School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Canada

Canada: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9957 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9957 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
85th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.9693 GPI
in 1989
Years of data
44
1971–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Canada, 1971–2018

00.250.50.7511971199420181971: 0.989 GPI1972: 0.992 GPI1973: 0.991 GPI1974: 0.994 GPI1975: 0.988 GPI1976: 0.999 GPI1977: 0.998 GPI1978: 0.999 GPI1979: 0.999 GPI1980: 1 GPI1981: 1 GPI1982: 0.986 GPI1983: 0.977 GPI1984: 0.975 GPI1985: 0.977 GPI1986: 0.978 GPI1987: 0.981 GPI1988: 0.981 GPI1989: 0.969 GPI1990: 0.992 GPI1991: 0.984 GPI1992: 0.985 GPI1993: 0.986 GPI1994: 0.985 GPI1995: 0.986 GPI1996: 0.986 GPI1998: 0.999 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2004: 0.991 GPI2005: 0.991 GPI2006: 0.993 GPI2007: 0.995 GPI2008: 0.998 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 0.998 GPI2018: 0.996 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Canada recorded 0.9957 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2018.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Canada peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.9693 GPI, in 1989.

Canada ranks 85th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Canada, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.9895 GPI —
1972 0.9924 GPI +0.3%
1973 0.9913 GPI -0.1%
1974 0.9936 GPI +0.2%
1975 0.9878 GPI -0.6%
1976 0.9992 GPI +1.2%
1977 0.9975 GPI -0.2%
1978 0.9986 GPI +0.1%
1979 0.9993 GPI +0.1%
1980 1 GPI +0.1%
1981 1 GPI +0.2%
1982 0.9859 GPI -1.6%
1983 0.9768 GPI -0.9%
1984 0.9749 GPI -0.2%
1985 0.9766 GPI +0.2%
1986 0.9783 GPI +0.2%
1987 0.9807 GPI +0.2%
1988 0.9811 GPI +0.0%
1989 0.9693 GPI -1.2%
1990 0.9919 GPI +2.3%
1991 0.9839 GPI -0.8%
1992 0.9849 GPI +0.1%
1993 0.9863 GPI +0.1%
1994 0.9852 GPI -0.1%
1995 0.9863 GPI +0.1%
1996 0.9859 GPI -0.0%
1998 0.9991 GPI +1.3%
1999 1 GPI +0.2%
2000 1 GPI +0.0%
2004 0.991 GPI -1.1%
2005 0.9915 GPI +0.1%
2006 0.9927 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.9952 GPI +0.2%
2008 0.9982 GPI +0.3%
2009 1 GPI +0.3%
2010 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2011 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2012 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2013 1.01 GPI +0.0%
2014 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2015 1.01 GPI -0.4%
2016 1 GPI -0.7%
2017 0.9977 GPI -0.3%
2018 0.9957 GPI -0.2%

Canada compared with similar countries

  • Canada's 0.9957 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9971 GPI, 100% of the median. (71 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9944 GPI 0.9878 GPI 0.9993 GPI 9
1980s 0.9825 GPI 0.9693 GPI 1 GPI 10
1990s 0.9894 GPI 0.9839 GPI 1 GPI 9
2000s 0.9959 GPI 0.991 GPI 1 GPI 7
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9957 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 82 United Kingdom 0.9971 GPI compare
  2. 83 Burkina Faso 0.9971 GPI compare
  3. 84 Slovakia 0.996 GPI compare
  4. 86 Bahamas 0.9953 GPI compare
  5. 87 Bulgaria 0.9952 GPI compare
  6. 88 France 0.9946 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 Canada?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Canada was 0.9957 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9693 GPI in 1989.
How does Canada rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Canada ranks 85th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Canada 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
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.