Norway vs Portugal: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Norway
0.9795 GPI
in 2018
Portugal
0.9793 GPI
in 2018
Norway rank
139th
Portugal rank
140th

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

  • Norway
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 0.9795 GPI against 0.9793 GPI in Portugal, a difference of 0.0002 GPI.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 139th and Portugal ranks 140th of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 1.01 GPI 0.9545 GPI 0.0553 GPI Norway
1980s 1.02 GPI 0.951 GPI 0.0722 GPI Norway
1990s 0.9956 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0162 GPI Portugal
2000s 1 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0065 GPI Portugal
2010s 0.9868 GPI 0.9767 GPI 0.0102 GPI Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Norway or Portugal?
Norway, at 0.9795 GPI against 0.9793 GPI in Portugal as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Norway and Portugal?
0.0002 GPI, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Portugal?
39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Norway and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Norway ranks 139th and Portugal ranks 140th 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.