School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador

Ecuador: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
72nd
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 2009
All-time low
0.8512 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
40
1971–2018

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador, 1971–2018

00.250.50.7511971199420181971: 0.851 GPI1972: 0.861 GPI1973: 0.88 GPI1974: 0.904 GPI1975: 0.931 GPI1976: 0.932 GPI1977: 0.933 GPI1978: 0.938 GPI1979: 1 GPI1980: 0.99 GPI1981: 1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1984: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 1.03 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2018.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.8512 GPI, in 1971.

Ecuador ranks 72nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9173 GPI 0.8512 GPI 1.03 GPI 9
1980s 1.02 GPI 0.9896 GPI 1.04 GPI 9
1990s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.05 GPI 4
2000s 1.02 GPI 1 GPI 1.06 GPI 9
2010s 1.04 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.05 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 70 Guyana 1.03 GPI compare
  2. 71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 73 Tonga 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 74 Jordan 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 75 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador was 1.03 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2009.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8512 GPI in 1971.
How does Ecuador rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Ecuador ranks 72nd out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador 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.