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
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Maldives, 1970–2019
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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
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.