School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bahamas

Bahamas: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9953 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.9953 GPI
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
86th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 1979
All-time low
0.9659 GPI
in 2007
Years of data
31
1976–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bahamas, 1976–2018

00.250.50.7511976199720181976: 1 GPI1977: 1 GPI1978: 1.1 GPI1979: 1.1 GPI1980: 1.1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 0.998 GPI1999: 0.967 GPI2002: 0.994 GPI2004: 0.976 GPI2005: 0.969 GPI2006: 0.968 GPI2007: 0.966 GPI2008: 0.967 GPI2009: 0.994 GPI2010: 0.98 GPI2011: 0.98 GPI2012: 0.974 GPI2013: 0.973 GPI2014: 0.98 GPI2015: 0.974 GPI2016: 1 GPI2018: 0.995 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bahamas is 0.9953 GPI, measured in 2018.

That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bahamas peaked at 1.06 GPI in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.9659 GPI, in 2007.

That places Bahamas 86th out of 197 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.06 GPI 4
1980s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.06 GPI 5
1990s 1.01 GPI 0.9668 GPI 1.04 GPI 7
2000s 0.9762 GPI 0.9659 GPI 0.9941 GPI 7
2010s 0.9826 GPI 0.9729 GPI 1.01 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Bahamas

  1. 83 Burkina Faso 0.9971 GPI compare
  2. 84 Slovakia 0.996 GPI compare
  3. 85 Canada 0.9957 GPI compare
  4. 87 Bulgaria 0.9952 GPI compare
  5. 88 France 0.9946 GPI compare
  6. 89 Ireland 0.9945 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bahamas?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bahamas was 0.9953 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Bahamas?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 1979.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Bahamas?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9659 GPI in 2007.
How does Bahamas rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Bahamas ranks 86th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bahamas?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bahamas 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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About this data

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
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.