French Polynesia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

French Polynesia
1.09 GPI
in 1993
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1.01 GPI
in 2019
French Polynesia rank
4th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
3rd

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

  • French Polynesia
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 1.09 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.08 GPI.

That makes French Polynesia's figure about 1.1 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 5 years both countries report, French Polynesia has been ahead every year.

French Polynesia ranks 4th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 3rd of 193 countries.

French Polynesia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade French Polynesia Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 1.05 GPI 1 GPI 0.0426 GPI French Polynesia
1990s 1.08 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0672 GPI French Polynesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, French Polynesia or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
French Polynesia, at 1.09 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 1993.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between French Polynesia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
0.08 GPI, with French Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Polynesia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
5 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 1993.
How do French Polynesia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
French Polynesia ranks 4th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 3rd 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.