School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in IDA total

IDA total: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9657 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9657 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
44th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9787 GPI
in 2013
All-time low
0.8531 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
48
1972–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in IDA total, 1972–2019

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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 IDA total is 0.9657 GPI, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in IDA total peaked at 0.9787 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.8531 GPI, in 1972.

IDA total ranks 44th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in IDA total, 1972 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1972 0.8531 GPI —
1973 0.8536 GPI +0.1%
1974 0.8631 GPI +1.1%
1975 0.8721 GPI +1.0%
1976 0.8797 GPI +0.9%
1977 0.8857 GPI +0.7%
1978 0.8903 GPI +0.5%
1979 0.8918 GPI +0.2%
1980 0.8913 GPI -0.1%
1981 0.8861 GPI -0.6%
1982 0.8835 GPI -0.3%
1983 0.8801 GPI -0.4%
1984 0.8752 GPI -0.6%
1985 0.8721 GPI -0.4%
1986 0.8637 GPI -1.0%
1987 0.866 GPI +0.3%
1988 0.8606 GPI -0.6%
1989 0.8672 GPI +0.8%
1990 0.871 GPI +0.4%
1991 0.8726 GPI +0.2%
1992 0.8724 GPI -0.0%
1993 0.8707 GPI -0.2%
1994 0.8722 GPI +0.2%
1995 0.8731 GPI +0.1%
1996 0.8766 GPI +0.4%
1997 0.8797 GPI +0.4%
1998 0.8797 GPI +0.0%
1999 0.8786 GPI -0.1%
2000 0.8798 GPI +0.1%
2001 0.893 GPI +1.5%
2002 0.9472 GPI +6.1%
2003 0.9503 GPI +0.3%
2004 0.9519 GPI +0.2%
2005 0.9683 GPI +1.7%
2006 0.9656 GPI -0.3%
2007 0.9627 GPI -0.3%
2008 0.9661 GPI +0.4%
2009 0.947 GPI -2.0%
2010 0.9723 GPI +2.7%
2011 0.9668 GPI -0.6%
2012 0.9664 GPI -0.0%
2013 0.9787 GPI +1.3%
2014 0.9714 GPI -0.7%
2015 0.9688 GPI -0.3%
2016 0.9727 GPI +0.4%
2017 0.9692 GPI -0.4%
2018 0.9678 GPI -0.1%
2019 0.9657 GPI -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8737 GPI 0.8531 GPI 0.8918 GPI 8
1980s 0.8746 GPI 0.8606 GPI 0.8913 GPI 10
1990s 0.8747 GPI 0.8707 GPI 0.8797 GPI 10
2000s 0.9432 GPI 0.8798 GPI 0.9683 GPI 10
2010s 0.97 GPI 0.9657 GPI 0.9787 GPI 10

Countries ranked near IDA total

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  3. 43 Grenada 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 44 Mali 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 45 Botswana 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 46 Malaysia 1.03 GPI compare
  7. 47 Comoros 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in IDA total?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in IDA total was 0.9657 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in IDA total?
The highest recorded value was 0.9787 GPI in 2013.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in IDA total?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8531 GPI in 1972.
How does IDA total rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
IDA total ranks 44th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in IDA total?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this IDA total 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.