School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Maldives

Maldives: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.91 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.91 GPI
Change on year
down 5.5%
World rank
161st
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.16 GPI
in 2002
All-time low
0.5604 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
15
1970–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Maldives, 1970–2019

00.250.50.7511.21970199420191970: 0.56 GPI1971: 0.7 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1.1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.2 GPI2003: 1.1 GPI2004: 1.2 GPI2018: 0.963 GPI2019: 0.91 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 0.91 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Maldives peaked at 1.16 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.5604 GPI, in 1970.

Maldives ranks 161st of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6304 GPI 0.5604 GPI 0.7004 GPI 2
1990s 1.04 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.05 GPI 6
2000s 1.11 GPI 1.06 GPI 1.16 GPI 5
2010s 0.9363 GPI 0.91 GPI 0.9627 GPI 2

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 158 Morocco 0.9266 GPI compare
  2. 159 United States Virgin Islands 0.9204 GPI compare
  3. 160 Saudi Arabia 0.9133 GPI compare
  4. 162 Qatar 0.9089 GPI compare
  5. 163 Oman 0.9065 GPI compare
  6. 164 Nigeria 0.9023 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 Maldives?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Maldives was 0.91 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 1.16 GPI in 2002.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5604 GPI in 1970.
How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Maldives ranks 161st out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Maldives 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
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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.