School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Lower middle income

Lower middle income: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9951 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9951 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
12th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.8353 GPI
in 1993
Years of data
27
1993–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Lower middle income, 1993–2019

00.250.50.7511993200620191993: 0.835 GPI1994: 0.841 GPI1995: 0.843 GPI1996: 0.851 GPI1997: 0.863 GPI1998: 0.864 GPI1999: 0.865 GPI2000: 0.87 GPI2001: 0.88 GPI2002: 0.888 GPI2003: 0.931 GPI2004: 0.932 GPI2005: 0.939 GPI2006: 0.946 GPI2007: 0.956 GPI2008: 0.971 GPI2009: 0.982 GPI2010: 0.98 GPI2011: 0.984 GPI2012: 0.995 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 0.996 GPI2019: 0.995 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Lower middle income stood at 0.9951 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Lower middle income peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8353 GPI, in 1993.

Lower middle income ranks 12th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Lower middle income, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Lower middle income, 1993 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1993 0.8353 GPI
1994 0.8412 GPI +0.7%
1995 0.8433 GPI +0.3%
1996 0.8512 GPI +0.9%
1997 0.863 GPI +1.4%
1998 0.8641 GPI +0.1%
1999 0.8651 GPI +0.1%
2000 0.8699 GPI +0.5%
2001 0.8803 GPI +1.2%
2002 0.8881 GPI +0.9%
2003 0.9314 GPI +4.9%
2004 0.9323 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9389 GPI +0.7%
2006 0.9457 GPI +0.7%
2007 0.9559 GPI +1.1%
2008 0.9712 GPI +1.6%
2009 0.9821 GPI +1.1%
2010 0.9804 GPI -0.2%
2011 0.9842 GPI +0.4%
2012 0.995 GPI +1.1%
2013 1.03 GPI +3.0%
2014 1.02 GPI -0.1%
2015 1.03 GPI +0.2%
2016 1.04 GPI +1.0%
2017 1.03 GPI -0.5%
2018 0.9957 GPI -3.4%
2019 0.9951 GPI -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8519 GPI 0.8353 GPI 0.8651 GPI 7
2000s 0.9296 GPI 0.8699 GPI 0.9821 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9804 GPI 1.04 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Lower middle income

  1. 9 Burundi 1.05 GPI compare
  2. 10 Suriname 1.05 GPI compare
  3. 11 Mexico 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 12 Naoero 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 13 Seychelles 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 14 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
  7. 15 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Lower middle income?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Lower middle income was 0.9951 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Lower middle income?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Lower middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8353 GPI in 1993.
How does Lower middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Lower middle income ranks 12th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Lower 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 Lower 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.