School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Estonia

Estonia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9995 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9995 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
66th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9995 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.9705 GPI
in 1990
Years of data
38
1981–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Estonia, 1981–2018

00.20.40.60.811981199920181981: 0.981 GPI1982: 0.989 GPI1983: 0.987 GPI1984: 0.977 GPI1985: 0.984 GPI1986: 0.977 GPI1987: 0.997 GPI1988: 0.983 GPI1989: 0.975 GPI1990: 0.971 GPI1991: 0.972 GPI1992: 0.974 GPI1993: 0.977 GPI1994: 0.977 GPI1995: 0.971 GPI1996: 0.976 GPI1997: 0.984 GPI1998: 0.984 GPI1999: 0.987 GPI2000: 0.994 GPI2001: 0.99 GPI2002: 0.991 GPI2003: 0.987 GPI2004: 0.988 GPI2005: 0.983 GPI2006: 0.984 GPI2007: 0.989 GPI2008: 0.985 GPI2009: 0.984 GPI2010: 0.985 GPI2011: 0.995 GPI2012: 0.994 GPI2013: 0.992 GPI2014: 0.992 GPI2015: 0.997 GPI2016: 0.998 GPI2017: 0.997 GPI2018: 0.999 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Estonia recorded 0.9995 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Estonia peaked at 0.9995 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.9705 GPI, in 1990.

That places Estonia 66th out of 197 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Estonia, 1981 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1981 0.9811 GPI —
1982 0.9886 GPI +0.8%
1983 0.987 GPI -0.2%
1984 0.9768 GPI -1.0%
1985 0.9838 GPI +0.7%
1986 0.9767 GPI -0.7%
1987 0.9965 GPI +2.0%
1988 0.9826 GPI -1.4%
1989 0.9748 GPI -0.8%
1990 0.9705 GPI -0.4%
1991 0.9717 GPI +0.1%
1992 0.9744 GPI +0.3%
1993 0.9772 GPI +0.3%
1994 0.9768 GPI -0.0%
1995 0.9706 GPI -0.6%
1996 0.9758 GPI +0.5%
1997 0.9838 GPI +0.8%
1998 0.9838 GPI -0.0%
1999 0.9869 GPI +0.3%
2000 0.9942 GPI +0.7%
2001 0.9902 GPI -0.4%
2002 0.9914 GPI +0.1%
2003 0.9872 GPI -0.4%
2004 0.9878 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9831 GPI -0.5%
2006 0.9836 GPI +0.0%
2007 0.9891 GPI +0.6%
2008 0.9849 GPI -0.4%
2009 0.9835 GPI -0.1%
2010 0.9849 GPI +0.1%
2011 0.995 GPI +1.0%
2012 0.9942 GPI -0.1%
2013 0.9918 GPI -0.2%
2014 0.9916 GPI -0.0%
2015 0.9973 GPI +0.6%
2016 0.9983 GPI +0.1%
2017 0.9966 GPI -0.2%
2018 0.9995 GPI +0.3%

Estonia compared with similar countries

  • Estonia's 0.9995 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9971 GPI, 1.0× the median. (71 countries reporting)
  • Estonia's 0.9995 GPI is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9983 GPI, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.9831 GPI 0.9748 GPI 0.9965 GPI 9
1990s 0.9771 GPI 0.9705 GPI 0.9869 GPI 10
2000s 0.9875 GPI 0.9831 GPI 0.9942 GPI 10
2010s 0.9944 GPI 0.9849 GPI 0.9995 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Estonia

  1. 63 Norway 1 GPI compare
  2. 64 Honduras 0.9998 GPI compare
  3. 65 Netherlands 0.9995 GPI compare
  4. 67 Suriname 0.9994 GPI compare
  5. 68 Tonga 0.9994 GPI compare
  6. 69 Palestine 0.9993 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 Estonia?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Estonia was 0.9995 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Estonia?
The highest recorded value was 0.9995 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Estonia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9705 GPI in 1990.
How does Estonia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Estonia ranks 66th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Estonia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Estonia 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.