School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9697 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.9697 GPI
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
137th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.12 GPI
in 2001
All-time low
0.7345 GPI
in 1986
Years of data
36
1976–2016

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1976–2016

00.250.50.7511976199620161976: 0.938 GPI1977: 0.926 GPI1978: 0.938 GPI1979: 0.961 GPI1980: 0.974 GPI1981: 0.951 GPI1982: 0.737 GPI1984: 0.978 GPI1985: 0.862 GPI1986: 0.735 GPI1987: 0.991 GPI1988: 0.975 GPI1989: 0.977 GPI1990: 0.947 GPI1991: 0.996 GPI1992: 0.974 GPI1993: 0.992 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 0.989 GPI2007: 0.941 GPI2008: 0.951 GPI2009: 0.958 GPI2010: 0.955 GPI2011: 0.984 GPI2012: 0.985 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 0.997 GPI2015: 0.993 GPI2016: 0.97 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Kitts and Nevis is 0.9697 GPI, measured in 2016.

The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 1.12 GPI in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.7345 GPI, in 1986.

That places Saint Kitts and Nevis 137th out of 197 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.941 GPI 0.9264 GPI 0.9614 GPI 4
1980s 0.9089 GPI 0.7345 GPI 0.9907 GPI 9
1990s 0.9942 GPI 0.9475 GPI 1.03 GPI 7
2000s 1.02 GPI 0.9406 GPI 1.12 GPI 9
2010s 0.9847 GPI 0.9554 GPI 1.01 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis

  1. 134 Djibouti 0.9712 GPI compare
  2. 135 Chile 0.9711 GPI compare
  3. 136 Haiti 0.971 GPI compare
  4. 138 Dominica 0.9695 GPI compare
  5. 139 Aruba 0.9687 GPI compare
  6. 140 Cambodia 0.9687 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 0.9697 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
The highest recorded value was 1.12 GPI in 2001.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7345 GPI in 1986.
How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 137th out of 197 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.