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

Peru: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
99th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.15 GPI
in 1972
All-time low
0.989 GPI
in 2012
Years of data
38
1970–2019

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

00.250.50.7511.21970199420191970: 1.1 GPI1971: 1.1 GPI1972: 1.2 GPI1973: 1 GPI1974: 1 GPI1975: 1 GPI1976: 0.991 GPI1977: 1 GPI1979: 1 GPI1980: 1 GPI1981: 1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1995: 1 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: 0.989 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.999 GPI2017: 0.997 GPI2018: 0.999 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Peru is 1 GPI, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Peru peaked at 1.15 GPI in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.989 GPI, in 2012.

Peru ranks 99th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.06 GPI 0.9914 GPI 1.15 GPI 9
1980s 1.04 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.05 GPI 4
1990s 1.03 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.03 GPI 5
2000s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2010s 1 GPI 0.989 GPI 1.01 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 96 San Marino 1 GPI compare
  2. 97 Kyrgyzstan 1 GPI compare
  3. 98 Belgium 1 GPI compare
  4. 100 Uruguay 1 GPI compare
  5. 101 Costa Rica 1 GPI compare
  6. 102 Norway 1 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Peru?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Peru was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 1.15 GPI in 1972.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.989 GPI in 2012.
How does Peru rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Peru ranks 99th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Peru 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.