School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Least developed countries
Least developed countries: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9416 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Least developed countries, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Least developed countries recorded 0.9416 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Least developed countries peaked at 0.9425 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7984 GPI, in 1997.
Least developed countries ranks 37th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Least developed countries, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.7984 GPI | — |
| 1998 | 0.8009 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.818 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8328 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8441 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8432 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8473 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8407 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8632 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.875 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8816 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8923 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9011 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9115 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9115 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.919 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9241 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9306 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9419 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9425 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9425 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9413 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9416 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8058 GPI | 0.7984 GPI | 0.818 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8621 GPI | 0.8328 GPI | 0.9011 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9306 GPI | 0.9115 GPI | 0.9425 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Least developed countries
More reference data data for Least developed countries
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 27.34 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 13.50 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 13.85 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.29 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.11 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.46 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.9% (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.6598 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7262 GPIA (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Least developed countries?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Least developed countries was 0.9416 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Least developed countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9425 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Least developed countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7984 GPI in 1997.
- How does Least developed countries rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Least developed countries ranks 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Least developed countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least developed countries 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.