School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Peru

Peru: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9368 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.9368 GPI
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
156th
of 195 countries
All-time high
3.09 GPI
in 1976
All-time low
0.7612 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
37
1970–2019

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

11.522.531970199420191970: 0.761 GPI1971: 1.1 GPI1972: 1 GPI1974: 0.815 GPI1975: 2.4 GPI1976: 3.1 GPI1977: 0.887 GPI1978: 0.873 GPI1979: 0.895 GPI1980: 0.86 GPI1981: 0.881 GPI1982: 0.887 GPI1985: 0.908 GPI1991: 0.945 GPI1995: 0.952 GPI1998: 0.962 GPI1999: 0.954 GPI2000: 0.945 GPI2001: 0.943 GPI2002: 0.94 GPI2003: 0.952 GPI2004: 0.989 GPI2005: 0.986 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 0.98 GPI2013: 0.986 GPI2014: 0.987 GPI2015: 0.995 GPI2016: 0.973 GPI2017: 0.957 GPI2018: 0.945 GPI2019: 0.937 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Peru recorded 0.9368 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Peru peaked at 3.09 GPI in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.7612 GPI, in 1970.

That places Peru 156th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Peru, 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.7612 GPI —
1971 1.07 GPI +40.3%
1972 1.04 GPI -2.6%
1974 0.8152 GPI -21.6%
1975 2.45 GPI +200.5%
1976 3.09 GPI +26.2%
1977 0.8868 GPI -71.3%
1978 0.8726 GPI -1.6%
1979 0.8951 GPI +2.6%
1980 0.8597 GPI -3.9%
1981 0.8807 GPI +2.4%
1982 0.8873 GPI +0.7%
1985 0.9075 GPI +2.3%
1991 0.9454 GPI +4.2%
1995 0.9516 GPI +0.7%
1998 0.9616 GPI +1.0%
1999 0.9544 GPI -0.8%
2000 0.9452 GPI -1.0%
2001 0.9429 GPI -0.2%
2002 0.9399 GPI -0.3%
2003 0.9517 GPI +1.3%
2004 0.989 GPI +3.9%
2005 0.9865 GPI -0.3%
2006 1.01 GPI +2.2%
2007 1.02 GPI +1.2%
2008 1.04 GPI +1.4%
2009 1.03 GPI -0.9%
2010 1.03 GPI +0.3%
2011 1.01 GPI -1.8%
2012 0.9798 GPI -3.1%
2013 0.9858 GPI +0.6%
2014 0.9868 GPI +0.1%
2015 0.995 GPI +0.8%
2016 0.973 GPI -2.2%
2017 0.957 GPI -1.6%
2018 0.9446 GPI -1.3%
2019 0.9368 GPI -0.8%

Peru compared with similar countries

  • Peru's 0.9368 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.03 GPI, 91% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Peru's 0.9368 GPI is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.04 GPI, 90% of the median. (38 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1975 +200.5% 0.8152 GPI 2.45 GPI
1977 -71.3% 3.09 GPI 0.8868 GPI
1971 +40.3% 0.7612 GPI 1.07 GPI
1976 +26.2% 2.45 GPI 3.09 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.32 GPI 0.7612 GPI 3.09 GPI 9
1980s 0.8838 GPI 0.8597 GPI 0.9075 GPI 4
1990s 0.9532 GPI 0.9454 GPI 0.9616 GPI 4
2000s 0.9846 GPI 0.9399 GPI 1.04 GPI 10
2010s 0.9799 GPI 0.9368 GPI 1.03 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 153 Australia 0.9406 GPI compare
  2. 154 United Arab Emirates 0.9399 GPI compare
  3. 155 Solomon Islands 0.9387 GPI compare
  4. 157 Laos 0.9327 GPI compare
  5. 158 Morocco 0.9266 GPI compare
  6. 159 United States Virgin Islands 0.9204 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Peru?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Peru was 0.9368 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 3.09 GPI in 1976.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7612 GPI in 1970.
How does Peru rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Peru ranks 156th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Peru 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
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.