School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Moldova

Moldova: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.977 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.977 GPI
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
138th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2001
All-time low
0.977 GPI
in 2019
Years of data
22
1995–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Moldova, 1995–2019

00.250.50.7511995200720191995: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 0.997 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 0.99 GPI2008: 0.989 GPI2009: 0.988 GPI2010: 0.992 GPI2011: 0.994 GPI2012: 0.994 GPI2013: 0.996 GPI2014: 0.995 GPI2015: 0.994 GPI2016: 0.991 GPI2017: 0.995 GPI2018: 0.994 GPI2019: 0.977 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Moldova recorded 0.977 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Moldova peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.977 GPI, in 2019.

That places Moldova 138th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Moldova, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Moldova, 1995 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1995 1 GPI —
1999 1 GPI -0.3%
2000 1 GPI +0.0%
2001 1.01 GPI +0.9%
2002 1.01 GPI -0.4%
2003 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2004 1 GPI -0.2%
2005 0.9966 GPI -0.8%
2006 1 GPI +0.6%
2007 0.9904 GPI -1.2%
2008 0.9894 GPI -0.1%
2009 0.9885 GPI -0.1%
2010 0.9923 GPI +0.4%
2011 0.9945 GPI +0.2%
2012 0.9937 GPI -0.1%
2013 0.9959 GPI +0.2%
2014 0.9949 GPI -0.1%
2015 0.994 GPI -0.1%
2016 0.9907 GPI -0.3%
2017 0.9947 GPI +0.4%
2018 0.994 GPI -0.1%
2019 0.977 GPI -1.7%

Moldova compared with similar countries

  • Moldova's 0.977 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9918 GPI, 99% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Moldova's 0.977 GPI is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9953 GPI, 98% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1 GPI 1 GPI 1 GPI 2
2000s 0.9996 GPI 0.9885 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 0.9922 GPI 0.977 GPI 0.9959 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Moldova

  1. 135 Mongolia 0.9783 GPI compare
  2. 136 Barbados 0.9782 GPI compare
  3. 137 Guyana 0.9782 GPI compare
  4. 139 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9741 GPI compare
  5. 140 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9737 GPI compare
  6. 141 Portugal 0.9734 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 Moldova?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Moldova was 0.977 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Moldova?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2001.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Moldova?
The lowest recorded value was 0.977 GPI in 2019.
How does Moldova rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Moldova ranks 138th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Moldova?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Moldova 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

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.