School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.98 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.98 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
41st
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9905 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.9113 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
35
1985–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1985–2019

00.20.40.60.811985200220191985: 0.915 GPI1986: 0.916 GPI1987: 0.916 GPI1988: 0.916 GPI1989: 0.917 GPI1990: 0.917 GPI1991: 0.919 GPI1992: 0.917 GPI1993: 0.913 GPI1994: 0.911 GPI1995: 0.914 GPI1996: 0.922 GPI1997: 0.927 GPI1998: 0.934 GPI1999: 0.947 GPI2000: 0.954 GPI2001: 0.957 GPI2002: 0.963 GPI2003: 0.964 GPI2004: 0.971 GPI2005: 0.972 GPI2006: 0.975 GPI2007: 0.98 GPI2008: 0.988 GPI2009: 0.987 GPI2010: 0.987 GPI2011: 0.988 GPI2012: 0.989 GPI2013: 0.986 GPI2014: 0.985 GPI2015: 0.991 GPI2016: 0.98 GPI2017: 0.979 GPI2018: 0.98 GPI2019: 0.98 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) is 0.98 GPI, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9905 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.9113 GPI, in 1994.

That places Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 41st out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1985 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1985 0.9153 GPI
1986 0.9155 GPI +0.0%
1987 0.916 GPI +0.0%
1988 0.9164 GPI +0.0%
1989 0.9167 GPI +0.0%
1990 0.9174 GPI +0.1%
1991 0.9186 GPI +0.1%
1992 0.9166 GPI -0.2%
1993 0.9131 GPI -0.4%
1994 0.9113 GPI -0.2%
1995 0.9137 GPI +0.3%
1996 0.9223 GPI +0.9%
1997 0.9268 GPI +0.5%
1998 0.9337 GPI +0.7%
1999 0.9475 GPI +1.5%
2000 0.9544 GPI +0.7%
2001 0.9575 GPI +0.3%
2002 0.9626 GPI +0.5%
2003 0.9636 GPI +0.1%
2004 0.9711 GPI +0.8%
2005 0.9721 GPI +0.1%
2006 0.9749 GPI +0.3%
2007 0.9802 GPI +0.5%
2008 0.9883 GPI +0.8%
2009 0.9865 GPI -0.2%
2010 0.9866 GPI +0.0%
2011 0.9876 GPI +0.1%
2012 0.9894 GPI +0.2%
2013 0.9862 GPI -0.3%
2014 0.9853 GPI -0.1%
2015 0.9905 GPI +0.5%
2016 0.9801 GPI -1.1%
2017 0.9791 GPI -0.1%
2018 0.9801 GPI +0.1%
2019 0.98 GPI -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.916 GPI 0.9153 GPI 0.9167 GPI 5
1990s 0.9221 GPI 0.9113 GPI 0.9475 GPI 10
2000s 0.9711 GPI 0.9544 GPI 0.9883 GPI 10
2010s 0.9845 GPI 0.9791 GPI 0.9905 GPI 10

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  6. 43 Grenada 1.04 GPI compare
  7. 44 Mali 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 0.98 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9905 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9113 GPI in 1994.
How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 41st out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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.