School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.994 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean recorded 0.994 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.
That represents a change of 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 peaked at 1 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.983 GPI, in 1997.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 19th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.983 GPI | — |
| 1998 | 0.9834 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.987 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9866 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9888 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9871 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9972 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9952 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9966 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9979 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9993 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9986 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9969 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9927 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9958 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9953 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9971 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.995 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9965 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.994 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9947 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.994 GPI | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9844 GPI | 0.983 GPI | 0.987 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9949 GPI | 0.9866 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9952 GPI | 0.9927 GPI | 0.9971 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More reference data data for Latin America & Caribbean
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.33 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.16 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 10.44 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.11 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)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.09 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.23 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 685,896 number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean was 0.994 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?
- 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?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.983 GPI in 1997.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 19th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- 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 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.