School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9796 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income is 0.9796 GPI, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income peaked at 1 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8853 GPI, in 1994.
Low & middle income ranks 28th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8853 GPI | — |
| 1995 | 0.8867 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.8914 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.8978 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8981 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9002 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.9034 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9101 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9132 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9359 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9347 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9408 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9452 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9502 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9596 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9668 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9685 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9709 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9766 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9932 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9937 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9947 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9973 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9796 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9796 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8932 GPI | 0.8853 GPI | 0.9002 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.936 GPI | 0.9034 GPI | 0.9668 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9854 GPI | 0.9685 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More reference data data for Low & middle income
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 57.86 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 119.71 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 61.84 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.72 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.66 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.79 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 1.54 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.11 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 9.78 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income was 0.9796 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8853 GPI in 1994.
- How does Low & middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Low & middle income ranks 28th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.