School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Spain

Spain: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
1.01 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
41st
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 1972
All-time low
0.9837 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
48
1971–2018

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

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Spain recorded 1.01 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2018.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Spain peaked at 1.04 GPI in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.9837 GPI, in 1994.

Spain ranks 41st of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Spain, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 1.03 GPI —
1972 1.04 GPI +0.3%
1973 1.01 GPI -2.3%
1974 1.01 GPI -0.7%
1975 1.01 GPI +0.3%
1976 1.01 GPI -0.2%
1977 1 GPI -0.4%
1978 0.9964 GPI -0.6%
1979 0.9983 GPI +0.2%
1980 1 GPI +0.5%
1981 1 GPI -0.1%
1982 0.9937 GPI -0.8%
1983 0.9908 GPI -0.3%
1984 0.9879 GPI -0.3%
1985 0.9889 GPI +0.1%
1986 0.9891 GPI +0.0%
1987 1 GPI +1.2%
1988 0.9865 GPI -1.5%
1989 0.987 GPI +0.1%
1990 0.9857 GPI -0.1%
1991 0.9944 GPI +0.9%
1992 0.9886 GPI -0.6%
1993 0.9846 GPI -0.4%
1994 0.9837 GPI -0.1%
1995 0.9867 GPI +0.3%
1996 0.9843 GPI -0.2%
1997 0.9903 GPI +0.6%
1998 0.9901 GPI -0.0%
1999 0.9919 GPI +0.2%
2000 0.994 GPI +0.2%
2001 0.9933 GPI -0.1%
2002 0.9919 GPI -0.1%
2003 0.9903 GPI -0.2%
2004 0.9907 GPI +0.0%
2005 0.9874 GPI -0.3%
2006 0.9865 GPI -0.1%
2007 0.9892 GPI +0.3%
2008 0.9909 GPI +0.2%
2009 0.9917 GPI +0.1%
2010 0.9926 GPI +0.1%
2011 0.9923 GPI -0.0%
2012 0.9934 GPI +0.1%
2013 1 GPI +1.0%
2014 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2015 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2016 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2017 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2018 1.01 GPI -0.2%

Spain compared with similar countries

  • Spain's 1.01 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9971 GPI, 1.0× the median. (71 countries reporting)
  • Spain's 1.01 GPI is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9983 GPI, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.01 GPI 0.9964 GPI 1.04 GPI 9
1980s 0.9929 GPI 0.9865 GPI 1 GPI 10
1990s 0.988 GPI 0.9837 GPI 0.9944 GPI 10
2000s 0.9906 GPI 0.9865 GPI 0.994 GPI 10
2010s 1 GPI 0.9923 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 38 China 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 39 Burundi 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 40 Samoa 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 42 Germany 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 43 Georgia 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 44 Israel 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 Spain?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Spain 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 Spain?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 1972.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9837 GPI in 1994.
How does Spain rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Spain ranks 41st out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Spain 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.