School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9979 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9979 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
78th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.9679 GPI
in 1998
Years of data
24
1993–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in North Macedonia, 1993–2018

00.250.50.7511993200520181993: 0.991 GPI1994: 0.994 GPI1995: 0.994 GPI1996: 0.979 GPI1997: 0.975 GPI1998: 0.968 GPI1999: 0.973 GPI2000: 0.982 GPI2001: 0.987 GPI2002: 0.998 GPI2003: 0.985 GPI2004: 0.982 GPI2005: 0.98 GPI2006: 0.976 GPI2007: 0.978 GPI2008: 0.985 GPI2009: 0.981 GPI2010: 0.985 GPI2012: 0.987 GPI2013: 0.992 GPI2014: 0.992 GPI2015: 1 GPI2017: 0.999 GPI2018: 0.998 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in North Macedonia stood at 0.9979 GPI.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in North Macedonia peaked at 1 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.9679 GPI, in 1998.

North Macedonia ranks 78th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in North Macedonia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in North Macedonia, 1993 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1993 0.9913 GPI —
1994 0.9941 GPI +0.3%
1995 0.9937 GPI -0.0%
1996 0.9795 GPI -1.4%
1997 0.9749 GPI -0.5%
1998 0.9679 GPI -0.7%
1999 0.9733 GPI +0.6%
2000 0.9821 GPI +0.9%
2001 0.9874 GPI +0.5%
2002 0.9979 GPI +1.1%
2003 0.9848 GPI -1.3%
2004 0.9821 GPI -0.3%
2005 0.9798 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9758 GPI -0.4%
2007 0.978 GPI +0.2%
2008 0.9852 GPI +0.7%
2009 0.9809 GPI -0.4%
2010 0.9855 GPI +0.5%
2012 0.9872 GPI +0.2%
2013 0.992 GPI +0.5%
2014 0.9915 GPI -0.1%
2015 1 GPI +1.2%
2017 0.999 GPI -0.5%
2018 0.9979 GPI -0.1%

North Macedonia compared with similar countries

  • North Macedonia's 0.9979 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • North Macedonia's 0.9979 GPI is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9983 GPI, 100% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9821 GPI 0.9679 GPI 0.9941 GPI 7
2000s 0.9834 GPI 0.9758 GPI 0.9979 GPI 10
2010s 0.9938 GPI 0.9855 GPI 1 GPI 7

Countries ranked near North Macedonia

  1. 75 Serbia 0.9983 GPI compare
  2. 76 Comoros 0.998 GPI compare
  3. 77 Thailand 0.9979 GPI compare
  4. 79 Argentina 0.9977 GPI compare
  5. 80 Iceland 0.9974 GPI compare
  6. 81 Belarus 0.9972 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 North Macedonia?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in North Macedonia was 0.9979 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in North Macedonia?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in North Macedonia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9679 GPI in 1998.
How does North Macedonia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
North Macedonia ranks 78th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in North Macedonia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this North Macedonia 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.