School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Fiji

Fiji: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.962 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.962 GPI
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
159th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2002
All-time low
0.9577 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
40
1970–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Fiji, 1970–2019

00.250.50.7511970199420191970: 0.96 GPI1971: 0.965 GPI1972: 0.975 GPI1973: 0.958 GPI1974: 0.984 GPI1975: 0.99 GPI1976: 0.987 GPI1977: 0.989 GPI1978: 0.984 GPI1979: 0.986 GPI1980: 0.984 GPI1981: 0.982 GPI1983: 0.985 GPI1984: 0.988 GPI1985: 0.988 GPI1986: 0.992 GPI1987: 0.993 GPI1991: 0.998 GPI1992: 0.989 GPI1994: 0.991 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 0.984 GPI1997: 0.982 GPI1998: 0.989 GPI1999: 0.989 GPI2000: 0.98 GPI2001: 0.992 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 0.996 GPI2004: 0.985 GPI2006: 0.991 GPI2007: 0.983 GPI2008: 0.996 GPI2009: 0.984 GPI2011: 0.996 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 0.998 GPI2015: 0.976 GPI2016: 0.976 GPI2019: 0.962 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Fiji recorded 0.962 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019.

That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Fiji peaked at 1 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.9577 GPI, in 1973.

Fiji ranks 159th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Fiji, 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.9604 GPI —
1971 0.9652 GPI +0.5%
1972 0.9751 GPI +1.0%
1973 0.9577 GPI -1.8%
1974 0.9844 GPI +2.8%
1975 0.9902 GPI +0.6%
1976 0.9865 GPI -0.4%
1977 0.9895 GPI +0.3%
1978 0.984 GPI -0.6%
1979 0.9856 GPI +0.2%
1980 0.9838 GPI -0.2%
1981 0.9824 GPI -0.1%
1983 0.9851 GPI +0.3%
1984 0.9881 GPI +0.3%
1985 0.9876 GPI -0.0%
1986 0.9916 GPI +0.4%
1987 0.9927 GPI +0.1%
1991 0.9978 GPI +0.5%
1992 0.9891 GPI -0.9%
1994 0.9911 GPI +0.2%
1995 1 GPI +1.1%
1996 0.9838 GPI -1.8%
1997 0.9816 GPI -0.2%
1998 0.9891 GPI +0.8%
1999 0.9889 GPI -0.0%
2000 0.9802 GPI -0.9%
2001 0.9918 GPI +1.2%
2002 1 GPI +1.3%
2003 0.996 GPI -0.9%
2004 0.9852 GPI -1.1%
2006 0.9913 GPI +0.6%
2007 0.9831 GPI -0.8%
2008 0.9955 GPI +1.3%
2009 0.9843 GPI -1.1%
2011 0.9957 GPI +1.2%
2012 1 GPI +0.5%
2013 0.9976 GPI -0.3%
2015 0.9757 GPI -2.2%
2016 0.9762 GPI +0.1%
2019 0.962 GPI -1.5%

Fiji compared with similar countries

  • Fiji's 0.962 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 98% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Fiji's 0.962 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9784 GPI, 98% of the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9779 GPI 0.9577 GPI 0.9902 GPI 10
1980s 0.9873 GPI 0.9824 GPI 0.9927 GPI 7
1990s 0.9904 GPI 0.9816 GPI 1 GPI 8
2000s 0.9902 GPI 0.9802 GPI 1 GPI 9
2010s 0.9846 GPI 0.962 GPI 1 GPI 6

Countries ranked near Fiji

  1. 156 Morocco 0.9633 GPI compare
  2. 157 Philippines 0.9625 GPI compare
  3. 158 French Polynesia 0.9622 GPI compare
  4. 160 Peru 0.9614 GPI compare
  5. 161 Barbados 0.9595 GPI compare
  6. 162 Micronesia (country) 0.9591 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 Fiji?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Fiji was 0.962 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Fiji?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2002.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Fiji?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9577 GPI in 1973.
How does Fiji rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Fiji ranks 159th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Fiji?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Fiji 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.