School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Haiti

Haiti: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.971 GPI in 1998. ▲ Rising

Latest (1998)
0.971 GPI
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
136th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.971 GPI
in 1998
All-time low
0.8459 GPI
in 1981
Years of data
17
1978–1998

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Haiti, 1978–1998

00.20.40.60.811978198819981978: 0.852 GPI1979: 0.857 GPI1980: 0.861 GPI1981: 0.846 GPI1982: 0.86 GPI1983: 0.87 GPI1984: 0.874 GPI1985: 0.857 GPI1986: 0.871 GPI1987: 0.921 GPI1992: 0.952 GPI1993: 0.947 GPI1994: 0.946 GPI1995: 0.946 GPI1996: 0.945 GPI1997: 0.938 GPI1998: 0.971 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 1998, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Haiti stood at 0.971 GPI. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Haiti peaked at 0.971 GPI in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.8459 GPI, in 1981.

Haiti ranks 136th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Haiti, 1978 to 1998.
Year GPI Change
1978 0.852 GPI —
1979 0.8574 GPI +0.6%
1980 0.8607 GPI +0.4%
1981 0.8459 GPI -1.7%
1982 0.8598 GPI +1.6%
1983 0.8703 GPI +1.2%
1984 0.8736 GPI +0.4%
1985 0.8574 GPI -1.9%
1986 0.8711 GPI +1.6%
1987 0.921 GPI +5.7%
1992 0.9518 GPI +3.3%
1993 0.9469 GPI -0.5%
1994 0.9463 GPI -0.1%
1995 0.9455 GPI -0.1%
1996 0.9446 GPI -0.1%
1997 0.9381 GPI -0.7%
1998 0.971 GPI +3.5%

Haiti compared with similar countries

  • Haiti's 0.971 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9784 GPI, 99% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Haiti's 0.971 GPI is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9784 GPI, 99% of the median. (38 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8547 GPI 0.852 GPI 0.8574 GPI 2
1980s 0.87 GPI 0.8459 GPI 0.921 GPI 8
1990s 0.9492 GPI 0.9381 GPI 0.971 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Haiti

  1. 133 Colombia 0.972 GPI compare
  2. 134 Djibouti 0.9712 GPI compare
  3. 135 Chile 0.9711 GPI compare
  4. 137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9697 GPI compare
  5. 138 Dominica 0.9695 GPI compare
  6. 139 Aruba 0.9687 GPI

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Haiti?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Haiti was 0.971 GPI in 1998, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Haiti?
The highest recorded value was 0.971 GPI in 1998.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Haiti?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8459 GPI in 1981.
How does Haiti rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Haiti ranks 136th out of 197 countries with data for 1998.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Haiti?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Haiti 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.