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School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uruguay

Uruguay: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9909 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9909 GPI
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
99th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.07 GPI
in 1978
All-time low
0.95 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
48
1970–2018

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

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.9909 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2018.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uruguay peaked at 1.07 GPI in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.95 GPI, in 1970.

Uruguay ranks 99th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Year GPI Change
1970 0.95 GPI —
1971 0.9999 GPI +5.3%
1972 0.9994 GPI -0.1%
1973 1.01 GPI +1.4%
1974 0.9898 GPI -2.3%
1975 0.9854 GPI -0.4%
1976 0.9863 GPI +0.1%
1977 0.9862 GPI -0.0%
1978 1.07 GPI +8.1%
1979 0.9821 GPI -7.9%
1980 0.9918 GPI +1.0%
1981 0.9815 GPI -1.0%
1983 0.9871 GPI +0.6%
1984 0.9878 GPI +0.1%
1985 0.9893 GPI +0.2%
1986 0.9905 GPI +0.1%
1987 0.9874 GPI -0.3%
1988 0.9849 GPI -0.3%
1989 0.9841 GPI -0.1%
1990 0.9878 GPI +0.4%
1991 0.9876 GPI -0.0%
1992 0.9853 GPI -0.2%
1993 0.9861 GPI +0.1%
1994 0.9852 GPI -0.1%
1995 0.9846 GPI -0.1%
1996 0.9865 GPI +0.2%
1997 0.9861 GPI -0.0%
1998 0.9866 GPI +0.0%
1999 0.9848 GPI -0.2%
2000 0.9821 GPI -0.3%
2001 0.9773 GPI -0.5%
2002 0.9764 GPI -0.1%
2003 0.9747 GPI -0.2%
2004 0.9728 GPI -0.2%
2005 0.975 GPI +0.2%
2006 0.9725 GPI -0.3%
2007 0.9718 GPI -0.1%
2008 0.969 GPI -0.3%
2009 0.9662 GPI -0.3%
2010 0.968 GPI +0.2%
2011 0.9706 GPI +0.3%
2012 0.9721 GPI +0.2%
2013 0.9749 GPI +0.3%
2014 0.978 GPI +0.3%
2015 0.9789 GPI +0.1%
2016 0.9794 GPI +0.1%
2017 0.9843 GPI +0.5%
2018 0.9909 GPI +0.7%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 0.9909 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9971 GPI, 99% of the median. (71 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 0.9909 GPI is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9958 GPI 0.95 GPI 1.07 GPI 10
1980s 0.9871 GPI 0.9815 GPI 0.9918 GPI 9
1990s 0.9861 GPI 0.9846 GPI 0.9878 GPI 10
2000s 0.9738 GPI 0.9662 GPI 0.9821 GPI 10
2010s 0.9775 GPI 0.968 GPI 0.9909 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 96 Nicaragua 0.9917 GPI compare
  2. 97 Romania 0.9914 GPI compare
  3. 98 Bolivia 0.9911 GPI compare
  4. 100 Cyprus 0.9908 GPI compare
  5. 101 Puerto Rico 0.9906 GPI compare
  6. 102 Bahrain 0.9898 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uruguay?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uruguay was 0.9909 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 1978.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.95 GPI in 1970.
How does Uruguay rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Uruguay ranks 99th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Uruguay 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.