School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mexico

Mexico: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.01 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
47th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.9102 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
47
1971–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mexico, 1971–2018

00.250.50.751197119942018

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mexico is 1.01 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mexico peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.9102 GPI, in 1972.

Mexico ranks 47th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Mexico, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.9313 GPI —
1972 0.9102 GPI -2.3%
1974 0.9417 GPI +3.5%
1975 0.9264 GPI -1.6%
1976 0.9278 GPI +0.1%
1977 0.9586 GPI +3.3%
1978 0.9474 GPI -1.2%
1979 0.9741 GPI +2.8%
1980 0.9871 GPI +1.3%
1981 0.9771 GPI -1.0%
1982 0.9718 GPI -0.5%
1983 0.9519 GPI -2.0%
1984 0.9518 GPI -0.0%
1985 0.963 GPI +1.2%
1986 0.9681 GPI +0.5%
1987 0.9719 GPI +0.4%
1988 0.9731 GPI +0.1%
1989 0.9748 GPI +0.2%
1990 0.9669 GPI -0.8%
1991 0.9715 GPI +0.5%
1992 0.968 GPI -0.4%
1993 0.967 GPI -0.1%
1994 0.9626 GPI -0.5%
1995 0.9669 GPI +0.4%
1996 0.967 GPI +0.0%
1997 0.9639 GPI -0.3%
1998 0.9659 GPI +0.2%
1999 0.9693 GPI +0.4%
2000 0.9738 GPI +0.5%
2001 0.9777 GPI +0.4%
2002 0.9798 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.9809 GPI +0.1%
2004 0.9822 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9805 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9795 GPI -0.1%
2007 0.9797 GPI +0.0%
2008 0.9804 GPI +0.1%
2009 0.9828 GPI +0.2%
2010 0.986 GPI +0.3%
2011 0.9883 GPI +0.2%
2012 0.9909 GPI +0.3%
2013 0.9921 GPI +0.1%
2014 0.9945 GPI +0.2%
2015 0.9977 GPI +0.3%
2016 1 GPI +0.4%
2017 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2018 1.01 GPI +0.1%

Mexico compared with similar countries

  • Mexico's 1.01 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Mexico's 1.01 GPI is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9397 GPI 0.9102 GPI 0.9741 GPI 8
1980s 0.9691 GPI 0.9518 GPI 0.9871 GPI 10
1990s 0.9669 GPI 0.9626 GPI 0.9715 GPI 10
2000s 0.9797 GPI 0.9738 GPI 0.9828 GPI 10
2010s 0.9958 GPI 0.986 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 44 Israel 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 45 Brunei 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 46 Egypt 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 48 Malta 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 49 Armenia 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 50 New Zealand 1.01 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 Mexico?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mexico was 1.01 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9102 GPI in 1972.
How does Mexico rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Mexico ranks 47th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mexico 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.