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

El Salvador
0.9741 GPI
in 2018
Guatemala
0.9728 GPI
in 2019
El Salvador rank
147th
Guatemala rank
149th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.9741 GPI against 0.9728 GPI in Guatemala, a difference of 0.0013 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 147th and Guatemala ranks 149th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Guatemala Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9235 GPI 0.8356 GPI 0.0879 GPI El Salvador
1980s 0.9952 GPI 0.8486 GPI 0.1466 GPI El Salvador
1990s 0.9656 GPI 0.8721 GPI 0.0935 GPI El Salvador
2000s 0.9644 GPI 0.9285 GPI 0.0359 GPI El Salvador
2010s 0.9675 GPI 0.9611 GPI 0.0064 GPI El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, El Salvador or Guatemala?
El Salvador, at 0.9741 GPI against 0.9728 GPI in Guatemala as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between El Salvador and Guatemala?
0.0013 GPI, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
33 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
El Salvador ranks 147th and Guatemala ranks 149th 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.