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

Turkey: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9607 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9607 GPI
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
168th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.9715 GPI
in 1985
All-time low
0.7629 GPI
in 1979
Years of data
44
1971–2018

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Turkey, 1971–2018

00.20.40.60.811971199420181971: 0.833 GPI1972: 0.94 GPI1973: 0.895 GPI1974: 0.832 GPI1975: 0.816 GPI1978: 0.855 GPI1979: 0.763 GPI1981: 0.81 GPI1982: 0.849 GPI1983: 0.817 GPI1984: 0.866 GPI1985: 0.972 GPI1986: 0.948 GPI1987: 0.922 GPI1988: 0.924 GPI1989: 0.911 GPI1990: 0.905 GPI1991: 0.92 GPI1992: 0.915 GPI1993: 0.926 GPI1994: 0.908 GPI1995: 0.931 GPI1997: 0.912 GPI1998: 0.916 GPI1999: 0.933 GPI2000: 0.94 GPI2001: 0.942 GPI2002: 0.941 GPI2003: 0.946 GPI2004: 0.953 GPI2005: 0.951 GPI2006: 0.958 GPI2007: 0.954 GPI2008: 0.954 GPI2009: 0.949 GPI2010: 0.957 GPI2011: 0.962 GPI2012: 0.966 GPI2013: 0.956 GPI2014: 0.947 GPI2015: 0.943 GPI2016: 0.949 GPI2017: 0.954 GPI2018: 0.961 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Turkey is 0.9607 GPI, measured in 2018.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Turkey peaked at 0.9715 GPI in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.7629 GPI, in 1979.

Turkey ranks 168th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8476 GPI 0.7629 GPI 0.9403 GPI 7
1980s 0.8911 GPI 0.8101 GPI 0.9715 GPI 9
1990s 0.9186 GPI 0.9048 GPI 0.9333 GPI 9
2000s 0.9489 GPI 0.9401 GPI 0.9579 GPI 10
2010s 0.955 GPI 0.9434 GPI 0.9659 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Turkey

  1. 165 Belarus 0.9633 GPI compare
  2. 166 Chad 0.9619 GPI compare
  3. 167 Syria 0.9613 GPI compare
  4. 169 Guyana 0.9606 GPI compare
  5. 170 Australia 0.9565 GPI compare
  6. 171 Guinea 0.9558 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Turkey?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Turkey was 0.9607 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Turkey?
The highest recorded value was 0.9715 GPI in 1985.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Turkey?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7629 GPI in 1979.
How does Turkey rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Turkey ranks 168th out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Turkey?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Turkey 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.