School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9281 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1995–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) recorded 0.9281 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 0.9281 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7745 GPI, in 1996.
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 40th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.7802 GPI | — |
| 1996 | 0.7745 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7782 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.7787 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7935 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8073 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8143 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8089 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.815 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8102 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8333 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8459 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8521 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8639 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8765 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8869 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8956 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9036 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9102 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9142 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9233 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9248 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9266 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9259 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9281 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.781 GPI | 0.7745 GPI | 0.7935 GPI | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8327 GPI | 0.8073 GPI | 0.8765 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9139 GPI | 0.8869 GPI | 0.9281 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
More reference data data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 23.17 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 11.73 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 11.45 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.37 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.18 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.56 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.6576 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7197 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 1.97 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.9281 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9281 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7745 GPI in 1996.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 40th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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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About this data
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.