School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in El Salvador

El Salvador: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9641 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9641 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
153rd
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 1983
All-time low
0.919 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
45
1970–2018

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

00.250.50.7511970199420181970: 0.919 GPI1971: 0.942 GPI1972: 0.951 GPI1973: 0.95 GPI1974: 0.957 GPI1975: 0.958 GPI1976: 0.968 GPI1977: 0.961 GPI1978: 0.965 GPI1979: 0.972 GPI1980: 1 GPI1981: 0.985 GPI1982: 0.977 GPI1983: 1 GPI1984: 0.992 GPI1987: 0.992 GPI1988: 0.994 GPI1989: 0.987 GPI1991: 0.98 GPI1992: 0.986 GPI1993: 0.981 GPI1995: 0.984 GPI1996: 0.973 GPI1997: 0.966 GPI1998: 0.934 GPI1999: 0.96 GPI2000: 0.94 GPI2001: 0.946 GPI2002: 0.931 GPI2003: 0.951 GPI2004: 0.967 GPI2005: 0.955 GPI2006: 0.956 GPI2007: 0.996 GPI2008: 0.959 GPI2009: 0.958 GPI2010: 0.95 GPI2011: 0.951 GPI2012: 0.95 GPI2013: 0.951 GPI2014: 0.955 GPI2015: 0.955 GPI2016: 0.957 GPI2017: 0.961 GPI2018: 0.964 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.9641 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2018.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in El Salvador peaked at 1.03 GPI in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.919 GPI, in 1970.

El Salvador ranks 153rd of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9542 GPI 0.919 GPI 0.9719 GPI 10
1980s 0.9957 GPI 0.9768 GPI 1.03 GPI 8
1990s 0.9706 GPI 0.9337 GPI 0.9861 GPI 8
2000s 0.9559 GPI 0.9309 GPI 0.9958 GPI 10
2010s 0.9548 GPI 0.9499 GPI 0.9641 GPI 9

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 150 Gabon 0.9648 GPI compare
  2. 151 Laos 0.9647 GPI compare
  3. 152 Marshall Islands 0.9646 GPI compare
  4. 153 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9641 GPI compare
  5. 155 Guyana 0.9638 GPI compare
  6. 156 Morocco 0.9633 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in El Salvador?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in El Salvador was 0.9641 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 1983.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.919 GPI in 1970.
How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
El Salvador ranks 153rd out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this El Salvador 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.