School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Upper middle income

Upper middle income: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9857 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9857 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
38th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9999 GPI
in 2013
All-time low
0.9574 GPI
in 1990
Years of data
37
1983–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Upper middle income, 1983–2019

00.20.40.60.811983200120191983: 0.983 GPI1984: 0.983 GPI1985: 0.966 GPI1986: 0.971 GPI1987: 0.974 GPI1988: 0.965 GPI1989: 0.963 GPI1990: 0.957 GPI1991: 0.978 GPI1992: 0.967 GPI1993: 0.968 GPI1994: 0.969 GPI1995: 0.97 GPI1996: 0.974 GPI1997: 0.974 GPI1998: 0.981 GPI1999: 0.984 GPI2000: 0.984 GPI2001: 0.988 GPI2002: 0.979 GPI2003: 0.98 GPI2004: 0.98 GPI2005: 0.981 GPI2006: 0.978 GPI2007: 0.979 GPI2008: 0.98 GPI2009: 0.982 GPI2010: 0.985 GPI2011: 0.989 GPI2012: 0.997 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 0.996 GPI2015: 0.991 GPI2016: 0.99 GPI2017: 0.988 GPI2018: 0.988 GPI2019: 0.986 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Upper middle income recorded 0.9857 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Upper middle income peaked at 0.9999 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.9574 GPI, in 1990.

That places Upper middle income 38th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.9722 GPI 0.9625 GPI 0.9835 GPI 7
1990s 0.9722 GPI 0.9574 GPI 0.9837 GPI 10
2000s 0.9811 GPI 0.9782 GPI 0.9884 GPI 10
2010s 0.9909 GPI 0.9851 GPI 0.9999 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Upper middle income

  1. 35 Hong Kong 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 36 Lesotho 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 37 East Timor 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 38 Bangladesh 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 39 Uganda 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 40 Jamaica 1.04 GPI compare
  7. 41 Honduras 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Upper middle income?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Upper middle income was 0.9857 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Upper middle income?
The highest recorded value was 0.9999 GPI in 2013.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Upper middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9574 GPI in 1990.
How does Upper middle income rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Upper middle income ranks 38th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Upper middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Upper middle income 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
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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.