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

Latest (2019)
0.9281 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
40th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9281 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7745 GPI
in 1996
Years of data
25
1995–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1995–2019

00.20.40.60.811995200720191995: 0.78 GPI1996: 0.775 GPI1997: 0.778 GPI1998: 0.779 GPI1999: 0.793 GPI2000: 0.807 GPI2001: 0.814 GPI2002: 0.809 GPI2003: 0.815 GPI2004: 0.81 GPI2005: 0.833 GPI2006: 0.846 GPI2007: 0.852 GPI2008: 0.864 GPI2009: 0.877 GPI2010: 0.887 GPI2011: 0.896 GPI2012: 0.904 GPI2013: 0.91 GPI2014: 0.914 GPI2015: 0.923 GPI2016: 0.925 GPI2017: 0.927 GPI2018: 0.926 GPI2019: 0.928 GPI

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1995 to 2019.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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)

  1. 37 Belgium 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 38 Sao Tome and Principe 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 39 Israel 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 40 Sweden 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 41 Nicaragua 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 42 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI compare
  7. 43 Zambia 1.01 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 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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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
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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.