School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Barbados

Barbados: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
60th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.16 GPI
in 1980
All-time low
0.8956 GPI
in 1990
Years of data
36
1971–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Barbados, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511.21971199520191971: 1 GPI1972: 1 GPI1973: 1 GPI1974: 1 GPI1975: 1 GPI1976: 1.1 GPI1977: 1.1 GPI1978: 1.1 GPI1979: 1.1 GPI1980: 1.2 GPI1981: 1 GPI1982: 1.1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1984: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1989: 1.1 GPI1990: 0.896 GPI1999: 1.1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 0.99 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Barbados stood at 1.04 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Barbados peaked at 1.16 GPI in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.8956 GPI, in 1990.

That places Barbados 60th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.06 GPI 1 GPI 1.12 GPI 9
1980s 1.06 GPI 1 GPI 1.16 GPI 7
1990s 0.9746 GPI 0.8956 GPI 1.05 GPI 2
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.99 GPI 1.04 GPI 10
2010s 1.03 GPI 1 GPI 1.05 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Barbados

  1. 57 Mauritania 1.05 GPI compare
  2. 58 Sri Lanka 1.05 GPI compare
  3. 59 Croatia 1.05 GPI compare
  4. 61 Argentina 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 62 Algeria 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 62 Sweden 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Barbados?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Barbados was 1.04 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Barbados?
The highest recorded value was 1.16 GPI in 1980.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Barbados?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8956 GPI in 1990.
How does Barbados rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Barbados ranks 60th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Barbados?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Barbados data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.