School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9892 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9892 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
103rd
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.07 GPI
in 2004
All-time low
0.91 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
42
1970–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sri Lanka, 1970–2018

00.250.50.7511970199420181970: 0.91 GPI1971: 0.996 GPI1975: 0.919 GPI1976: 0.923 GPI1977: 0.923 GPI1978: 0.923 GPI1980: 0.952 GPI1981: 0.959 GPI1982: 0.963 GPI1983: 0.962 GPI1984: 0.964 GPI1985: 0.964 GPI1986: 0.966 GPI1987: 0.963 GPI1988: 0.965 GPI1989: 0.968 GPI1990: 0.966 GPI1991: 0.966 GPI1992: 0.967 GPI1993: 0.972 GPI1994: 0.971 GPI1995: 0.971 GPI1996: 0.976 GPI1998: 0.979 GPI2001: 0.985 GPI2002: 0.988 GPI2003: 0.995 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 0.994 GPI2006: 0.991 GPI2007: 0.988 GPI2008: 0.986 GPI2009: 0.982 GPI2010: 0.975 GPI2011: 0.961 GPI2012: 0.977 GPI2013: 0.976 GPI2014: 0.977 GPI2015: 0.979 GPI2016: 0.979 GPI2017: 0.986 GPI2018: 0.989 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sri Lanka stood at 0.9892 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.07 GPI in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.91 GPI, in 1970.

Sri Lanka ranks 103rd of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9324 GPI 0.91 GPI 0.9964 GPI 6
1980s 0.9627 GPI 0.9524 GPI 0.9678 GPI 10
1990s 0.971 GPI 0.9663 GPI 0.9788 GPI 8
2000s 0.9973 GPI 0.9822 GPI 1.07 GPI 9
2010s 0.9775 GPI 0.9606 GPI 0.9892 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 100 Cyprus 0.9908 GPI compare
  2. 101 Puerto Rico 0.9906 GPI compare
  3. 102 Bahrain 0.9898 GPI compare
  4. 104 Tunisia 0.9891 GPI compare
  5. 105 Tajikistan 0.9888 GPI compare
  6. 106 Turkey 0.9886 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sri Lanka?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sri Lanka was 0.9892 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 2004.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.91 GPI in 1970.
How does Sri Lanka rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Sri Lanka ranks 103rd out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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.