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

Latest (2019)
0.9946 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
14th
of 45 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2009
All-time low
0.9824 GPI
in 1997
Years of data
23
1997–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1997–2019

00.250.50.7511997200820191997: 0.982 GPI1998: 0.983 GPI1999: 0.987 GPI2000: 0.986 GPI2001: 0.989 GPI2002: 0.987 GPI2003: 0.997 GPI2004: 0.996 GPI2005: 0.997 GPI2006: 0.999 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 0.999 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 0.997 GPI2011: 0.993 GPI2012: 0.996 GPI2013: 0.996 GPI2014: 0.998 GPI2015: 0.995 GPI2016: 0.997 GPI2017: 0.994 GPI2018: 0.995 GPI2019: 0.995 GPI

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1997 to 2019.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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)

  1. 11 Mexico 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 12 Naoero 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 13 Seychelles 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 14 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 15 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 16 Burkina Faso 1.03 GPI compare
  7. 17 Hong Kong, China 1.03 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 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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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.