School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9924 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9924 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
24th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9968 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.9807 GPI
in 2001
Years of data
27
1993–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia, 1993–2019

00.20.40.60.811993200620191993: 0.985 GPI1994: 0.983 GPI1995: 0.983 GPI1996: 0.982 GPI1997: 0.981 GPI1998: 0.981 GPI1999: 0.981 GPI2000: 0.982 GPI2001: 0.981 GPI2002: 0.981 GPI2003: 0.983 GPI2004: 0.984 GPI2005: 0.982 GPI2006: 0.986 GPI2007: 0.987 GPI2008: 0.988 GPI2009: 0.99 GPI2010: 0.991 GPI2011: 0.992 GPI2012: 0.993 GPI2013: 0.996 GPI2014: 0.997 GPI2015: 0.997 GPI2016: 0.996 GPI2017: 0.993 GPI2018: 0.993 GPI2019: 0.992 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia stood at 0.9924 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia peaked at 0.9968 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.9807 GPI, in 2001.

Europe & Central Asia ranks 24th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Europe & Central Asia, 1993 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1993 0.9845 GPI
1994 0.9833 GPI -0.1%
1995 0.983 GPI -0.0%
1996 0.9822 GPI -0.1%
1997 0.9811 GPI -0.1%
1998 0.981 GPI -0.0%
1999 0.9807 GPI -0.0%
2000 0.9821 GPI +0.1%
2001 0.9807 GPI -0.1%
2002 0.9813 GPI +0.1%
2003 0.9827 GPI +0.1%
2004 0.9837 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9816 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9857 GPI +0.4%
2007 0.9873 GPI +0.2%
2008 0.9879 GPI +0.1%
2009 0.9903 GPI +0.2%
2010 0.9908 GPI +0.1%
2011 0.9923 GPI +0.2%
2012 0.9926 GPI +0.0%
2013 0.9958 GPI +0.3%
2014 0.9968 GPI +0.1%
2015 0.9966 GPI -0.0%
2016 0.9965 GPI -0.0%
2017 0.993 GPI -0.4%
2018 0.9926 GPI -0.0%
2019 0.9924 GPI -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9823 GPI 0.9807 GPI 0.9845 GPI 7
2000s 0.9843 GPI 0.9807 GPI 0.9903 GPI 10
2010s 0.9939 GPI 0.9908 GPI 0.9968 GPI 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Europe & Central Asia was 0.9924 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?
The highest recorded value was 0.9968 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Europe & Central Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9807 GPI in 2001.
How does Europe & Central Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Europe & Central Asia ranks 24th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Europe & Central Asia 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.