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

El Salvador
0.9741 GPI
in 2018
Switzerland
0.9734 GPI
in 2018
El Salvador rank
147th
Switzerland rank
148th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.9741 GPI against 0.9734 GPI in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0007 GPI.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1978 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 147th and Switzerland ranks 148th of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Switzerland Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9366 GPI 0.9324 GPI 0.0042 GPI El Salvador
1980s 1 GPI 0.9572 GPI 0.0443 GPI El Salvador
1990s 0.9838 GPI 0.9649 GPI 0.0188 GPI El Salvador
2000s 0.9644 GPI 0.9699 GPI 0.0055 GPI Switzerland
2010s 0.9669 GPI 0.9815 GPI 0.0145 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, El Salvador or Switzerland?
El Salvador, at 0.9741 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 El Salvador and Switzerland?
0.0007 GPI, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Switzerland?
30 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Switzerland rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
El Salvador ranks 147th 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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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.