School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Albania

Albania: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
13th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.9449 GPI
in 1976
Years of data
43
1976–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Albania, 1976–2019

00.250.50.7511976199720191976: 0.945 GPI1978: 0.956 GPI1979: 0.956 GPI1980: 0.968 GPI1981: 0.964 GPI1982: 0.972 GPI1983: 0.988 GPI1984: 0.973 GPI1985: 0.984 GPI1986: 0.992 GPI1987: 0.977 GPI1988: 1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1994: 0.988 GPI1995: 0.969 GPI1996: 0.974 GPI1997: 0.966 GPI1998: 0.969 GPI1999: 0.981 GPI2000: 0.996 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 0.994 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 0.998 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Albania recorded 1.03 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Albania peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.9449 GPI, in 1976.

Albania ranks 13th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Albania, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Albania, 1976 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1976 0.9449 GPI —
1978 0.9559 GPI +1.2%
1979 0.9556 GPI -0.0%
1980 0.9676 GPI +1.2%
1981 0.9641 GPI -0.4%
1982 0.9723 GPI +0.8%
1983 0.9884 GPI +1.7%
1984 0.973 GPI -1.6%
1985 0.9844 GPI +1.2%
1986 0.9915 GPI +0.7%
1987 0.9769 GPI -1.5%
1988 1.01 GPI +3.4%
1989 1.01 GPI -0.4%
1990 1 GPI -0.1%
1991 1 GPI -0.1%
1992 1.02 GPI +1.2%
1993 1.03 GPI +1.8%
1994 0.9876 GPI -4.6%
1995 0.9687 GPI -1.9%
1996 0.9738 GPI +0.5%
1997 0.9663 GPI -0.8%
1998 0.9695 GPI +0.3%
1999 0.9805 GPI +1.1%
2000 0.9962 GPI +1.6%
2001 1.01 GPI +1.8%
2002 0.9943 GPI -1.9%
2003 1.01 GPI +1.4%
2004 1.01 GPI +0.5%
2005 1.01 GPI -0.8%
2006 1.01 GPI +0.3%
2007 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2008 1 GPI -0.4%
2009 0.9976 GPI -0.6%
2010 1.01 GPI +1.0%
2011 1.02 GPI +0.8%
2012 1.02 GPI +0.1%
2013 1.02 GPI +0.6%
2014 1.04 GPI +1.3%
2015 1.03 GPI -0.4%
2016 1.04 GPI +0.5%
2017 1.03 GPI -0.4%
2018 1.04 GPI +0.6%
2019 1.03 GPI -0.7%

Albania compared with similar countries

  • Albania's 1.03 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Albania's 1.03 GPI is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9983 GPI, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9521 GPI 0.9449 GPI 0.9559 GPI 3
1980s 0.9834 GPI 0.9641 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
1990s 0.9906 GPI 0.9663 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2000s 1 GPI 0.9943 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Albania

  1. 10 Seychelles 1.05 GPI compare
  2. 11 Hong Kong 1.05 GPI compare
  3. 12 Iran 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 14 Azerbaijan 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 15 Uganda 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 16 Malawi 1.03 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Albania?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Albania was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Albania?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Albania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9449 GPI in 1976.
How does Albania rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Albania ranks 13th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Albania?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Albania data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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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.