School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Estonia

Estonia: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9989 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9989 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
78th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9989 GPI
in 2000
All-time low
0.9719 GPI
in 2009
Years of data
22
1996–2018

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

00.20.40.60.811996200720181996: 0.984 GPI1998: 0.987 GPI1999: 0.992 GPI2000: 0.999 GPI2001: 0.994 GPI2002: 0.996 GPI2003: 0.994 GPI2004: 0.988 GPI2005: 0.977 GPI2006: 0.974 GPI2007: 0.974 GPI2008: 0.972 GPI2009: 0.972 GPI2010: 0.977 GPI2011: 0.981 GPI2012: 0.981 GPI2013: 0.981 GPI2014: 0.982 GPI2015: 0.986 GPI2016: 0.994 GPI2017: 0.996 GPI2018: 0.999 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Estonia stood at 0.9989 GPI.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Estonia peaked at 0.9989 GPI in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.9719 GPI, in 2009.

That places Estonia 78th out of 188 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Estonia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Estonia, 1996 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1996 0.9844 GPI —
1998 0.9866 GPI +0.2%
1999 0.992 GPI +0.5%
2000 0.9989 GPI +0.7%
2001 0.9945 GPI -0.4%
2002 0.9958 GPI +0.1%
2003 0.9941 GPI -0.2%
2004 0.9885 GPI -0.6%
2005 0.9766 GPI -1.2%
2006 0.9742 GPI -0.2%
2007 0.9736 GPI -0.1%
2008 0.9724 GPI -0.1%
2009 0.9719 GPI -0.1%
2010 0.9772 GPI +0.5%
2011 0.9812 GPI +0.4%
2012 0.9808 GPI -0.0%
2013 0.9807 GPI -0.0%
2014 0.9819 GPI +0.1%
2015 0.9858 GPI +0.4%
2016 0.9935 GPI +0.8%
2017 0.9961 GPI +0.3%
2018 0.9989 GPI +0.3%

Estonia compared with similar countries

  • Estonia's 0.9989 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9934 GPI, 1.0× the median. (69 countries reporting)
  • Estonia's 0.9989 GPI is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9953 GPI, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9877 GPI 0.9844 GPI 0.992 GPI 3
2000s 0.9841 GPI 0.9719 GPI 0.9989 GPI 10
2010s 0.9862 GPI 0.9772 GPI 0.9989 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Estonia

  1. 75 Turkey 0.9994 GPI compare
  2. 76 Paraguay 0.9993 GPI compare
  3. 77 Iceland 0.9992 GPI compare
  4. 79 Venezuela 0.9982 GPI compare
  5. 80 South Korea 0.998 GPI compare
  6. 81 North Macedonia 0.9979 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 Estonia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Estonia was 0.9989 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Estonia?
The highest recorded value was 0.9989 GPI in 2000.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Estonia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9719 GPI in 2009.
How does Estonia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Estonia ranks 78th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Estonia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Estonia 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.