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

Ecuador: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1.02 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
31st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2012
All-time low
0.9922 GPI
in 2005
Years of data
20
1998–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ecuador, 1998–2018

00.250.50.7511998200820181998: 0.997 GPI1999: 0.996 GPI2000: 0.993 GPI2001: 0.997 GPI2002: 0.994 GPI2003: 0.995 GPI2004: 0.993 GPI2005: 0.992 GPI2006: 0.993 GPI2007: 0.994 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

Ecuador recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2018.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ecuador peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.9922 GPI, in 2005.

Ecuador ranks 31st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Ecuador, 1998 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1998 0.9967 GPI —
1999 0.9964 GPI -0.0%
2000 0.993 GPI -0.3%
2001 0.9975 GPI +0.4%
2002 0.9937 GPI -0.4%
2003 0.9951 GPI +0.1%
2004 0.9933 GPI -0.2%
2005 0.9922 GPI -0.1%
2006 0.993 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.9935 GPI +0.1%
2009 1.02 GPI +2.2%
2010 1.01 GPI -0.6%
2011 1.01 GPI +0.3%
2012 1.02 GPI +0.5%
2013 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2014 1.02 GPI +0.1%
2015 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2016 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2017 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2018 1.02 GPI +0.3%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 1.02 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9918 GPI, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 1.02 GPI is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9891 GPI, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9966 GPI 0.9964 GPI 0.9967 GPI 2
2000s 0.9963 GPI 0.9922 GPI 1.02 GPI 9
2010s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.02 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 28 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 29 Honduras 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 30 Armenia 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 32 Samoa 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 33 Iran 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 34 Bahrain 1.01 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 Ecuador?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ecuador was 1.02 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9922 GPI in 2005.
How does Ecuador rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Ecuador ranks 31st out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Ecuador 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.