School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guatemala

Guatemala: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9782 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9782 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
121st
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9816 GPI
in 2011
All-time low
0.8196 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
44
1970–2019

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

00.20.40.60.811970199420191970: 0.821 GPI1971: 0.82 GPI1972: 0.822 GPI1973: 0.828 GPI1974: 0.835 GPI1975: 0.836 GPI1976: 0.847 GPI1977: 0.847 GPI1978: 0.845 GPI1979: 0.846 GPI1980: 0.847 GPI1981: 0.844 GPI1982: 0.863 GPI1983: 0.846 GPI1985: 0.847 GPI1986: 0.849 GPI1991: 0.869 GPI1992: 0.868 GPI1993: 0.869 GPI1994: 0.864 GPI1995: 0.866 GPI1996: 0.866 GPI1997: 0.865 GPI1998: 0.877 GPI1999: 0.872 GPI2000: 0.898 GPI2001: 0.905 GPI2002: 0.914 GPI2004: 0.926 GPI2005: 0.933 GPI2006: 0.941 GPI2007: 0.949 GPI2008: 0.955 GPI2009: 0.969 GPI2010: 0.977 GPI2011: 0.982 GPI2012: 0.976 GPI2013: 0.971 GPI2014: 0.969 GPI2015: 0.968 GPI2016: 0.968 GPI2017: 0.97 GPI2018: 0.974 GPI2019: 0.978 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guatemala is 0.9782 GPI, measured in 2019.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guatemala peaked at 0.9816 GPI in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.8196 GPI, in 1971.

That places Guatemala 121st out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Guatemala, 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.8206 GPI —
1971 0.8196 GPI -0.1%
1972 0.8223 GPI +0.3%
1973 0.8276 GPI +0.6%
1974 0.8347 GPI +0.9%
1975 0.8359 GPI +0.1%
1976 0.8468 GPI +1.3%
1977 0.8466 GPI -0.0%
1978 0.8453 GPI -0.1%
1979 0.8463 GPI +0.1%
1980 0.847 GPI +0.1%
1981 0.8439 GPI -0.4%
1982 0.8633 GPI +2.3%
1983 0.8464 GPI -2.0%
1985 0.8471 GPI +0.1%
1986 0.849 GPI +0.2%
1991 0.8692 GPI +2.4%
1992 0.8681 GPI -0.1%
1993 0.8693 GPI +0.1%
1994 0.8635 GPI -0.7%
1995 0.8664 GPI +0.3%
1996 0.8659 GPI -0.1%
1997 0.8649 GPI -0.1%
1998 0.877 GPI +1.4%
1999 0.8716 GPI -0.6%
2000 0.8979 GPI +3.0%
2001 0.9045 GPI +0.7%
2002 0.9138 GPI +1.0%
2004 0.9258 GPI +1.3%
2005 0.9332 GPI +0.8%
2006 0.9407 GPI +0.8%
2007 0.9492 GPI +0.9%
2008 0.9553 GPI +0.6%
2009 0.9687 GPI +1.4%
2010 0.9769 GPI +0.8%
2011 0.9816 GPI +0.5%
2012 0.9758 GPI -0.6%
2013 0.9707 GPI -0.5%
2014 0.9691 GPI -0.2%
2015 0.9683 GPI -0.1%
2016 0.9681 GPI -0.0%
2017 0.9701 GPI +0.2%
2018 0.9744 GPI +0.4%
2019 0.9782 GPI +0.4%

Guatemala compared with similar countries

  • Guatemala's 0.9782 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 99% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Guatemala's 0.9782 GPI is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9784 GPI, 100% of the median. (38 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8346 GPI 0.8196 GPI 0.8468 GPI 10
1980s 0.8495 GPI 0.8439 GPI 0.8633 GPI 6
1990s 0.8684 GPI 0.8635 GPI 0.877 GPI 9
2000s 0.9321 GPI 0.8979 GPI 0.9687 GPI 9
2010s 0.9733 GPI 0.9681 GPI 0.9816 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 118 Grenada 0.9795 GPI compare
  2. 119 Jamaica 0.9786 GPI compare
  3. 120 East Timor 0.9784 GPI compare
  4. 122 Macao 0.9781 GPI compare
  5. 123 Panama 0.9779 GPI compare
  6. 124 United Arab Emirates 0.9779 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 Guatemala?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guatemala was 0.9782 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 0.9816 GPI in 2011.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8196 GPI in 1971.
How does Guatemala rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Guatemala ranks 121st out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guatemala 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
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.