School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in El Salvador

El Salvador: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
63rd
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.15 GPI
in 1974
All-time low
1.01 GPI
in 2017
Years of data
40
1970–2018

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in El Salvador, 1970–2018

00.250.50.7511.21970199420181970: 1.1 GPI1972: 1.1 GPI1974: 1.1 GPI1975: 1.1 GPI1976: 1.1 GPI1978: 1.1 GPI1980: 1.1 GPI1981: 1.1 GPI1982: 1.1 GPI1983: 1.1 GPI1984: 1.1 GPI1987: 1.1 GPI1988: 1.1 GPI1991: 1.1 GPI1992: 1.1 GPI1993: 1.1 GPI1995: 1.1 GPI1996: 1.1 GPI1997: 1.1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1.1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in El Salvador stood at 1.02 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in El Salvador peaked at 1.15 GPI in 1974 and was at its lowest, 1.01 GPI, in 2017.

El Salvador ranks 63rd of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.13 GPI 1.11 GPI 1.15 GPI 6
1980s 1.11 GPI 1.09 GPI 1.12 GPI 7
1990s 1.06 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.08 GPI 8
2000s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.06 GPI 10
2010s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.03 GPI 9

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  4. 64 Zimbabwe 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 65 Cameroon 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 66 North Macedonia 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in El Salvador?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in El Salvador was 1.02 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.15 GPI in 1974.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2017.
How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
El Salvador ranks 63rd out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador 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

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.