School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in European Union

European Union: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.99 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.99 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
1st
of 2 regions
All-time high
0.9977 GPI
in 1992
All-time low
0.9881 GPI
in 2010
Years of data
28
1992–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in European Union, 1992–2019

00.20.40.60.811992200520191992: 0.998 GPI1993: 0.997 GPI1994: 0.996 GPI1995: 0.993 GPI1996: 0.993 GPI1997: 0.992 GPI1998: 0.991 GPI1999: 0.992 GPI2000: 0.995 GPI2001: 0.992 GPI2002: 0.992 GPI2003: 0.992 GPI2004: 0.993 GPI2005: 0.992 GPI2006: 0.992 GPI2007: 0.992 GPI2008: 0.989 GPI2009: 0.989 GPI2010: 0.988 GPI2011: 0.989 GPI2012: 0.99 GPI2013: 0.992 GPI2014: 0.992 GPI2015: 0.992 GPI2016: 0.992 GPI2017: 0.989 GPI2018: 0.99 GPI2019: 0.99 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

European Union recorded 0.99 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.

That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in European Union peaked at 0.9977 GPI in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.9881 GPI, in 2010.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in European Union, 1992 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1992 0.9977 GPI
1993 0.997 GPI -0.1%
1994 0.9955 GPI -0.2%
1995 0.9933 GPI -0.2%
1996 0.9928 GPI -0.1%
1997 0.9925 GPI -0.0%
1998 0.9913 GPI -0.1%
1999 0.9922 GPI +0.1%
2000 0.995 GPI +0.3%
2001 0.9923 GPI -0.3%
2002 0.9917 GPI -0.1%
2003 0.9919 GPI +0.0%
2004 0.9933 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9917 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9918 GPI +0.0%
2007 0.9919 GPI +0.0%
2008 0.9892 GPI -0.3%
2009 0.9893 GPI +0.0%
2010 0.9881 GPI -0.1%
2011 0.9889 GPI +0.1%
2012 0.9899 GPI +0.1%
2013 0.9917 GPI +0.2%
2014 0.9919 GPI +0.0%
2015 0.9919 GPI +0.0%
2016 0.9919 GPI -0.0%
2017 0.9886 GPI -0.3%
2018 0.99 GPI +0.1%
2019 0.99 GPI -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.994 GPI 0.9913 GPI 0.9977 GPI 8
2000s 0.9918 GPI 0.9892 GPI 0.995 GPI 10
2010s 0.9903 GPI 0.9881 GPI 0.9919 GPI 10

Countries ranked near European Union

  1. 1 Senegal 1.15 GPI compare
  2. 2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPI compare
  3. 3 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
  4. 4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in European Union?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in European Union was 0.99 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in European Union?
The highest recorded value was 0.9977 GPI in 1992.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in European Union?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9881 GPI in 2010.
How does European Union rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
European Union ranks 1st out of 2 regions with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in European Union?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this European Union 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.