School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9841 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.9841 GPI
World rank
140th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.9841 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.7327 GPI
in 1979
Years of data
21
1975–2016

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Papua New Guinea, 1975–2016

00.20.40.60.811975199520161975: 0.739 GPI1976: 0.769 GPI1978: 0.842 GPI1979: 0.733 GPI1981: 0.789 GPI1982: 0.818 GPI1984: 0.88 GPI1986: 0.885 GPI1987: 0.813 GPI1988: 0.84 GPI1989: 0.914 GPI1990: 0.92 GPI1991: 0.94 GPI1992: 0.979 GPI1993: 0.814 GPI1994: 0.908 GPI1995: 0.961 GPI1998: 0.939 GPI2002: 0.945 GPI2008: 0.967 GPI2016: 0.984 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 0.9841 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.9841 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7327 GPI, in 1979.

That places Papua New Guinea 140th out of 189 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7709 GPI 0.7327 GPI 0.8423 GPI 4
1980s 0.8486 GPI 0.7891 GPI 0.9142 GPI 7
1990s 0.923 GPI 0.8143 GPI 0.9791 GPI 7
2000s 0.9557 GPI 0.9449 GPI 0.9665 GPI 2
2010s 0.9841 GPI 0.9841 GPI 0.9841 GPI 1

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 137 Cuba 0.9878 GPI compare
  2. 138 Lebanon 0.9872 GPI compare
  3. 139 Barbados 0.9867 GPI compare
  4. 141 Nigeria 0.9839 GPI compare
  5. 142 Slovenia 0.9832 GPI compare
  6. 143 Chile 0.982 GPI compare
  7. 143 Moldova 0.982 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Papua New Guinea?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Papua New Guinea was 0.9841 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 0.9841 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7327 GPI in 1979.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Papua New Guinea ranks 140th out of 189 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.