Barbados vs Kuwait: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index

Barbados
1.2 GPI
in 2011
Kuwait
1.19 GPI
in 2015
Barbados rank
3rd
Kuwait rank
5th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Barbados
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1.2 GPI against 1.19 GPI in Kuwait, a difference of 0.01 GPI.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 3rd and Kuwait ranks 5th of 175 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Kuwait in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Kuwait Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9752 GPI 0.8378 GPI 0.1374 GPI Barbados
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.9458 GPI 0.068 GPI Barbados
1990s 1.04 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.0002 GPI Barbados
2000s 1.12 GPI 1.12 GPI 0.0034 GPI Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, Barbados or Kuwait?
Barbados, at 1.2 GPI against 1.19 GPI in Kuwait as of 2011.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Barbados and Kuwait?
0.01 GPI, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Kuwait?
11 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2001.
How do Barbados and Kuwait rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Barbados ranks 3rd and Kuwait ranks 5th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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 to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
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.