School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Argentina

Argentina: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9977 GPI in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
0.9977 GPI
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
79th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 1988
All-time low
0.9817 GPI
in 1982
Years of data
42
1970–2017

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Argentina, 1970–2017

00.250.50.7511970199320171970: 1 GPI1971: 0.999 GPI1972: 0.991 GPI1973: 0.992 GPI1974: 0.984 GPI1975: 0.984 GPI1976: 0.985 GPI1977: 0.988 GPI1978: 1 GPI1979: 0.99 GPI1980: 0.991 GPI1981: 0.987 GPI1982: 0.982 GPI1984: 0.987 GPI1985: 0.994 GPI1986: 0.982 GPI1987: 0.992 GPI1988: 1 GPI1990: 0.984 GPI1991: 0.984 GPI1996: 0.984 GPI1997: 0.994 GPI1998: 0.984 GPI1999: 0.994 GPI2000: 0.989 GPI2001: 0.99 GPI2002: 0.991 GPI2003: 0.99 GPI2004: 0.989 GPI2005: 0.988 GPI2006: 0.992 GPI2007: 0.995 GPI2008: 0.994 GPI2009: 0.994 GPI2010: 0.986 GPI2011: 0.987 GPI2012: 0.987 GPI2013: 0.991 GPI2014: 0.997 GPI2015: 0.998 GPI2016: 0.997 GPI2017: 0.998 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Argentina recorded 0.9977 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2017.

The figure is up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Argentina peaked at 1.04 GPI in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.9817 GPI, in 1982.

Argentina ranks 79th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Argentina, 1970 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1970 1.01 GPI —
1971 0.9995 GPI -0.6%
1972 0.9907 GPI -0.9%
1973 0.9915 GPI +0.1%
1974 0.9837 GPI -0.8%
1975 0.9839 GPI +0.0%
1976 0.9852 GPI +0.1%
1977 0.9885 GPI +0.3%
1978 1 GPI +1.4%
1979 0.9896 GPI -1.3%
1980 0.9906 GPI +0.1%
1981 0.9865 GPI -0.4%
1982 0.9817 GPI -0.5%
1984 0.9874 GPI +0.6%
1985 0.994 GPI +0.7%
1986 0.9824 GPI -1.2%
1987 0.9919 GPI +1.0%
1988 1.04 GPI +5.3%
1990 0.9835 GPI -5.8%
1991 0.9836 GPI +0.0%
1996 0.9844 GPI +0.1%
1997 0.9945 GPI +1.0%
1998 0.9844 GPI -1.0%
1999 0.994 GPI +1.0%
2000 0.9886 GPI -0.6%
2001 0.9899 GPI +0.1%
2002 0.9905 GPI +0.1%
2003 0.9903 GPI -0.0%
2004 0.9892 GPI -0.1%
2005 0.9883 GPI -0.1%
2006 0.9917 GPI +0.3%
2007 0.9948 GPI +0.3%
2008 0.9939 GPI -0.1%
2009 0.9936 GPI -0.0%
2010 0.986 GPI -0.8%
2011 0.987 GPI +0.1%
2012 0.9871 GPI +0.0%
2013 0.9905 GPI +0.3%
2014 0.9969 GPI +0.6%
2015 0.9978 GPI +0.1%
2016 0.9974 GPI -0.0%
2017 0.9977 GPI +0.0%

Argentina compared with similar countries

  • Argentina's 0.9977 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Argentina's 0.9977 GPI is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.992 GPI 0.9837 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
1980s 0.9949 GPI 0.9817 GPI 1.04 GPI 8
1990s 0.9874 GPI 0.9835 GPI 0.9945 GPI 6
2000s 0.9911 GPI 0.9883 GPI 0.9948 GPI 10
2010s 0.9925 GPI 0.986 GPI 0.9978 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Argentina

  1. 76 Comoros 0.998 GPI compare
  2. 77 Thailand 0.9979 GPI compare
  3. 78 North Macedonia 0.9979 GPI compare
  4. 80 Iceland 0.9974 GPI compare
  5. 81 Belarus 0.9972 GPI compare
  6. 82 United Kingdom 0.9971 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 Argentina?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Argentina was 0.9977 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 1988.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9817 GPI in 1982.
How does Argentina rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Argentina ranks 79th out of 197 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Argentina?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Argentina 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.