School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Turkey

Turkey: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9886 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9886 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
106th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9954 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.7281 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
44
1971–2018

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

00.20.40.60.811971199420181971: 0.728 GPI1972: 0.75 GPI1973: 0.77 GPI1974: 0.78 GPI1975: 0.803 GPI1976: 0.812 GPI1977: 0.819 GPI1978: 0.827 GPI1979: 0.83 GPI1981: 0.837 GPI1982: 0.857 GPI1984: 0.881 GPI1985: 0.896 GPI1986: 0.904 GPI1987: 0.904 GPI1988: 0.907 GPI1989: 0.907 GPI1990: 0.908 GPI1991: 0.908 GPI1992: 0.91 GPI1993: 0.913 GPI1994: 0.922 GPI1995: 0.923 GPI1997: 0.916 GPI1999: 0.91 GPI2000: 0.911 GPI2001: 0.921 GPI2002: 0.929 GPI2003: 0.935 GPI2004: 0.944 GPI2005: 0.95 GPI2006: 0.959 GPI2007: 0.968 GPI2008: 0.973 GPI2009: 0.981 GPI2010: 0.986 GPI2011: 0.99 GPI2012: 0.986 GPI2013: 0.993 GPI2014: 0.995 GPI2015: 0.993 GPI2016: 0.994 GPI2017: 0.99 GPI2018: 0.989 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Turkey recorded 0.9886 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2018.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Turkey peaked at 0.9954 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.7281 GPI, in 1971.

That places Turkey 106th out of 197 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7911 GPI 0.7281 GPI 0.8305 GPI 9
1980s 0.8867 GPI 0.8373 GPI 0.9071 GPI 8
1990s 0.9138 GPI 0.9083 GPI 0.9233 GPI 8
2000s 0.9471 GPI 0.9107 GPI 0.9811 GPI 10
2010s 0.9907 GPI 0.9855 GPI 0.9954 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Turkey

  1. 103 Sri Lanka 0.9892 GPI compare
  2. 104 Tunisia 0.9891 GPI compare
  3. 105 Tajikistan 0.9888 GPI compare
  4. 107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.988 GPI compare
  5. 108 Russia 0.988 GPI compare
  6. 109 Uzbekistan 0.9876 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 Turkey?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Turkey was 0.9886 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Turkey?
The highest recorded value was 0.9954 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Turkey?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7281 GPI in 1971.
How does Turkey rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Turkey ranks 106th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Turkey?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Turkey 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.