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

Paraguay: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)
1.01 GPI
World rank
86th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.4 GPI
in 1997
All-time low
1.01 GPI
in 2008
Years of data
35
1970–2016

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Paraguay, 1970–2016

00.511.51970199320161970: 1.1 GPI1971: 1.1 GPI1973: 1 GPI1977: 1.1 GPI1978: 1 GPI1982: 1.1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1.1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1 GPI1991: 1.1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1.4 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Paraguay recorded 1.01 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2016.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Paraguay peaked at 1.4 GPI in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.01 GPI, in 2008.

That places Paraguay 86th out of 189 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Paraguay, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Paraguay, 1970 to 2016.
Year GPI Change
1970 1.08 GPI —
1971 1.08 GPI +0.2%
1973 1.04 GPI -3.5%
1977 1.1 GPI +5.7%
1978 1.04 GPI -5.9%
1982 1.1 GPI +6.5%
1985 1.04 GPI -5.7%
1986 1.06 GPI +2.3%
1987 1.05 GPI -1.7%
1988 1.04 GPI -0.4%
1989 1.02 GPI -2.3%
1990 1.04 GPI +2.4%
1991 1.06 GPI +1.6%
1992 1.05 GPI -1.3%
1993 1.05 GPI +0.2%
1994 1.02 GPI -2.2%
1995 1.03 GPI +0.8%
1996 1.04 GPI +0.8%
1997 1.4 GPI +34.0%
1998 1.03 GPI -25.9%
1999 1.03 GPI -0.2%
2000 1.03 GPI -0.3%
2001 1.03 GPI -0.1%
2002 1.01 GPI -1.4%
2003 1.02 GPI +0.5%
2004 1.02 GPI -0.1%
2005 1.01 GPI -0.4%
2006 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2007 1.02 GPI +0.3%
2008 1.01 GPI -0.9%
2009 1.01 GPI +0.7%
2010 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2011 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2012 1.01 GPI -0.6%
2016 1.01 GPI +0.2%

Paraguay compared with similar countries

  • Paraguay's 1.01 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.02 GPI, 100% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Paraguay's 1.01 GPI is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.02 GPI, 99% of the median. (36 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1997 +34.0% 1.04 GPI 1.4 GPI
1998 -25.9% 1.4 GPI 1.03 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.07 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.1 GPI 5
1980s 1.05 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.1 GPI 6
1990s 1.08 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.4 GPI 10
2000s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 83 Argentina 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 84 Venezuela 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 85 Marshall Islands 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 87 Brunei 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 88 Iceland 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 89 South Africa 1.01 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Paraguay?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Paraguay was 1.01 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 1.4 GPI in 1997.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2008.
How does Paraguay rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Paraguay ranks 86th out of 189 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Paraguay 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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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.