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

Turkey: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9994 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9994 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
75th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.8322 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
23
1994–2018

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

00.250.50.7511994200620181994: 0.832 GPI1995: 0.837 GPI1997: 0.839 GPI1999: 0.853 GPI2000: 0.869 GPI2001: 0.887 GPI2002: 0.898 GPI2003: 0.907 GPI2004: 0.915 GPI2005: 0.922 GPI2006: 0.933 GPI2007: 0.943 GPI2008: 0.951 GPI2009: 0.965 GPI2010: 0.976 GPI2011: 0.985 GPI2012: 0.983 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 0.998 GPI2018: 0.999 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Turkey stood at 0.9994 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Turkey peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.8322 GPI, in 1994.

Turkey ranks 75th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Turkey, 1994 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.8322 GPI —
1995 0.8373 GPI +0.6%
1997 0.8388 GPI +0.2%
1999 0.8527 GPI +1.6%
2000 0.8688 GPI +1.9%
2001 0.887 GPI +2.1%
2002 0.8983 GPI +1.3%
2003 0.9066 GPI +0.9%
2004 0.9155 GPI +1.0%
2005 0.9217 GPI +0.7%
2006 0.9333 GPI +1.3%
2007 0.9427 GPI +1.0%
2008 0.9509 GPI +0.9%
2009 0.9654 GPI +1.5%
2010 0.9761 GPI +1.1%
2011 0.9854 GPI +1.0%
2012 0.9829 GPI -0.3%
2013 1 GPI +2.1%
2014 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2015 1 GPI -0.4%
2016 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2017 0.9977 GPI -0.7%
2018 0.9994 GPI +0.2%

Turkey compared with similar countries

  • Turkey's 0.9994 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9918 GPI, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Turkey's 0.9994 GPI is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9953 GPI, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8403 GPI 0.8322 GPI 0.8527 GPI 4
2000s 0.919 GPI 0.8688 GPI 0.9654 GPI 10
2010s 0.9958 GPI 0.9761 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Turkey

  1. 72 Djibouti 1 GPI compare
  2. 73 Uruguay 1 GPI compare
  3. 74 Czechia 0.9997 GPI compare
  4. 76 Paraguay 0.9993 GPI compare
  5. 77 Iceland 0.9992 GPI compare
  6. 78 Estonia 0.9989 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 Turkey?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Turkey was 0.9994 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Turkey?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Turkey?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8322 GPI in 1994.
How does Turkey rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Turkey ranks 75th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Turkey?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Turkey 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.