School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ecuador
Ecuador: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ecuador, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2018.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ecuador peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.961 GPI, in 1980.
Ecuador ranks 30th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9673 GPI | 0.9612 GPI | 0.9729 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.981 GPI | 0.961 GPI | 0.9911 GPI | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.9965 GPI | 0.9929 GPI | 1 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 1 GPI | 0.9976 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPI | 1 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 27 Zambia 1.02 GPI compare
- 28 American Samoa 1.02 GPI compare
- 29 Nepal 1.02 GPI compare
- 31 Saudi Arabia 1.02 GPI compare
- 32 Bhutan 1.02 GPI compare
- 33 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ecuador?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ecuador was 1.02 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2008.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.961 GPI in 1980.
- How does Ecuador rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Ecuador ranks 30th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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
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.