School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in IDA & IBRD total

IDA & IBRD total: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9796 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9796 GPI
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
29th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9999 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.8861 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
26
1994–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in IDA & IBRD total, 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.886 GPI1995: 0.887 GPI1996: 0.892 GPI1997: 0.898 GPI1998: 0.899 GPI1999: 0.901 GPI2000: 0.904 GPI2001: 0.911 GPI2002: 0.914 GPI2003: 0.936 GPI2004: 0.935 GPI2005: 0.941 GPI2006: 0.945 GPI2007: 0.95 GPI2008: 0.96 GPI2009: 0.967 GPI2010: 0.969 GPI2011: 0.971 GPI2012: 0.977 GPI2013: 0.993 GPI2014: 0.994 GPI2015: 0.995 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 0.997 GPI2018: 0.98 GPI2019: 0.98 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

IDA & IBRD total recorded 0.9796 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in IDA & IBRD total peaked at 0.9999 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8861 GPI, in 1994.

That places IDA & IBRD total 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in IDA & IBRD total, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in IDA & IBRD total, 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.8861 GPI
1995 0.8874 GPI +0.2%
1996 0.8921 GPI +0.5%
1997 0.8983 GPI +0.7%
1998 0.8987 GPI +0.0%
1999 0.9008 GPI +0.2%
2000 0.9039 GPI +0.3%
2001 0.9105 GPI +0.7%
2002 0.9136 GPI +0.3%
2003 0.9362 GPI +2.5%
2004 0.9349 GPI -0.1%
2005 0.941 GPI +0.6%
2006 0.9453 GPI +0.5%
2007 0.9503 GPI +0.5%
2008 0.9597 GPI +1.0%
2009 0.9668 GPI +0.7%
2010 0.9686 GPI +0.2%
2011 0.9709 GPI +0.2%
2012 0.9766 GPI +0.6%
2013 0.9931 GPI +1.7%
2014 0.9936 GPI +0.1%
2015 0.9946 GPI +0.1%
2016 0.9999 GPI +0.5%
2017 0.9972 GPI -0.3%
2018 0.9796 GPI -1.8%
2019 0.9796 GPI +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8939 GPI 0.8861 GPI 0.9008 GPI 6
2000s 0.9362 GPI 0.9039 GPI 0.9668 GPI 10
2010s 0.9854 GPI 0.9686 GPI 0.9999 GPI 10

Countries ranked near IDA & IBRD total

  1. 26 Lesotho 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 27 Ghana 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 28 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 29 Honduras 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 30 Armenia 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 31 Ecuador 1.02 GPI compare
  7. 32 Samoa 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in IDA & IBRD total?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in IDA & IBRD total was 0.9796 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
The highest recorded value was 0.9999 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8861 GPI in 1994.
How does IDA & IBRD total rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
IDA & IBRD total ranks 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in IDA & IBRD total?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this IDA & IBRD total 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.