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

Bulgaria
0.9757 GPI
in 2018
Switzerland
0.9734 GPI
in 2018
Bulgaria rank
145th
Switzerland rank
148th

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

  • Bulgaria
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.9757 GPI against 0.9734 GPI in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0023 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 145th and Switzerland ranks 148th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Switzerland Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9858 GPI 0.9324 GPI 0.0534 GPI Bulgaria
1980s 0.9934 GPI 0.9558 GPI 0.0376 GPI Bulgaria
1990s 0.9904 GPI 0.9655 GPI 0.0248 GPI Bulgaria
2000s 0.9774 GPI 0.9699 GPI 0.0075 GPI Bulgaria
2010s 0.9762 GPI 0.9815 GPI 0.0053 GPI Switzerland

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 Switzerland?
Bulgaria, at 0.9757 GPI against 0.9734 GPI in Switzerland as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Bulgaria and Switzerland?
0.0023 GPI, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Switzerland?
39 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2018.
How do Bulgaria and Switzerland rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Bulgaria ranks 145th and Switzerland ranks 148th 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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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.