School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Mexico

Mexico: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.08 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.08 GPI
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
37th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.08 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.6332 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
47
1971–2018

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

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Mexico is 1.08 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Mexico peaked at 1.08 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6332 GPI, in 1971.

Mexico ranks 37th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Mexico, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.6332 GPI —
1972 0.7019 GPI +10.8%
1974 0.694 GPI -1.1%
1975 0.6866 GPI -1.1%
1976 0.6572 GPI -4.3%
1977 0.7909 GPI +20.4%
1978 0.834 GPI +5.5%
1979 0.812 GPI -2.6%
1980 0.8194 GPI +0.9%
1981 0.8866 GPI +8.2%
1982 0.8967 GPI +1.1%
1983 0.8935 GPI -0.4%
1984 0.9086 GPI +1.7%
1985 0.8856 GPI -2.5%
1986 0.9223 GPI +4.1%
1987 0.932 GPI +1.1%
1988 0.9415 GPI +1.0%
1989 0.9597 GPI +1.9%
1990 0.9716 GPI +1.2%
1991 0.9863 GPI +1.5%
1992 0.9534 GPI -3.3%
1993 0.9688 GPI +1.6%
1994 0.9743 GPI +0.6%
1995 0.9749 GPI +0.1%
1996 0.9684 GPI -0.7%
1997 0.9722 GPI +0.4%
1998 0.9874 GPI +1.6%
1999 0.9992 GPI +1.2%
2000 1.01 GPI +1.2%
2001 1.03 GPI +1.7%
2002 1.04 GPI +0.7%
2003 1.06 GPI +2.1%
2004 1.04 GPI -1.5%
2005 1.04 GPI +0.1%
2006 1.05 GPI +0.8%
2007 1.06 GPI +0.8%
2008 1.07 GPI +0.9%
2009 1.08 GPI +0.8%
2010 1.07 GPI -0.5%
2011 1.07 GPI -0.5%
2012 1.06 GPI -0.4%
2013 1.05 GPI -0.9%
2014 1.05 GPI +0.0%
2015 1.06 GPI +1.1%
2016 1.07 GPI +0.9%
2017 1.07 GPI -0.1%
2018 1.08 GPI +1.1%

Mexico compared with similar countries

  • Mexico's 1.08 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.03 GPI, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Mexico's 1.08 GPI is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.04 GPI, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7262 GPI 0.6332 GPI 0.834 GPI 8
1980s 0.9046 GPI 0.8194 GPI 0.9597 GPI 10
1990s 0.9757 GPI 0.9534 GPI 0.9992 GPI 10
2000s 1.05 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.08 GPI 10
2010s 1.07 GPI 1.05 GPI 1.08 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 34 Myanmar 1.09 GPI compare
  2. 35 Dominican Republic 1.08 GPI compare
  3. 36 Micronesia (country) 1.08 GPI compare
  4. 38 Venezuela 1.08 GPI compare
  5. 39 Paraguay 1.08 GPI compare
  6. 40 Malaysia 1.08 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 Mexico?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Mexico was 1.08 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6332 GPI in 1971.
How does Mexico rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Mexico ranks 37th out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mexico 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.