School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Peru

Peru: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9614 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9614 GPI
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
160th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2008
All-time low
0.8648 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
35
1970–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Peru, 1970–2019

00.250.50.7511970199420191970: 0.865 GPI1973: 0.892 GPI1977: 0.942 GPI1978: 0.956 GPI1979: 0.937 GPI1980: 0.948 GPI1981: 0.957 GPI1982: 0.937 GPI1985: 0.959 GPI1991: 0.978 GPI1992: 0.977 GPI1993: 0.979 GPI1995: 0.981 GPI1998: 0.993 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 0.996 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.989 GPI2017: 0.974 GPI2018: 0.966 GPI2019: 0.961 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Peru recorded 0.9614 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Peru peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.8648 GPI, in 1970.

Peru ranks 160th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9184 GPI 0.8648 GPI 0.956 GPI 5
1980s 0.9502 GPI 0.9374 GPI 0.959 GPI 4
1990s 0.9848 GPI 0.9774 GPI 1 GPI 6
2000s 1 GPI 1 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 0.9894 GPI 0.9614 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 157 Philippines 0.9625 GPI compare
  2. 158 French Polynesia 0.9622 GPI compare
  3. 159 Fiji 0.962 GPI compare
  4. 161 Barbados 0.9595 GPI compare
  5. 162 Micronesia (country) 0.9591 GPI compare
  6. 163 Libya 0.9577 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Peru?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Peru was 0.9614 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2008.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8648 GPI in 1970.
How does Peru rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Peru ranks 160th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Peru 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
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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.