School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pre-demographic dividend

Pre-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9156 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9156 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
42nd
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9172 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.7981 GPI
in 1998
Years of data
21
1998–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pre-demographic dividend, 1998–2018

00.20.40.60.811998200820181998: 0.798 GPI1999: 0.804 GPI2000: 0.81 GPI2001: 0.82 GPI2002: 0.811 GPI2003: 0.821 GPI2004: 0.814 GPI2005: 0.833 GPI2006: 0.841 GPI2007: 0.851 GPI2008: 0.861 GPI2009: 0.868 GPI2010: 0.877 GPI2011: 0.877 GPI2012: 0.894 GPI2013: 0.902 GPI2014: 0.908 GPI2015: 0.917 GPI2016: 0.914 GPI2017: 0.916 GPI2018: 0.916 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Pre-demographic dividend recorded 0.9156 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2018.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 0.9172 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7981 GPI, in 1998.

That places Pre-demographic dividend 42nd out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.801 GPI 0.7981 GPI 0.804 GPI 2
2000s 0.833 GPI 0.8104 GPI 0.8685 GPI 10
2010s 0.9024 GPI 0.8769 GPI 0.9172 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend

  1. 39 Israel 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 40 Sweden 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 41 Nicaragua 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 42 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 43 Zambia 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 44 Equatorial Guinea 1.01 GPI compare
  7. 45 Solomon Islands 1.01 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pre-demographic dividend?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pre-demographic dividend was 0.9156 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 Pre-demographic dividend?
The highest recorded value was 0.9172 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7981 GPI in 1998.
How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 42nd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Pre-demographic dividend 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
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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.