School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Jamaica

Jamaica: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
79th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.19 GPI
in 1975
All-time low
1.01 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
36
1973–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Jamaica, 1973–2019

00.250.50.7511.21973199620191973: 1.1 GPI1974: 1.1 GPI1975: 1.2 GPI1976: 1.2 GPI1977: 1.1 GPI1979: 1.1 GPI1980: 1.1 GPI1981: 1.2 GPI1983: 1.1 GPI1984: 1.1 GPI1985: 1.1 GPI1986: 1.1 GPI1987: 1.1 GPI1988: 1.1 GPI1989: 1.1 GPI1991: 1.1 GPI1993: 1.1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1.1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Jamaica recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Jamaica peaked at 1.19 GPI in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1.01 GPI, in 1999.

Jamaica ranks 79th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.14 GPI 1.11 GPI 1.19 GPI 6
1980s 1.11 GPI 1.07 GPI 1.16 GPI 9
1990s 1.05 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.08 GPI 3
2000s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.07 GPI 9
2010s 1.06 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.08 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 76 Madagascar 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 77 Indonesia 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 78 Burkina Faso 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 80 Mauritius 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 81 Slovenia 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 82 Luxembourg 1.02 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 Jamaica?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Jamaica was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 1.19 GPI in 1975.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 1999.
How does Jamaica rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Jamaica ranks 79th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Jamaica 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.