Arab World vs British Virgin Islands: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Arab World
0.9481 GPI
in 2019
British Virgin Islands
1.03 GPI
in 2018
Arab World rank
35th
British Virgin Islands rank
36th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Arab World
  • British Virgin Islands
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How they compare

British Virgin Islands currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9481 GPI in Arab World, a difference of 0.0819 GPI.

That makes British Virgin Islands's figure about 1.1 times Arab World's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, British Virgin Islands has been ahead every year.

Arab World ranks 35th and British Virgin Islands ranks 36th of 45 groups.

British Virgin Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Arab World British Virgin Islands Difference Ahead
1970s 0.6344 GPI 1.1 GPI 0.4613 GPI British Virgin Islands
1980s 0.7282 GPI 1.09 GPI 0.3588 GPI British Virgin Islands
1990s 0.8095 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.1958 GPI British Virgin Islands
2000s 0.8955 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.1131 GPI British Virgin Islands
2010s 0.9369 GPI 0.9988 GPI 0.0619 GPI British Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Arab World or British Virgin Islands?
British Virgin Islands, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9481 GPI in Arab World as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Arab World and British Virgin Islands?
0.0819 GPI, with British Virgin Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Arab World and British Virgin Islands?
32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Arab World and British Virgin Islands rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Arab World ranks 35th and British Virgin Islands ranks 36th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 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.