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

Cyprus: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9917 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9917 GPI
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
99th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2012
All-time low
0.9917 GPI
in 2018
Years of data
22
1996–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cyprus, 1996–2018

00.250.50.7511996200720181996: 0.993 GPI1997: 0.995 GPI1999: 0.994 GPI2000: 0.997 GPI2001: 0.995 GPI2002: 0.999 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 0.996 GPI2008: 0.993 GPI2009: 0.995 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 0.998 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 0.998 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 0.998 GPI2018: 0.992 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Cyprus recorded 0.9917 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cyprus peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.9917 GPI, in 2018.

Cyprus ranks 99th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Cyprus, 1996 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1996 0.9931 GPI —
1997 0.9954 GPI +0.2%
1999 0.9937 GPI -0.2%
2000 0.997 GPI +0.3%
2001 0.9947 GPI -0.2%
2002 0.999 GPI +0.4%
2003 1 GPI +0.1%
2004 1 GPI +0.4%
2005 1 GPI -0.3%
2006 0.9997 GPI -0.1%
2007 0.9957 GPI -0.4%
2008 0.9931 GPI -0.3%
2009 0.9953 GPI +0.2%
2010 1 GPI +0.5%
2011 0.9979 GPI -0.2%
2012 1.01 GPI +0.7%
2013 1 GPI -0.2%
2014 1 GPI +0.1%
2015 0.9977 GPI -0.7%
2016 1 GPI +0.3%
2017 0.9978 GPI -0.3%
2018 0.9917 GPI -0.6%

Cyprus compared with similar countries

  • Cyprus's 0.9917 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9934 GPI, 100% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
  • Cyprus's 0.9917 GPI is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9953 GPI, 100% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.994 GPI 0.9931 GPI 0.9954 GPI 3
2000s 0.998 GPI 0.9931 GPI 1 GPI 10
2010s 0.9999 GPI 0.9917 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Cyprus

  1. 96 Bermuda 0.9926 GPI compare
  2. 97 Hungary 0.9918 GPI compare
  3. 98 China 0.9918 GPI compare
  4. 100 Finland 0.9912 GPI compare
  5. 101 Slovakia 0.9911 GPI compare
  6. 102 Sri Lanka 0.9908 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 Cyprus?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cyprus was 0.9917 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Cyprus?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Cyprus?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9917 GPI in 2018.
How does Cyprus rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Cyprus ranks 99th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Cyprus?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Cyprus 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.