School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
24th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.18 GPI
in 1972
All-time low
0.9255 GPI
in 1993
Years of data
38
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511.21971199520191971: 1.1 GPI1972: 1.2 GPI1973: 1 GPI1974: 1 GPI1975: 0.987 GPI1976: 1 GPI1977: 1 GPI1978: 1 GPI1979: 1 GPI1980: 1 GPI1981: 1.1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1984: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 0.984 GPI1987: 0.967 GPI1988: 0.953 GPI1989: 0.932 GPI1990: 0.946 GPI1991: 0.948 GPI1992: 0.932 GPI1993: 0.925 GPI1997: 0.93 GPI1999: 0.946 GPI2000: 0.968 GPI2001: 0.954 GPI2002: 0.968 GPI2003: 0.95 GPI2004: 0.949 GPI2005: 0.957 GPI2006: 0.926 GPI2007: 0.954 GPI2015: 0.973 GPI2016: 0.974 GPI2017: 0.994 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia stood at 1.02 GPI.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia peaked at 1.18 GPI in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.9255 GPI, in 1993.

Saint Lucia ranks 24th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.04 GPI 0.9868 GPI 1.18 GPI 9
1980s 0.9971 GPI 0.9323 GPI 1.08 GPI 10
1990s 0.938 GPI 0.9255 GPI 0.9477 GPI 6
2000s 0.9532 GPI 0.9257 GPI 0.9683 GPI 8
2010s 0.9949 GPI 0.9729 GPI 1.02 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

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  3. 23 Ukraine 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 25 India 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 26 Tanzania 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 27 Zambia 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 1.18 GPI in 1972.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9255 GPI in 1993.
How does Saint Lucia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Saint Lucia ranks 24th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Saint Lucia 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.