School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9946 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 0.9946 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 1 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.9824 GPI, in 1997.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 14th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.9824 GPI | — |
| 1998 | 0.9829 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9868 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9864 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9887 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.987 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9974 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9959 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9973 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9986 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9994 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9972 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9928 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.996 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9957 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9977 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9955 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9972 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9945 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9952 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9946 GPI | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.984 GPI | 0.9824 GPI | 0.9868 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9954 GPI | 0.9864 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9956 GPI | 0.9928 GPI | 0.9977 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 11 Mexico 1.04 GPI compare
- 12 Naoero 1.04 GPI compare
- 13 Seychelles 1.04 GPI compare
- 14 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
- 15 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 GPI compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 1.03 GPI compare
- 17 Hong Kong, China 1.03 GPI compare
More reference data data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 466.52 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 227.47 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 223.29 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.10 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.89 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 9.99 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.12 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.21 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.4% (2019)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.9946 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2009.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9824 GPI in 1997.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 14th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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.