Kiribati vs Latin America & Caribbean: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Kiribati
1.07 GPI
in 2008
Latin America & Caribbean
1.01 GPI
in 2019
Kiribati rank
5th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
5th

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

  • Kiribati
  • Latin America & Caribbean
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 1.07 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.06 GPI.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.1 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

Kiribati ranks 5th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 5th of 193 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 2 and Latin America & Caribbean in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Latin America & Caribbean Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9485 GPI 0.9853 GPI 0.0368 GPI Latin America & Caribbean
1980s 0.9967 GPI 0.9978 GPI 0.0012 GPI Latin America & Caribbean
1990s 1.05 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0399 GPI Kiribati
2000s 1.08 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.0673 GPI Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Kiribati or Latin America & Caribbean?
Kiribati, at 1.07 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2008.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Kiribati and Latin America & Caribbean?
0.06 GPI, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Latin America & Caribbean?
32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2008.
How do Kiribati and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Kiribati ranks 5th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 5th 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.