School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Italy

Italy: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9868 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9868 GPI
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
123rd
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 1990
All-time low
0.8342 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
48
1971–2018

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

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Italy stood at 0.9868 GPI.

That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Italy peaked at 1.01 GPI in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.8342 GPI, in 1971.

That places Italy 123rd 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 48 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Italy, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.8342 GPI —
1972 0.8432 GPI +1.1%
1973 0.8549 GPI +1.4%
1974 0.869 GPI +1.7%
1975 0.8836 GPI +1.7%
1976 0.8936 GPI +1.1%
1977 0.9053 GPI +1.3%
1978 0.9231 GPI +2.0%
1979 0.9383 GPI +1.7%
1980 0.9536 GPI +1.6%
1981 0.9659 GPI +1.3%
1982 0.9775 GPI +1.2%
1983 0.9824 GPI +0.5%
1984 0.9854 GPI +0.3%
1985 0.9882 GPI +0.3%
1986 0.9898 GPI +0.2%
1987 0.991 GPI +0.1%
1988 0.9911 GPI +0.0%
1989 0.9921 GPI +0.1%
1990 1.01 GPI +1.3%
1991 0.9977 GPI -0.8%
1992 0.9989 GPI +0.1%
1993 0.9986 GPI -0.0%
1994 0.9983 GPI -0.0%
1995 0.9973 GPI -0.1%
1996 1 GPI +0.3%
1997 0.9998 GPI -0.1%
1998 0.9956 GPI -0.4%
1999 0.994 GPI -0.2%
2000 0.9631 GPI -3.1%
2001 0.9796 GPI +1.7%
2002 0.9678 GPI -1.2%
2003 0.9757 GPI +0.8%
2004 0.9961 GPI +2.1%
2005 0.994 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9917 GPI -0.2%
2007 0.9907 GPI -0.1%
2008 0.9905 GPI -0.0%
2009 0.9924 GPI +0.2%
2010 0.9899 GPI -0.3%
2011 0.9864 GPI -0.4%
2012 0.9889 GPI +0.3%
2013 0.9932 GPI +0.4%
2014 0.9948 GPI +0.2%
2015 0.9974 GPI +0.3%
2016 1 GPI +0.7%
2017 0.9932 GPI -1.2%
2018 0.9868 GPI -0.6%

Italy compared with similar countries

  • Italy's 0.9868 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.01 GPI, 98% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
  • Italy's 0.9868 GPI is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9965 GPI, 99% of the median. (50 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8828 GPI 0.8342 GPI 0.9383 GPI 9
1980s 0.9817 GPI 0.9536 GPI 0.9921 GPI 10
1990s 0.9986 GPI 0.994 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2000s 0.9842 GPI 0.9631 GPI 0.9961 GPI 10
2010s 0.9928 GPI 0.9864 GPI 1 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 120 Latvia 0.9894 GPI compare
  2. 121 Egypt 0.9892 GPI compare
  3. 122 El Salvador 0.9875 GPI compare
  4. 124 Moldova 0.9865 GPI compare
  5. 125 Hong Kong 0.9851 GPI compare
  6. 126 Belarus 0.9844 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 Italy?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Italy was 0.9868 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Italy?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 1990.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8342 GPI in 1971.
How does Italy rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Italy ranks 123rd out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Italy 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.