School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in United States of America

United States of America: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9953 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9953 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
88th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 1998
All-time low
0.9848 GPI
in 2016
Years of data
24
1993–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in United States of America, 1993–2018

00.250.50.7511993200520181993: 0.986 GPI1994: 0.986 GPI1995: 0.99 GPI1996: 0.986 GPI1998: 1 GPI2000: 0.986 GPI2001: 0.996 GPI2002: 0.997 GPI2003: 0.999 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 0.989 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 0.999 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 0.996 GPI2011: 0.998 GPI2012: 0.991 GPI2013: 0.989 GPI2014: 0.998 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.985 GPI2017: 0.991 GPI2018: 0.995 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

United States of America recorded 0.9953 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2018.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in United States of America peaked at 1.01 GPI in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.9848 GPI, in 2016.

That places United States of America 88th 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 ind in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in United States of America, 1993 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1993 0.9865 GPI
1994 0.9861 GPI -0.0%
1995 0.9902 GPI +0.4%
1996 0.9856 GPI -0.5%
1998 1.01 GPI +2.5%
2000 0.9865 GPI -2.4%
2001 0.9961 GPI +1.0%
2002 0.9971 GPI +0.1%
2003 0.9992 GPI +0.2%
2004 1.01 GPI +1.0%
2005 0.9891 GPI -2.0%
2006 1 GPI +1.2%
2007 0.9996 GPI -0.1%
2008 0.9989 GPI -0.1%
2009 1 GPI +0.4%
2010 0.9956 GPI -0.7%
2011 0.9982 GPI +0.3%
2012 0.9911 GPI -0.7%
2013 0.9892 GPI -0.2%
2014 0.9984 GPI +0.9%
2015 1 GPI +0.3%
2016 0.9848 GPI -1.6%
2017 0.9906 GPI +0.6%
2018 0.9953 GPI +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9917 GPI 0.9856 GPI 1.01 GPI 5
2000s 0.9979 GPI 0.9865 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 0.9938 GPI 0.9848 GPI 1 GPI 9

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 85 Austria 0.9963 GPI compare
  2. 86 Tonga 0.9962 GPI compare
  3. 87 Switzerland 0.9953 GPI compare
  4. 89 Argentina 0.9952 GPI compare
  5. 90 Norway 0.9943 GPI compare
  6. 91 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.9939 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in United States of America?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in United States of America was 0.9953 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 1998.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9848 GPI in 2016.
How does United States of America rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
United States of America ranks 88th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United States of America 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.