School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Lower middle income

Lower middle income: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9959 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9959 GPI
Change on year
down 0.5%
Rank
24th
of 45 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.8474 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Lower middle income, 1970–2019

00.250.50.751197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Lower middle income is 0.9959 GPI, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Lower middle income peaked at 1 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.8474 GPI, in 1972.

That places Lower middle income 24th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8634 GPI 0.8474 GPI 0.8871 GPI 10
1980s 0.8894 GPI 0.8815 GPI 0.8977 GPI 10
1990s 0.899 GPI 0.8852 GPI 0.9183 GPI 10
2000s 0.9646 GPI 0.9186 GPI 0.9838 GPI 10
2010s 0.9967 GPI 0.9898 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Lower middle income

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  4. 24 Samoa 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 25 Ecuador 1.05 GPI compare
  6. 26 Suriname 1.05 GPI compare
  7. 27 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.05 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Lower middle income?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Lower middle income was 0.9959 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Lower middle income?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Lower middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8474 GPI in 1972.
How does Lower middle income rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Lower middle income ranks 24th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Lower middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lower middle 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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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.