School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9387 GPI in 2012. ▲ Rising

Latest (2012)
0.9387 GPI
Change on year
up 4.0%
World rank
155th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.9387 GPI
in 2012
All-time low
0.3569 GPI
in 1975
Years of data
19
1970–2012

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Solomon Islands, 1970–2012

00.20.40.60.811970199120121970: 0.389 GPI1971: 0.412 GPI1975: 0.357 GPI1986: 0.639 GPI1990: 0.616 GPI1991: 0.59 GPI1992: 0.615 GPI1993: 0.603 GPI1994: 0.643 GPI1999: 0.743 GPI2000: 0.776 GPI2001: 0.799 GPI2002: 0.794 GPI2005: 0.815 GPI2006: 0.81 GPI2007: 0.804 GPI2010: 0.855 GPI2011: 0.903 GPI2012: 0.939 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2012, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Solomon Islands stood at 0.9387 GPI. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Solomon Islands peaked at 0.9387 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3569 GPI, in 1975.

That places Solomon Islands 155th out of 195 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Solomon Islands, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Solomon Islands, 1970 to 2012.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.3893 GPI —
1971 0.4116 GPI +5.7%
1975 0.3569 GPI -13.3%
1986 0.6388 GPI +79.0%
1990 0.6165 GPI -3.5%
1991 0.5896 GPI -4.4%
1992 0.6153 GPI +4.4%
1993 0.6032 GPI -2.0%
1994 0.6434 GPI +6.7%
1999 0.7433 GPI +15.5%
2000 0.7758 GPI +4.4%
2001 0.7992 GPI +3.0%
2002 0.7937 GPI -0.7%
2005 0.8152 GPI +2.7%
2006 0.8103 GPI -0.6%
2007 0.8037 GPI -0.8%
2010 0.8548 GPI +6.3%
2011 0.9026 GPI +5.6%
2012 0.9387 GPI +4.0%

Solomon Islands compared with similar countries

  • Solomon Islands's 0.9387 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9975 GPI, 94% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
  • Solomon Islands's 0.9387 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.04 GPI, 91% of the median. (29 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Solomon Islands 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
1986 +79.0% 0.3569 GPI 0.6388 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3859 GPI 0.3569 GPI 0.4116 GPI 3
1980s 0.6388 GPI 0.6388 GPI 0.6388 GPI 1
1990s 0.6352 GPI 0.5896 GPI 0.7433 GPI 6
2000s 0.7997 GPI 0.7758 GPI 0.8152 GPI 6
2010s 0.8987 GPI 0.8548 GPI 0.9387 GPI 3

Countries ranked near Solomon Islands

  1. 152 Greece 0.9496 GPI compare
  2. 153 Australia 0.9406 GPI compare
  3. 154 United Arab Emirates 0.9399 GPI compare
  4. 156 Peru 0.9368 GPI compare
  5. 157 Laos 0.9327 GPI compare
  6. 158 Morocco 0.9266 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 Solomon Islands?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Solomon Islands was 0.9387 GPI in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Solomon Islands?
The highest recorded value was 0.9387 GPI in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Solomon Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3569 GPI in 1975.
How does Solomon Islands rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Solomon Islands ranks 155th out of 195 countries with data for 2012.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Solomon Islands 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.