School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Pacific island small states

Pacific island small states: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9982 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9982 GPI
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
8th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2012
All-time low
0.9848 GPI
in 1997
Years of data
23
1997–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Pacific island small states, 1997–2019

00.250.50.7511997200820191997: 0.985 GPI1998: 0.992 GPI1999: 0.995 GPI2000: 0.995 GPI2001: 0.992 GPI2002: 0.997 GPI2003: 0.995 GPI2004: 0.988 GPI2005: 0.995 GPI2006: 0.991 GPI2007: 0.991 GPI2008: 0.994 GPI2009: 0.994 GPI2010: 0.995 GPI2011: 0.998 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 0.994 GPI2014: 0.989 GPI2015: 0.992 GPI2016: 0.995 GPI2017: 0.999 GPI2018: 0.998 GPI2019: 0.998 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Pacific island small states stood at 0.9982 GPI.

The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Pacific island small states peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.9848 GPI, in 1997.

Pacific island small states ranks 8th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Pacific island small states, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Pacific island small states, 1997 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1997 0.9848 GPI
1998 0.9921 GPI +0.7%
1999 0.9951 GPI +0.3%
2000 0.9945 GPI -0.1%
2001 0.992 GPI -0.2%
2002 0.9969 GPI +0.5%
2003 0.9955 GPI -0.1%
2004 0.9881 GPI -0.7%
2005 0.9951 GPI +0.7%
2006 0.9909 GPI -0.4%
2007 0.9911 GPI +0.0%
2008 0.9942 GPI +0.3%
2009 0.9939 GPI -0.0%
2010 0.9953 GPI +0.1%
2011 0.9976 GPI +0.2%
2012 1.01 GPI +0.9%
2013 0.9936 GPI -1.3%
2014 0.9894 GPI -0.4%
2015 0.9916 GPI +0.2%
2016 0.995 GPI +0.3%
2017 0.9994 GPI +0.4%
2018 0.9981 GPI -0.1%
2019 0.9982 GPI +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9907 GPI 0.9848 GPI 0.9951 GPI 3
2000s 0.9932 GPI 0.9881 GPI 0.9969 GPI 10
2010s 0.9965 GPI 0.9894 GPI 1.01 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Pacific island small states

  1. 5 San Marino 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 6 Mauritania 1.06 GPI compare
  3. 7 Congo 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 8 Bhutan 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 9 Burundi 1.05 GPI compare
  6. 10 Suriname 1.05 GPI compare
  7. 11 Mexico 1.04 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 Pacific island small states?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Pacific island small states was 0.9982 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Pacific island small states?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Pacific island small states?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9848 GPI in 1997.
How does Pacific island small states rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Pacific island small states ranks 8th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Pacific island small states 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.