School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Finland

Finland: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9912 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9912 GPI
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
100th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 1995
All-time low
0.9912 GPI
in 2018
Years of data
25
1994–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Finland, 1994–2018

00.250.50.7511994200620181994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 0.998 GPI2001: 0.999 GPI2002: 0.998 GPI2003: 0.996 GPI2004: 0.994 GPI2005: 0.995 GPI2006: 0.997 GPI2007: 0.997 GPI2008: 0.994 GPI2009: 0.994 GPI2010: 0.993 GPI2011: 0.994 GPI2012: 0.995 GPI2013: 0.997 GPI2014: 0.996 GPI2015: 0.996 GPI2016: 0.995 GPI2017: 0.995 GPI2018: 0.991 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Finland recorded 0.9912 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Finland peaked at 1 GPI in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.9912 GPI, in 2018.

Finland ranks 100th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1 GPI 0.9997 GPI 1 GPI 6
2000s 0.9964 GPI 0.9937 GPI 0.9991 GPI 10
2010s 0.9947 GPI 0.9912 GPI 0.9972 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 97 Hungary 0.9918 GPI compare
  2. 98 China (People’s Republic of) 0.9918 GPI compare
  3. 99 Cyprus 0.9917 GPI compare
  4. 101 Slovak Republic 0.9911 GPI compare
  5. 102 Sri Lanka 0.9908 GPI compare
  6. 103 Germany 0.9908 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 ind in Finland?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Finland was 0.9912 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 1995.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9912 GPI in 2018.
How does Finland rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Finland ranks 100th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Finland 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.