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

Bulgaria
0.9757 GPI
in 2018
Türkiye
0.9783 GPI
in 2018
Bulgaria rank
145th
Türkiye rank
142nd

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

  • Bulgaria
  • Türkiye
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How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 0.9783 GPI against 0.9757 GPI in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0026 GPI.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 145th and Türkiye ranks 142nd of 193 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Türkiye Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9902 GPI 0.678 GPI 0.3122 GPI Bulgaria
1980s 0.9942 GPI 0.763 GPI 0.2312 GPI Bulgaria
1990s 0.9918 GPI 0.7916 GPI 0.2002 GPI Bulgaria
2000s 0.9774 GPI 0.8696 GPI 0.1077 GPI Bulgaria
2010s 0.9763 GPI 0.968 GPI 0.0083 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 Türkiye?
Türkiye, at 0.9783 GPI against 0.9757 GPI in Bulgaria as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Bulgaria and Türkiye?
0.0026 GPI, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Türkiye?
41 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Bulgaria and Türkiye rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Bulgaria ranks 145th and Türkiye ranks 142nd 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.