School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in World
World: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9813 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in World, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in World stood at 0.9813 GPI.
That represents a change of up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in World peaked at 0.999 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.898 GPI, in 1994.
World ranks 29th of 45 groups on this measure, 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 secondary, gender parity in World, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.898 GPI | — |
| 1995 | 0.8993 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9033 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.9095 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9107 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.913 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.915 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9211 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9235 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9432 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9422 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9468 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.951 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9553 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9634 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9698 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9712 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9734 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9783 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9929 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9935 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.995 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.999 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9967 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9812 GPI | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9813 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9056 GPI | 0.898 GPI | 0.913 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9431 GPI | 0.915 GPI | 0.9698 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9863 GPI | 0.9712 GPI | 0.999 GPI | 10 |
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- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.73 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 68.68 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 64.37 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 133.05 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.79 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.67 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.7% (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.82 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in World?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in World was 0.9813 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.999 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.898 GPI in 1994.
- How does World rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- World ranks 29th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.