School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Malta

Malta: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
106th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.831 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
47
1971–2018

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Malta, 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 Malta stood at 1 GPI.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Malta peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.831 GPI, in 1972.

Malta ranks 106th of 195 countries on this measure, 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 Malta, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Malta, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.9422 GPI —
1972 0.831 GPI -11.8%
1973 0.8793 GPI +5.8%
1974 0.8433 GPI -4.1%
1975 0.8565 GPI +1.6%
1976 0.8769 GPI +2.4%
1977 0.857 GPI -2.3%
1978 0.8554 GPI -0.2%
1979 0.8394 GPI -1.9%
1980 0.8806 GPI +4.9%
1981 0.8668 GPI -1.6%
1982 0.8733 GPI +0.8%
1983 0.8913 GPI +2.1%
1984 0.8813 GPI -1.1%
1985 0.9553 GPI +8.4%
1986 0.9583 GPI +0.3%
1987 0.9607 GPI +0.2%
1988 0.9568 GPI -0.4%
1989 0.932 GPI -2.6%
1990 0.9287 GPI -0.4%
1991 0.9283 GPI -0.0%
1992 0.9201 GPI -0.9%
1993 0.9209 GPI +0.1%
1994 0.8997 GPI -2.3%
1995 0.9362 GPI +4.1%
1996 1.01 GPI +8.1%
1997 0.9761 GPI -3.6%
1998 0.9761 GPI +0.0%
1999 0.9298 GPI -4.7%
2000 0.9761 GPI +5.0%
2001 0.9531 GPI -2.4%
2002 0.9844 GPI +3.3%
2003 0.9966 GPI +1.2%
2004 0.9472 GPI -5.0%
2005 0.9642 GPI +1.8%
2006 0.9822 GPI +1.9%
2007 0.9573 GPI -2.5%
2008 0.9701 GPI +1.3%
2010 0.8979 GPI -7.4%
2011 0.9999 GPI +11.4%
2012 1.02 GPI +2.1%
2013 1.03 GPI +0.6%
2014 1.04 GPI +0.8%
2015 1.06 GPI +2.3%
2016 1.04 GPI -1.9%
2017 1 GPI -3.2%
2018 1 GPI -0.2%

Malta compared with similar countries

  • Malta's 1 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.01 GPI, 99% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
  • Malta's 1 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.992 GPI, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8646 GPI 0.831 GPI 0.9422 GPI 9
1980s 0.9156 GPI 0.8668 GPI 0.9607 GPI 10
1990s 0.9428 GPI 0.8997 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2000s 0.9701 GPI 0.9472 GPI 0.9966 GPI 9
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.8979 GPI 1.06 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 103 Denmark 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 104 France 1 GPI compare
  3. 105 Sudan 1 GPI compare
  4. 107 Romania 1 GPI compare
  5. 108 Chile 1 GPI compare
  6. 109 Czechia 0.9998 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 Malta?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Malta was 1 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 0.831 GPI in 1972.
How does Malta rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Malta ranks 106th out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malta 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.