8%
1984 0.9378 GPI +0.1%
1985 0.935 GPI -0.3%
1986 0.9329 GPI -0.2%
1987 0.9287 GPI -0.5%
1988 0.9273 GPI -0.2%
1989 0.9322 GPI +0.5%
1990 0.9275 GPI -0.5%
1991 0.935 GPI +0.8%
1992 0.9342 GPI -0.1%
1993 0.9364 GPI +0.2%
1994 0.9388 GPI +0.3%
1995 0.9462 GPI +0.8%
1996 0.9486 GPI +0.2%
1997 0.9526 GPI +0.4%
1998 0.9535 GPI +0.1%
1999 0.9516 GPI -0.2%
2000 0.9543 GPI +0.3%
2001 0.9628 GPI +0.9%
2002 0.9984 GPI +3.7%
2003 0.99 GPI -0.8%
2004 0.9908 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9951 GPI +0.4%
2006 0.996 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.9965 GPI +0.1%
2008 0.9956 GPI -0.1%
2009 0.9974 GPI +0.2%
2010 1 GPI +0.4%
2011 1 GPI +0.3%
2012 1 GPI -0.1%
2013 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2014 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2015 1 GPI -0.5%
2016 0.9993 GPI -0.3%
2017 0.9993 GPI +0.0%
2018 1 GPI +0.1%
2019 0.994 GPI -0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8986 GPI 0.8683 GPI 0.9351 GPI 10
1980s 0.9353 GPI 0.9273 GPI 0.9452 GPI 10
1990s 0.9425 GPI 0.9275 GPI 0.9535 GPI 10
2000s 0.9877 GPI 0.9543 GPI 0.9984 GPI 10
2010s 1 GPI 0.994 GPI 1.01 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend

  1. 22 Niger 1.06 GPI compare
  2. 23 Sri Lanka 1.06 GPI compare
  3. 24 Samoa 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 25 Ecuador 1.05 GPI compare
  5. 26 Suriname 1.05 GPI compare
  6. 27 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.05 GPI compare
  7. 28 Saudi Arabia 1.05 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend was 0.994 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8683 GPI in 1970.
How does Early-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Early-demographic dividend ranks 25th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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
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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.