School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Early-demographic dividend

Early-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9989 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9989 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
7th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.8577 GPI
in 1993
Years of data
27
1993–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Early-demographic dividend, 1993–2019

00.250.50.7511993200620191993: 0.858 GPI1994: 0.86 GPI1995: 0.861 GPI1996: 0.866 GPI1997: 0.877 GPI1998: 0.878 GPI1999: 0.884 GPI2000: 0.889 GPI2001: 0.899 GPI2002: 0.908 GPI2003: 0.946 GPI2004: 0.948 GPI2005: 0.953 GPI2006: 0.959 GPI2007: 0.966 GPI2008: 0.981 GPI2009: 0.992 GPI2010: 0.993 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 0.999 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Early-demographic dividend is 0.9989 GPI, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8577 GPI, in 1993.

That places Early-demographic dividend 7th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Early-demographic dividend, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Early-demographic dividend, 1993 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1993 0.8577 GPI
1994 0.8604 GPI +0.3%
1995 0.8611 GPI +0.1%
1996 0.8662 GPI +0.6%
1997 0.8772 GPI +1.3%
1998 0.878 GPI +0.1%
1999 0.8838 GPI +0.7%
2000 0.8887 GPI +0.6%
2001 0.8986 GPI +1.1%
2002 0.9084 GPI +1.1%
2003 0.9459 GPI +4.1%
2004 0.9476 GPI +0.2%
2005 0.9528 GPI +0.6%
2006 0.9593 GPI +0.7%
2007 0.9659 GPI +0.7%
2008 0.9807 GPI +1.5%
2009 0.9918 GPI +1.1%
2010 0.9933 GPI +0.2%
2011 1 GPI +0.7%
2012 1 GPI +0.2%
2013 1.03 GPI +2.7%
2014 1.03 GPI -0.3%
2015 1.03 GPI +0.1%
2016 1.04 GPI +1.0%
2017 1.03 GPI -0.6%
2018 0.9997 GPI -3.1%
2019 0.9989 GPI -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8692 GPI 0.8577 GPI 0.8838 GPI 7
2000s 0.944 GPI 0.8887 GPI 0.9918 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9933 GPI 1.04 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend

  1. 4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI compare
  2. 5 San Marino 1.07 GPI compare
  3. 6 Mauritania 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 7 Congo 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 8 Bhutan 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 9 Burundi 1.05 GPI compare
  7. 10 Suriname 1.05 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Early-demographic dividend?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Early-demographic dividend was 0.9989 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8577 GPI in 1993.
How does Early-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Early-demographic dividend ranks 7th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.