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

Latest (2019)
0.994 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
19th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2009
All-time low
0.983 GPI
in 1997
Years of data
23
1997–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean, 1997–2019

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

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

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 16 Burkina Faso 1.03 GPI compare
  2. 17 Hong Kong 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 18 India 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 19 Vietnam 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 20 Aruba 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 21 Croatia 1.02 GPI compare
  7. 22 Sierra Leone 1.02 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?
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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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.