School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Australia

Australia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9703 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.9703 GPI
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
146th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 1997
All-time low
0.9536 GPI
in 2017
Years of data
9
1993–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Australia, 1993–2018

00.250.50.7511993200520181993: 1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI2015: 0.958 GPI2016: 0.957 GPI2017: 0.954 GPI2018: 0.97 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Australia stood at 0.9703 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 1.3% over five years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Australia peaked at 1.04 GPI in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.9536 GPI, in 2017.

That places Australia 146th out of 188 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Australia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Australia, 1993 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1993 1.02 GPI —
1994 1.01 GPI -0.7%
1995 1.01 GPI -0.5%
1996 1.02 GPI +1.0%
1997 1.04 GPI +2.0%
2015 0.9578 GPI -7.6%
2016 0.9573 GPI -0.1%
2017 0.9536 GPI -0.4%
2018 0.9703 GPI +1.8%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 0.9703 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9934 GPI, 98% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
  • Australia's 0.9703 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.995 GPI, 98% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 5
2010s 0.9597 GPI 0.9536 GPI 0.9703 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 143 Chile 0.9715 GPI compare
  2. 144 Luxembourg 0.9713 GPI compare
  3. 145 South Africa 0.9712 GPI compare
  4. 147 Thailand 0.9702 GPI compare
  5. 148 Belize 0.9701 GPI compare
  6. 149 Libya 0.9692 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Australia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Australia was 0.9703 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 1997.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9536 GPI in 2017.
How does Australia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Australia ranks 146th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
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.