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

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1.01 GPI
in 2019
Tunisia
1.07 GPI
in 2016
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
3rd
Tunisia rank
6th

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

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

Tunisia currently reports 1.07 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.06 GPI.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 3rd and Tunisia ranks 6th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 3 and Tunisia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Tunisia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.984 GPI 0.6239 GPI 0.3601 GPI Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 0.9971 GPI 0.7599 GPI 0.2372 GPI Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 1.01 GPI 0.9049 GPI 0.1011 GPI Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 1.02 GPI 1.03 GPI 0.0102 GPI Tunisia
2010s 1.02 GPI 1.05 GPI 0.0313 GPI Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Tunisia?
Tunisia, at 1.07 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Tunisia?
0.06 GPI, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Tunisia?
39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Tunisia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 3rd and Tunisia ranks 6th of 45 groups.
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.