School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Uruguay

Uruguay: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
73rd
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 1998
All-time low
0.9965 GPI
in 2017
Years of data
16
1995–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Uruguay, 1995–2018

00.250.50.7511995200620181995: 1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 0.999 GPI2017: 0.997 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2018.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Uruguay peaked at 1.06 GPI in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.9965 GPI, in 2017.

Uruguay ranks 73rd of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Uruguay, 1995 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1995 1.02 GPI —
1998 1.06 GPI +3.6%
1999 1.01 GPI -4.7%
2000 1.01 GPI -0.6%
2001 1.01 GPI +0.0%
2002 1 GPI -0.5%
2003 1.01 GPI +0.5%
2004 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2005 1.01 GPI +0.5%
2006 1.01 GPI -0.5%
2007 1 GPI -0.4%
2008 1 GPI -0.2%
2009 1 GPI -0.0%
2010 0.9993 GPI -0.1%
2017 0.9965 GPI -0.3%
2018 1 GPI +0.3%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 1 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9934 GPI, 1.0× the median. (69 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 1 GPI is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9891 GPI, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.06 GPI 3
2000s 1 GPI 1 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 0.9986 GPI 0.9965 GPI 1 GPI 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 70 Gibraltar 1 GPI compare
  2. 71 Qatar 1 GPI compare
  3. 72 Djibouti 1 GPI compare
  4. 74 Czechia 0.9997 GPI compare
  5. 75 Turkey 0.9994 GPI compare
  6. 76 Paraguay 0.9993 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Uruguay?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Uruguay was 1 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 1998.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9965 GPI in 2017.
How does Uruguay rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Uruguay ranks 73rd out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Uruguay 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.