School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9949 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Upper middle income, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Upper middle income recorded 0.9949 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Upper middle income peaked at 0.9979 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.9399 GPI, in 1994.
That places Upper middle income 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.9399 GPI | — |
| 1995 | 0.9436 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9497 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.9559 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9611 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9674 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9715 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9768 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9799 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.985 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9847 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9844 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9856 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9856 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9878 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9899 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9935 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9932 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9919 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.996 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9979 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9942 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9955 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9944 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9944 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9949 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9529 GPI | 0.9399 GPI | 0.9674 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9831 GPI | 0.9715 GPI | 0.9899 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9946 GPI | 0.9919 GPI | 0.9979 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
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- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 41.24 million number (2019)
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- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 21.50 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.97 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6 years (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Upper middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Upper middle income was 0.9949 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9979 GPI in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9399 GPI in 1994.
- How does Upper middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Upper middle income ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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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About this data
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.