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

Uruguay: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
1 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
100th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.13 GPI
in 1978
All-time low
0.9788 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
34
1974–2018

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Uruguay, 1974–2018

00.250.50.7511.21974199620181974: 1 GPI1978: 1.1 GPI1979: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1994: 0.979 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 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: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2018.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Uruguay peaked at 1.13 GPI in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.9788 GPI, in 1994.

That places Uruguay 100th out of 189 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.07 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.13 GPI 3
1980s 1.03 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.03 GPI 3
1990s 1.02 GPI 0.9788 GPI 1.04 GPI 9
2000s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.02 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 1 GPI 1.02 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 97 Kyrgyzstan 1 GPI compare
  2. 98 Belgium 1 GPI compare
  3. 99 Peru 1 GPI compare
  4. 101 Costa Rica 1 GPI compare
  5. 102 Norway 1 GPI compare
  6. 103 Colombia 1 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Uruguay?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Uruguay was 1 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPI in 1978.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9788 GPI in 1994.
How does Uruguay rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Uruguay ranks 100th out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay 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.