School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ecuador

Ecuador: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
30th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2008
All-time low
0.961 GPI
in 1980
Years of data
43
1971–2018

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

00.250.50.7511971199420181971: 0.961 GPI1972: 0.966 GPI1973: 0.961 GPI1974: 0.968 GPI1975: 0.97 GPI1976: 0.968 GPI1977: 0.973 GPI1978: 0.973 GPI1979: 0.966 GPI1980: 0.961 GPI1981: 0.972 GPI1983: 0.98 GPI1984: 0.991 GPI1985: 0.985 GPI1986: 0.984 GPI1987: 0.986 GPI1988: 0.988 GPI1993: 0.993 GPI1994: 0.996 GPI1995: 0.996 GPI1996: 0.995 GPI1997: 0.995 GPI1998: 0.999 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 0.998 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 0.999 GPI2006: 0.998 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI

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.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Ecuador, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.9612 GPI —
1972 0.9664 GPI +0.5%
1973 0.9613 GPI -0.5%
1974 0.968 GPI +0.7%
1975 0.9705 GPI +0.3%
1976 0.9676 GPI -0.3%
1977 0.9729 GPI +0.5%
1978 0.9725 GPI -0.0%
1979 0.9656 GPI -0.7%
1980 0.961 GPI -0.5%
1981 0.9717 GPI +1.1%
1983 0.9805 GPI +0.9%
1984 0.9911 GPI +1.1%
1985 0.9854 GPI -0.6%
1986 0.9843 GPI -0.1%
1987 0.9859 GPI +0.2%
1988 0.9882 GPI +0.2%
1993 0.9929 GPI +0.5%
1994 0.9958 GPI +0.3%
1995 0.9964 GPI +0.1%
1996 0.9952 GPI -0.1%
1997 0.9949 GPI -0.0%
1998 0.9992 GPI +0.4%
1999 1 GPI +0.2%
2000 0.9976 GPI -0.4%
2001 1 GPI +0.5%
2002 1 GPI -0.1%
2003 1 GPI -0.0%
2004 1 GPI -0.0%
2005 0.9993 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9983 GPI -0.1%
2007 1 GPI +0.3%
2008 1.02 GPI +1.6%
2009 1.01 GPI -1.1%
2010 1 GPI -0.4%
2011 1 GPI +0.2%
2012 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2013 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2014 1 GPI -0.1%
2015 1 GPI +0.1%
2016 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2017 1.01 GPI +0.3%
2018 1.02 GPI +0.4%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 1.02 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 1.02 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 0.9673 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

  1. 27 Zambia 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 28 American Samoa 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 29 Nepal 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 31 Saudi Arabia 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 32 Bhutan 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 33 Kazakhstan 1.01 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 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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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.