School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Jamaica

Jamaica: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
40th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.2 GPI
in 1976
All-time low
0.9769 GPI
in 2016
Years of data
28
1975–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Jamaica, 1975–2019

00.250.50.7511.21975199720191975: 1.1 GPI1976: 1.2 GPI1977: 1.1 GPI1979: 1.1 GPI1980: 1.1 GPI1981: 1.1 GPI1987: 1.1 GPI1990: 1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1999: 1.1 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2013: 0.999 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 0.977 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Jamaica is 1.04 GPI, measured in 2019.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Jamaica peaked at 1.2 GPI in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.9769 GPI, in 2016.

Jamaica ranks 40th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.12 GPI 1.06 GPI 1.2 GPI 4
1980s 1.1 GPI 1.08 GPI 1.12 GPI 3
1990s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.08 GPI 5
2000s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.06 GPI 9
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.9769 GPI 1.06 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 37 East Timor 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 38 Bangladesh 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 39 Uganda 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 41 Honduras 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 42 Namibia 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 43 Grenada 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Jamaica?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Jamaica was 1.04 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 1.2 GPI in 1976.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9769 GPI in 2016.
How does Jamaica rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Jamaica ranks 40th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Jamaica 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
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.