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

Latest (2019)
0.9813 GPI
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
29th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.999 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.898 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
26
1994–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in World, 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.898 GPI1995: 0.899 GPI1996: 0.903 GPI1997: 0.91 GPI1998: 0.911 GPI1999: 0.913 GPI2000: 0.915 GPI2001: 0.921 GPI2002: 0.923 GPI2003: 0.943 GPI2004: 0.942 GPI2005: 0.947 GPI2006: 0.951 GPI2007: 0.955 GPI2008: 0.963 GPI2009: 0.97 GPI2010: 0.971 GPI2011: 0.973 GPI2012: 0.978 GPI2013: 0.993 GPI2014: 0.993 GPI2015: 0.995 GPI2016: 0.999 GPI2017: 0.997 GPI2018: 0.981 GPI2019: 0.981 GPI

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in World, 1994 to 2019.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near World

  1. 26 Lesotho 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 27 Ghana 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 28 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 29 Honduras 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 30 Armenia 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 31 Ecuador 1.02 GPI compare
  7. 32 Samoa 1.02 GPI compare

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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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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.