Finland vs Middle income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Finland
1.05 GPI
in 2018
Middle income
0.9945 GPI
in 2019
Finland rank
15th
Middle income rank
19th

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

  • Finland
  • Middle income
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 1.05 GPI against 0.9945 GPI in Middle income, a difference of 0.0555 GPI.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Middle income's.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.

Finland ranks 15th and Middle income ranks 19th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 1.04 GPI 0.7776 GPI 0.2596 GPI Finland
1980s 1.07 GPI 0.8135 GPI 0.2585 GPI Finland
1990s 1.08 GPI 0.8769 GPI 0.2051 GPI Finland
2000s 1.03 GPI 0.9464 GPI 0.0883 GPI Finland
2010s 1.04 GPI 0.9966 GPI 0.0443 GPI Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Finland or Middle income?
Finland, at 1.05 GPI against 0.9945 GPI in Middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Finland and Middle income?
0.0555 GPI, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Middle income?
46 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.
How do Finland and Middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Finland ranks 15th and Middle income ranks 19th 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.