School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Maldives

Maldives: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
17th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.9579 GPI
in 1997
Years of data
23
1992–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Maldives, 1992–2019

00.250.50.7511992200520191992: 0.998 GPI1993: 0.992 GPI1994: 0.979 GPI1995: 0.971 GPI1996: 0.968 GPI1997: 0.958 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 0.994 GPI2000: 0.995 GPI2001: 0.991 GPI2002: 0.985 GPI2003: 0.98 GPI2004: 0.979 GPI2005: 0.989 GPI2006: 0.98 GPI2007: 0.977 GPI2008: 0.968 GPI2009: 0.971 GPI2015: 0.968 GPI2016: 0.997 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 1.03 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Maldives peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.9579 GPI, in 1997.

Maldives ranks 17th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Maldives, 1992 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1992 0.9977 GPI —
1993 0.9916 GPI -0.6%
1994 0.9786 GPI -1.3%
1995 0.9714 GPI -0.7%
1996 0.9684 GPI -0.3%
1997 0.9579 GPI -1.1%
1998 0.9999 GPI +4.4%
1999 0.9942 GPI -0.6%
2000 0.9949 GPI +0.1%
2001 0.9907 GPI -0.4%
2002 0.985 GPI -0.6%
2003 0.9797 GPI -0.5%
2004 0.9789 GPI -0.1%
2005 0.9889 GPI +1.0%
2006 0.9799 GPI -0.9%
2007 0.9772 GPI -0.3%
2008 0.9678 GPI -1.0%
2009 0.9712 GPI +0.3%
2015 0.9683 GPI -0.3%
2016 0.9966 GPI +2.9%
2017 1.01 GPI +1.7%
2018 1.04 GPI +2.2%
2019 1.03 GPI -0.9%

Maldives compared with similar countries

  • Maldives's 1.03 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Maldives's 1.03 GPI is above the median for South Asia, which is 1.02 GPI, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9825 GPI 0.9579 GPI 0.9999 GPI 8
2000s 0.9814 GPI 0.9678 GPI 0.9949 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9683 GPI 1.04 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 14 Azerbaijan 1.03 GPI compare
  2. 15 Uganda 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 16 Malawi 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 18 Sierra Leone 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 19 Mauritius 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 20 Qatar 1.02 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 Maldives?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Maldives was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9579 GPI in 1997.
How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Maldives ranks 17th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Maldives 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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About this data

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.