School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9801 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.9801 GPI
Change on year
down 2.7%
World rank
129th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.67 GPI
in 1993
All-time low
0.968 GPI
in 2004
Years of data
36
1972–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia, 1972–2019

00.511.51972199520191972: 1.2 GPI1973: 1.2 GPI1977: 1.3 GPI1981: 1.3 GPI1982: 1.3 GPI1983: 1.3 GPI1984: 1.3 GPI1985: 1.6 GPI1986: 1.6 GPI1987: 1.6 GPI1990: 1.5 GPI1991: 1.4 GPI1992: 1.5 GPI1993: 1.7 GPI1997: 1.3 GPI1999: 1.3 GPI2000: 1.3 GPI2001: 1.3 GPI2002: 1.3 GPI2003: 1.2 GPI2004: 0.968 GPI2005: 1.2 GPI2006: 1.2 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 0.989 GPI2011: 0.976 GPI2012: 0.99 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 0.994 GPI2015: 0.984 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 0.98 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Saint Lucia recorded 0.9801 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia peaked at 1.67 GPI in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.968 GPI, in 2004.

That places Saint Lucia 129th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.21 GPI 1.15 GPI 1.32 GPI 3
1980s 1.43 GPI 1.25 GPI 1.64 GPI 7
1990s 1.45 GPI 1.26 GPI 1.67 GPI 6
2000s 1.16 GPI 0.968 GPI 1.3 GPI 10
2010s 0.9944 GPI 0.9764 GPI 1.01 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  1. 126 Belarus 0.9844 GPI compare
  2. 127 Ukraine 0.9835 GPI compare
  3. 128 Portugal 0.9834 GPI compare
  4. 130 North Macedonia 0.9793 GPI compare
  5. 131 Bolivia 0.9777 GPI compare
  6. 132 Cyprus 0.9766 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia was 0.9801 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 1.67 GPI in 1993.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.968 GPI in 2004.
How does Saint Lucia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Saint Lucia ranks 129th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Saint Lucia 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
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.