School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bolivia

Bolivia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9911 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9911 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
98th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2006
All-time low
0.7086 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
45
1970–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bolivia, 1970–2018

00.250.50.7511970199420181970: 0.709 GPI1971: 0.779 GPI1973: 0.813 GPI1974: 0.829 GPI1975: 0.844 GPI1976: 0.854 GPI1977: 0.869 GPI1978: 0.883 GPI1979: 0.885 GPI1980: 0.917 GPI1981: 0.888 GPI1983: 0.913 GPI1984: 0.937 GPI1986: 0.932 GPI1987: 0.928 GPI1989: 0.937 GPI1990: 0.942 GPI1991: 0.946 GPI1992: 0.951 GPI1993: 0.965 GPI1994: 0.969 GPI1995: 0.971 GPI1996: 0.972 GPI1997: 0.974 GPI1998: 0.978 GPI1999: 0.983 GPI2000: 0.984 GPI2001: 0.986 GPI2002: 0.988 GPI2003: 0.996 GPI2004: 0.999 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 0.999 GPI2008: 0.995 GPI2009: 0.989 GPI2010: 0.997 GPI2011: 0.994 GPI2012: 0.989 GPI2013: 0.981 GPI2014: 0.979 GPI2015: 0.981 GPI2016: 0.985 GPI2017: 0.988 GPI2018: 0.991 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Bolivia recorded 0.9911 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2018.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bolivia peaked at 1 GPI in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.7086 GPI, in 1970.

Bolivia ranks 98th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Bolivia, 1970 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.7086 GPI —
1971 0.7792 GPI +10.0%
1973 0.8128 GPI +4.3%
1974 0.8292 GPI +2.0%
1975 0.8436 GPI +1.7%
1976 0.8541 GPI +1.2%
1977 0.8686 GPI +1.7%
1978 0.8835 GPI +1.7%
1979 0.8854 GPI +0.2%
1980 0.9171 GPI +3.6%
1981 0.8884 GPI -3.1%
1983 0.9128 GPI +2.8%
1984 0.9372 GPI +2.7%
1986 0.9319 GPI -0.6%
1987 0.928 GPI -0.4%
1989 0.9368 GPI +1.0%
1990 0.9424 GPI +0.6%
1991 0.9464 GPI +0.4%
1992 0.9505 GPI +0.4%
1993 0.9653 GPI +1.6%
1994 0.9692 GPI +0.4%
1995 0.9706 GPI +0.1%
1996 0.9724 GPI +0.2%
1997 0.9742 GPI +0.2%
1998 0.9777 GPI +0.4%
1999 0.9832 GPI +0.6%
2000 0.9836 GPI +0.0%
2001 0.9859 GPI +0.2%
2002 0.9882 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.9956 GPI +0.7%
2004 0.999 GPI +0.3%
2005 1 GPI +0.1%
2006 1 GPI +0.0%
2007 0.9992 GPI -0.1%
2008 0.9946 GPI -0.5%
2009 0.9888 GPI -0.6%
2010 0.9967 GPI +0.8%
2011 0.9943 GPI -0.2%
2012 0.9886 GPI -0.6%
2013 0.9807 GPI -0.8%
2014 0.9787 GPI -0.2%
2015 0.9815 GPI +0.3%
2016 0.985 GPI +0.4%
2017 0.988 GPI +0.3%
2018 0.9911 GPI +0.3%

Bolivia compared with similar countries

  • Bolivia's 0.9911 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Bolivia's 0.9911 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 0.8294 GPI 0.7086 GPI 0.8854 GPI 9
1980s 0.9217 GPI 0.8884 GPI 0.9372 GPI 7
1990s 0.9652 GPI 0.9424 GPI 0.9832 GPI 10
2000s 0.9936 GPI 0.9836 GPI 1 GPI 10
2010s 0.9872 GPI 0.9787 GPI 0.9967 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Bolivia

  1. 95 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9918 GPI compare
  2. 96 Nicaragua 0.9917 GPI compare
  3. 97 Romania 0.9914 GPI compare
  4. 99 Uruguay 0.9909 GPI compare
  5. 100 Cyprus 0.9908 GPI compare
  6. 101 Puerto Rico 0.9906 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bolivia?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bolivia was 0.9911 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Bolivia?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2006.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Bolivia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7086 GPI in 1970.
How does Bolivia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Bolivia ranks 98th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bolivia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bolivia 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.