School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9737 GPI in 2009. ▬ Flat

Latest (2009)
0.9737 GPI
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
140th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2002
All-time low
0.9737 GPI
in 2009
Years of data
11
1998–2009

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Trinidad and Tobago, 1998–2009

00.250.50.7511998200320091998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 0.999 GPI2004: 0.994 GPI2005: 0.988 GPI2007: 0.99 GPI2008: 0.99 GPI2009: 0.974 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2009, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 0.9737 GPI. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.9737 GPI, in 2009.

That places Trinidad and Tobago 140th out of 188 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Trinidad and Tobago, 1998 to 2009.
Year GPI Change
1998 1 GPI
1999 1.01 GPI +1.3%
2000 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2001 1.01 GPI -0.6%
2002 1.02 GPI +0.9%
2003 0.9994 GPI -1.6%
2004 0.9941 GPI -0.5%
2005 0.9885 GPI -0.6%
2007 0.9902 GPI +0.2%
2008 0.9903 GPI +0.0%
2009 0.9737 GPI -1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.01 GPI 1 GPI 1.01 GPI 2
2000s 0.9968 GPI 0.9737 GPI 1.02 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago

  1. 137 Guyana 0.9782 GPI compare
  2. 138 Moldova 0.977 GPI compare
  3. 139 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9741 GPI compare
  4. 141 Portugal 0.9734 GPI compare
  5. 142 Liberia 0.9726 GPI compare
  6. 143 Chile 0.9715 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Trinidad and Tobago?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.9737 GPI in 2009, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2002.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9737 GPI in 2009.
How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 140th out of 188 countries with data for 2009.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.