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

Latest (2019)
0.9796 GPI
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
28th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.8853 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
26
1994–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Low & middle income, 1994–2019

00.250.50.7511994200620191994: 0.885 GPI1995: 0.887 GPI1996: 0.891 GPI1997: 0.898 GPI1998: 0.898 GPI1999: 0.9 GPI2000: 0.903 GPI2001: 0.91 GPI2002: 0.913 GPI2003: 0.936 GPI2004: 0.935 GPI2005: 0.941 GPI2006: 0.945 GPI2007: 0.95 GPI2008: 0.96 GPI2009: 0.967 GPI2010: 0.969 GPI2011: 0.971 GPI2012: 0.977 GPI2013: 0.993 GPI2014: 0.994 GPI2015: 0.995 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 0.997 GPI2018: 0.98 GPI2019: 0.98 GPI

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Low & middle income, 1994 to 2019.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 25 Palestine, State of 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 26 Lesotho 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 27 Ghana 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 28 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 29 Honduras 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 30 Armenia 1.02 GPI compare
  7. 31 Ecuador 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 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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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.