School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Low income
Low income: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9012 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Low income, 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Low income stood at 0.9012 GPI.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Low income peaked at 0.9033 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7327 GPI, in 1997.
That places Low income 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Low income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.7327 GPI | — |
| 1998 | 0.7344 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.7517 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7694 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.7791 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.776 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7851 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7797 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8078 GPI | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8216 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8285 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8434 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8572 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8669 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8744 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8823 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.888 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8911 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9009 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9016 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9033 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9012 GPI | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7396 GPI | 0.7327 GPI | 0.7517 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8048 GPI | 0.7694 GPI | 0.8572 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.89 GPI | 0.8669 GPI | 0.9033 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Low income
- 40 Sweden 1.01 GPI compare
- 41 Nicaragua 1.01 GPI compare
- 42 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI compare
- 43 Zambia 1.01 GPI compare
- 44 Equatorial Guinea 1.01 GPI compare
- 45 Solomon Islands 1.01 GPI compare
- 46 Azerbaijan 1.01 GPI compare
More reference data data for Low income
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 2,206 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 259.59 (2025)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 248.16 (2026)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 9.61 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 18.98 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 9.37 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.43 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.91 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr 94.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Low income?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Low income was 0.9012 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9033 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7327 GPI in 1997.
- How does Low income rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
- Low income ranks 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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.