School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kiribati

Kiribati: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.07 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
1.07 GPI
Change on year
up 4.9%
World rank
8th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.07 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.9601 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
40
1971–2017

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kiribati, 1971–2017

00.250.50.7511971199420171971: 0.965 GPI1972: 0.999 GPI1973: 0.96 GPI1977: 0.971 GPI1978: 0.97 GPI1979: 0.987 GPI1980: 0.978 GPI1981: 0.992 GPI1982: 0.998 GPI1983: 1 GPI1984: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 0.991 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 0.999 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 0.989 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kiribati stood at 1.07 GPI. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kiribati peaked at 1.07 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9601 GPI, in 1973.

Kiribati ranks 8th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Kiribati, 1971 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.9654 GPI —
1972 0.9988 GPI +3.5%
1973 0.9601 GPI -3.9%
1977 0.9711 GPI +1.1%
1978 0.9698 GPI -0.1%
1979 0.9875 GPI +1.8%
1980 0.978 GPI -1.0%
1981 0.9921 GPI +1.4%
1982 0.9976 GPI +0.6%
1983 0.9999 GPI +0.2%
1984 1.01 GPI +0.6%
1985 1 GPI -0.2%
1986 1.02 GPI +1.2%
1987 1.01 GPI -0.9%
1988 1.01 GPI +0.3%
1989 1.05 GPI +4.0%
1990 1.02 GPI -3.2%
1991 1 GPI -1.2%
1992 1 GPI -0.2%
1993 1.01 GPI +0.7%
1994 1.01 GPI +0.1%
1995 1.02 GPI +0.9%
1996 1.03 GPI +0.9%
1997 1.02 GPI -0.8%
1998 1.03 GPI +1.1%
1999 1.03 GPI -0.3%
2000 0.9907 GPI -3.7%
2001 1.05 GPI +5.8%
2002 1.03 GPI -2.2%
2003 0.9993 GPI -2.5%
2004 1.04 GPI +3.7%
2005 1.01 GPI -2.1%
2006 0.989 GPI -2.5%
2007 1.03 GPI +3.8%
2008 1.05 GPI +2.0%
2009 1.06 GPI +0.8%
2014 1.01 GPI -4.1%
2015 1.02 GPI +0.6%
2016 1.02 GPI +0.3%
2017 1.07 GPI +4.9%

Kiribati compared with similar countries

  • Kiribati's 1.07 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Kiribati's 1.07 GPI is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9754 GPI 0.9601 GPI 0.9988 GPI 6
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.978 GPI 1.05 GPI 10
1990s 1.02 GPI 1 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2000s 1.02 GPI 0.989 GPI 1.06 GPI 10
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.07 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Kiribati

  1. 5 Oman 1.09 GPI compare
  2. 6 Bangladesh 1.07 GPI compare
  3. 7 Congo 1.07 GPI compare
  4. 9 Mauritania 1.07 GPI compare
  5. 10 Seychelles 1.05 GPI compare
  6. 11 Hong Kong 1.05 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kiribati?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kiribati was 1.07 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Kiribati?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Kiribati?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9601 GPI in 1973.
How does Kiribati rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Kiribati ranks 8th out of 197 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kiribati?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kiribati 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.