School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Fiji

Fiji: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9837 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9837 GPI
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
122nd
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2012
All-time low
0.9837 GPI
in 2019
Years of data
17
1998–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Fiji, 1998–2019

00.250.50.7511998200820191998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 0.989 GPI2015: 0.984 GPI2016: 0.992 GPI2019: 0.984 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Fiji is 0.9837 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Fiji peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.9837 GPI, in 2019.

That places Fiji 122nd out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Fiji, 1998 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1998 1.02 GPI —
1999 1.03 GPI +0.6%
2000 1.01 GPI -1.2%
2001 1.01 GPI -0.5%
2002 1.03 GPI +1.7%
2003 1.02 GPI -0.5%
2004 1.01 GPI -1.3%
2006 1.02 GPI +0.9%
2007 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2008 1.02 GPI +0.3%
2009 1.01 GPI -0.6%
2011 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2012 1.03 GPI +1.6%
2013 0.989 GPI -4.0%
2015 0.9838 GPI -0.5%
2016 0.9916 GPI +0.8%
2019 0.9837 GPI -0.8%

Fiji compared with similar countries

  • Fiji's 0.9837 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9918 GPI, 99% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Fiji's 0.9837 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.995 GPI, 99% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.02 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.03 GPI 2
2000s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.03 GPI 9
2010s 0.9989 GPI 0.9837 GPI 1.03 GPI 6

Countries ranked near Fiji

  1. 120 Marshall Islands 0.9851 GPI compare
  2. 121 Romania 0.9846 GPI compare
  3. 123 Netherlands 0.9836 GPI compare
  4. 124 Malawi 0.9826 GPI compare
  5. 125 Oman 0.9826 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 Fiji?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Fiji was 0.9837 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Fiji?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Fiji?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9837 GPI in 2019.
How does Fiji rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Fiji ranks 122nd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Fiji?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Fiji 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.