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

Kuwait
1.05 GPI
in 2015
Middle income
0.9945 GPI
in 2019
Kuwait rank
16th
Middle income rank
18th

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

  • Kuwait
  • Middle income
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How they compare

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

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

Across all 43 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 16th and Middle income ranks 18th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8499 GPI 0.7751 GPI 0.0748 GPI Kuwait
1980s 0.9212 GPI 0.8135 GPI 0.1077 GPI Kuwait
1990s 1.01 GPI 0.8797 GPI 0.1267 GPI Kuwait
2000s 1.04 GPI 0.9492 GPI 0.0906 GPI Kuwait
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.9927 GPI 0.0324 GPI Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Kuwait or Middle income?
Kuwait, at 1.05 GPI against 0.9945 GPI in Middle income as of 2015.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Kuwait and Middle income?
0.0555 GPI, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Middle income?
43 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do Kuwait and Middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Kuwait ranks 16th and Middle income ranks 18th 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.