School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in El Salvador

El Salvador: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9659 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9659 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
153rd
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9931 GPI
in 1995
All-time low
0.9345 GPI
in 2002
Years of data
23
1995–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in El Salvador, 1995–2018

00.20.40.60.811995200620181995: 0.993 GPI1996: 0.981 GPI1998: 0.937 GPI1999: 0.956 GPI2000: 0.942 GPI2001: 0.946 GPI2002: 0.935 GPI2003: 0.95 GPI2004: 0.97 GPI2005: 0.957 GPI2006: 0.961 GPI2007: 0.991 GPI2008: 0.962 GPI2009: 0.961 GPI2010: 0.958 GPI2011: 0.955 GPI2012: 0.956 GPI2013: 0.957 GPI2014: 0.963 GPI2015: 0.963 GPI2016: 0.962 GPI2017: 0.963 GPI2018: 0.966 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in El Salvador stood at 0.9659 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in El Salvador peaked at 0.9931 GPI in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.9345 GPI, in 2002.

That places El Salvador 153rd out of 188 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in El Salvador, 1995 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1995 0.9931 GPI
1996 0.9811 GPI -1.2%
1998 0.9372 GPI -4.5%
1999 0.9558 GPI +2.0%
2000 0.9417 GPI -1.5%
2001 0.9461 GPI +0.5%
2002 0.9345 GPI -1.2%
2003 0.9501 GPI +1.7%
2004 0.9699 GPI +2.1%
2005 0.9571 GPI -1.3%
2006 0.9607 GPI +0.4%
2007 0.9908 GPI +3.1%
2008 0.9622 GPI -2.9%
2009 0.9611 GPI -0.1%
2010 0.9576 GPI -0.4%
2011 0.955 GPI -0.3%
2012 0.9556 GPI +0.1%
2013 0.9566 GPI +0.1%
2014 0.963 GPI +0.7%
2015 0.9633 GPI +0.0%
2016 0.9621 GPI -0.1%
2017 0.9631 GPI +0.1%
2018 0.9659 GPI +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9668 GPI 0.9372 GPI 0.9931 GPI 4
2000s 0.9574 GPI 0.9345 GPI 0.9908 GPI 10
2010s 0.9603 GPI 0.955 GPI 0.9659 GPI 9

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 150 Dominican Republic 0.9687 GPI compare
  2. 151 Brazil 0.9686 GPI compare
  3. 152 Italy 0.9677 GPI compare
  4. 154 Liechtenstein 0.9654 GPI compare
  5. 155 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9646 GPI compare
  6. 156 Dominica 0.9622 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in El Salvador?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in El Salvador was 0.9659 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.9931 GPI in 1995.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9345 GPI in 2002.
How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
El Salvador ranks 153rd out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this El Salvador 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.