School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in El Salvador

El Salvador: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9875 GPI in 2018. β–² Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9875 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
122nd
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.11 GPI
in 1991
All-time low
0.7874 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
39
1970–2018

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in El Salvador, 1970–2018

00.250.50.7511970199420181970: 0.875 GPI1971: 0.789 GPI1972: 0.791 GPI1973: 0.787 GPI1974: 0.804 GPI1975: 0.825 GPI1976: 0.847 GPI1977: 0.836 GPI1978: 0.852 GPI1979: 0.857 GPI1980: 0.882 GPI1983: 0.989 GPI1984: 1 GPI1988: 1.1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1991: 1.1 GPI1992: 1.1 GPI1993: 1.1 GPI1998: 0.955 GPI1999: 0.943 GPI2000: 0.946 GPI2001: 0.957 GPI2002: 0.961 GPI2003: 0.989 GPI2004: 0.992 GPI2005: 0.983 GPI2006: 0.995 GPI2007: 0.998 GPI2008: 0.992 GPI2009: 0.982 GPI2010: 0.98 GPI2011: 0.973 GPI2012: 0.976 GPI2013: 0.985 GPI2014: 0.995 GPI2015: 0.998 GPI2016: 0.99 GPI2017: 0.985 GPI2018: 0.987 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in El Salvador stood at 0.9875 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in El Salvador peaked at 1.11 GPI in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.7874 GPI, in 1973.

El Salvador ranks 122nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8263 GPI 0.7874 GPI 0.875 GPI 10
1980s 1 GPI 0.8816 GPI 1.09 GPI 5
1990s 1.02 GPI 0.9433 GPI 1.11 GPI 5
2000s 0.9795 GPI 0.9464 GPI 0.998 GPI 10
2010s 0.9856 GPI 0.9732 GPI 0.9985 GPI 9

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 119 United States 0.9912 GPI compare
  2. 120 Latvia 0.9894 GPI compare
  3. 121 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.9892 GPI compare
  4. 123 Italy 0.9868 GPI compare
  5. 124 Moldova, Republic of 0.9865 GPI compare
  6. 125 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.9851 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in El Salvador?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in El Salvador was 0.9875 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPI in 1991.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7874 GPI in 1973.
How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
El Salvador ranks 122nd out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador 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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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.