School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Malta
Malta: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9714 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Malta, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.9714 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2018.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Malta peaked at 1.08 GPI in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.8542 GPI, in 1973.
That places Malta 160th out of 189 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9391 GPI | 0.8542 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9424 GPI | 0.888 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9992 GPI | 0.9432 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 GPI | 0.9683 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9878 GPI | 0.9641 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 9 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Malta?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Malta was 0.9714 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPI in 2004.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8542 GPI in 1973.
- How does Malta rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
- Malta ranks 160th out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.