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

Maldives: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.06 GPI
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
19th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.34 GPI
in 1971
All-time low
0.5506 GPI
in 1977
Years of data
23
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Maldives, 1970–2019

00.511.51970199420191970: 0.833 GPI1971: 1.3 GPI1977: 0.551 GPI1992: 0.958 GPI1993: 0.995 GPI1995: 1.1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 1.06 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Maldives peaked at 1.34 GPI in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0.5506 GPI, in 1977.

Maldives ranks 19th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9068 GPI 0.5506 GPI 1.34 GPI 3
1990s 1.02 GPI 0.9575 GPI 1.06 GPI 7
2000s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 8
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.06 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 16 American Samoa 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 17 Tonga 1.07 GPI compare
  3. 18 Dominica 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 20 Guinea-Bissau 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 21 Kuwait 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 22 Niger 1.06 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Maldives?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Maldives was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 1.34 GPI in 1971.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5506 GPI in 1977.
How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Maldives ranks 19th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Maldives 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.