School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in IDA total

IDA total: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9429 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9429 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
36th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9435 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.8187 GPI
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

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

00.20.40.60.811998200820191998: 0.819 GPI1999: 0.826 GPI2000: 0.836 GPI2001: 0.846 GPI2002: 0.842 GPI2003: 0.847 GPI2004: 0.843 GPI2005: 0.863 GPI2006: 0.875 GPI2007: 0.886 GPI2008: 0.897 GPI2009: 0.905 GPI2010: 0.915 GPI2011: 0.922 GPI2012: 0.934 GPI2013: 0.936 GPI2014: 0.937 GPI2015: 0.943 GPI2016: 0.941 GPI2017: 0.943 GPI2018: 0.941 GPI2019: 0.943 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 IDA total is 0.9429 GPI, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in IDA total peaked at 0.9435 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8187 GPI, in 1998.

That places IDA total 36th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in IDA total, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in IDA total, 1998 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1998 0.8187 GPI —
1999 0.8263 GPI +0.9%
2000 0.8356 GPI +1.1%
2001 0.8458 GPI +1.2%
2002 0.8421 GPI -0.4%
2003 0.8469 GPI +0.6%
2004 0.8434 GPI -0.4%
2005 0.8627 GPI +2.3%
2006 0.8745 GPI +1.4%
2007 0.8864 GPI +1.4%
2008 0.897 GPI +1.2%
2009 0.9054 GPI +0.9%
2010 0.9153 GPI +1.1%
2011 0.9222 GPI +0.8%
2012 0.9336 GPI +1.2%
2013 0.9355 GPI +0.2%
2014 0.9373 GPI +0.2%
2015 0.9435 GPI +0.7%
2016 0.9415 GPI -0.2%
2017 0.9429 GPI +0.2%
2018 0.941 GPI -0.2%
2019 0.9429 GPI +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8225 GPI 0.8187 GPI 0.8263 GPI 2
2000s 0.864 GPI 0.8356 GPI 0.9054 GPI 10
2010s 0.9356 GPI 0.9153 GPI 0.9435 GPI 10

Countries ranked near IDA total

  1. 33 Iran 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 34 Bahrain 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 35 Comoros 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 36 Ukraine 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 37 Belgium 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 38 Sao Tome and Principe 1.01 GPI compare
  7. 39 Israel 1.01 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in IDA total?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in IDA total was 0.9429 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 total?
The highest recorded value was 0.9435 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in IDA total?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8187 GPI in 1998.
How does IDA total rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
IDA total ranks 36th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in IDA total?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this IDA 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
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.