School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9944 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9944 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
15th
of 45 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.9664 GPI
in 2000
Years of data
24
1996–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1996–2019

00.250.50.7511996200720191996: 0.971 GPI1997: 0.969 GPI1998: 0.969 GPI1999: 0.967 GPI2000: 0.966 GPI2001: 0.967 GPI2002: 0.968 GPI2003: 0.971 GPI2004: 0.971 GPI2005: 0.969 GPI2006: 0.978 GPI2007: 0.981 GPI2008: 0.986 GPI2009: 0.991 GPI2010: 0.993 GPI2011: 0.996 GPI2012: 0.995 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 0.997 GPI2018: 0.995 GPI2019: 0.994 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) recorded 0.9944 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 1 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.9664 GPI, in 2000.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1996 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1996 0.9712 GPI
1997 0.969 GPI -0.2%
1998 0.9695 GPI +0.1%
1999 0.9673 GPI -0.2%
2000 0.9664 GPI -0.1%
2001 0.9665 GPI +0.0%
2002 0.9684 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.9712 GPI +0.3%
2004 0.9714 GPI +0.0%
2005 0.9688 GPI -0.3%
2006 0.9776 GPI +0.9%
2007 0.981 GPI +0.3%
2008 0.9856 GPI +0.5%
2009 0.9907 GPI +0.5%
2010 0.9933 GPI +0.3%
2011 0.9957 GPI +0.2%
2012 0.9949 GPI -0.1%
2013 0.9998 GPI +0.5%
2014 1 GPI +0.2%
2015 1 GPI -0.1%
2016 1 GPI -0.0%
2017 0.9971 GPI -0.4%
2018 0.9948 GPI -0.2%
2019 0.9944 GPI -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9692 GPI 0.9673 GPI 0.9712 GPI 4
2000s 0.9748 GPI 0.9664 GPI 0.9907 GPI 10
2010s 0.9974 GPI 0.9933 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

  1. 12 Naoero 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 13 Seychelles 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 14 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 15 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 16 Burkina Faso 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 17 Hong Kong, China 1.03 GPI compare
  7. 18 India 1.03 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 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 0.9944 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9664 GPI in 2000.
How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 15th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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.