School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hungary

Hungary: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9967 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9967 GPI
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
111th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 1995
All-time low
0.8914 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
47
1971–2018

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

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Hungary recorded 0.9967 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2018.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hungary peaked at 1.04 GPI in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.8914 GPI, in 1971.

That places Hungary 111th out of 195 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hungary, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Hungary, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.8914 GPI —
1972 0.9067 GPI +1.7%
1973 0.9375 GPI +3.4%
1974 0.9244 GPI -1.4%
1975 0.933 GPI +0.9%
1976 0.9405 GPI +0.8%
1977 0.948 GPI +0.8%
1978 0.9542 GPI +0.7%
1979 0.9634 GPI +1.0%
1980 0.9674 GPI +0.4%
1981 0.976 GPI +0.9%
1982 0.9941 GPI +1.9%
1983 0.9949 GPI +0.1%
1984 0.9955 GPI +0.1%
1985 0.9993 GPI +0.4%
1986 1.01 GPI +0.6%
1987 1.01 GPI +0.4%
1988 1.01 GPI +0.2%
1989 1.01 GPI +0.3%
1990 1.01 GPI -0.7%
1991 1.01 GPI -0.2%
1992 1.01 GPI +0.0%
1994 1.03 GPI +2.7%
1995 1.04 GPI +0.3%
1996 1.03 GPI -0.1%
1997 1.03 GPI -0.9%
1998 1.02 GPI -0.4%
1999 1.02 GPI -0.6%
2000 1.01 GPI -0.7%
2001 1.01 GPI -0.0%
2002 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2003 1 GPI -0.7%
2004 0.9912 GPI -0.9%
2005 0.9911 GPI -0.0%
2006 0.9922 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.9964 GPI +0.4%
2008 0.9882 GPI -0.8%
2009 0.9922 GPI +0.4%
2010 0.9906 GPI -0.2%
2011 0.9865 GPI -0.4%
2012 0.9879 GPI +0.1%
2013 1 GPI +1.7%
2014 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2015 1.01 GPI +0.0%
2016 0.9929 GPI -1.3%
2017 1 GPI +0.9%
2018 0.9967 GPI -0.5%

Hungary compared with similar countries

  • Hungary's 0.9967 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.01 GPI, 99% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
  • Hungary's 0.9967 GPI is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9965 GPI, 1.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9332 GPI 0.8914 GPI 0.9634 GPI 9
1980s 0.9968 GPI 0.9674 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
1990s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 9
2000s 0.9976 GPI 0.9882 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 0.9969 GPI 0.9865 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 108 Chile 1 GPI compare
  2. 109 Czechia 0.9998 GPI compare
  3. 110 Kyrgyzstan 0.9975 GPI compare
  4. 112 Azerbaijan 0.9964 GPI compare
  5. 113 China 0.9963 GPI compare
  6. 114 Ghana 0.9959 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hungary?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hungary was 0.9967 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Hungary?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 1995.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8914 GPI in 1971.
How does Hungary rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Hungary ranks 111th out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Hungary?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hungary 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
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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.