Bulgaria vs El Salvador: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Bulgaria
0.9757 GPI
in 2018
El Salvador
0.9741 GPI
in 2018
Bulgaria rank
145th
El Salvador rank
147th

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

  • Bulgaria
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.9757 GPI against 0.9741 GPI in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0016 GPI.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 145th and El Salvador ranks 147th of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 4 and El Salvador in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria El Salvador Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9913 GPI 0.9248 GPI 0.0665 GPI Bulgaria
1980s 0.9921 GPI 1 GPI 0.0093 GPI El Salvador
1990s 0.9883 GPI 0.9838 GPI 0.0046 GPI Bulgaria
2000s 0.9774 GPI 0.9644 GPI 0.013 GPI Bulgaria
2010s 0.9763 GPI 0.9675 GPI 0.0088 GPI Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Bulgaria or El Salvador?
Bulgaria, at 0.9757 GPI against 0.9741 GPI in El Salvador as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Bulgaria and El Salvador?
0.0016 GPI, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and El Salvador?
38 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Bulgaria and El Salvador rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Bulgaria ranks 145th and El Salvador ranks 147th of 193 countries.
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.