School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in New Zealand

New Zealand: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
65th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2013
All-time low
0.9894 GPI
in 2004
Years of data
25
1994–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in New Zealand, 1994–2018

00.250.50.7511994200620181994: 0.995 GPI1995: 0.997 GPI1996: 0.997 GPI1997: 0.996 GPI1998: 0.995 GPI1999: 0.995 GPI2000: 0.998 GPI2001: 0.994 GPI2002: 0.995 GPI2003: 0.993 GPI2004: 0.989 GPI2005: 0.99 GPI2006: 0.991 GPI2007: 0.993 GPI2008: 0.993 GPI2009: 0.997 GPI2010: 0.996 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2018.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in New Zealand peaked at 1 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.9894 GPI, in 2004.

That places New Zealand 65th out of 188 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in New Zealand, 1994 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.9952 GPI
1995 0.9971 GPI +0.2%
1996 0.9968 GPI -0.0%
1997 0.9955 GPI -0.1%
1998 0.9952 GPI -0.0%
1999 0.9948 GPI -0.0%
2000 0.9979 GPI +0.3%
2001 0.9939 GPI -0.4%
2002 0.9952 GPI +0.1%
2003 0.9932 GPI -0.2%
2004 0.9894 GPI -0.4%
2005 0.9896 GPI +0.0%
2006 0.9906 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.9934 GPI +0.3%
2008 0.9932 GPI -0.0%
2009 0.9971 GPI +0.4%
2010 0.9963 GPI -0.1%
2011 1 GPI +0.6%
2012 1 GPI -0.1%
2013 1 GPI +0.2%
2014 1 GPI -0.2%
2015 1 GPI -0.0%
2016 1 GPI -0.0%
2017 0.9999 GPI -0.2%
2018 1 GPI +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9958 GPI 0.9948 GPI 0.9971 GPI 6
2000s 0.9933 GPI 0.9894 GPI 0.9979 GPI 10
2010s 1 GPI 0.9963 GPI 1 GPI 9

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 62 East Timor 1 GPI compare
  2. 63 Saudi Arabia 1 GPI compare
  3. 64 Egypt 1 GPI compare
  4. 66 Belarus 1 GPI compare
  5. 67 Canada 1 GPI compare
  6. 68 Cambodia 1 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 New Zealand?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in New Zealand was 1 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2013.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9894 GPI in 2004.
How does New Zealand rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
New Zealand ranks 65th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this New Zealand 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.