Barbados vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index over time
- Barbados
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1.2 GPI against 1.06 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.14 GPI.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 3rd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 175 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9752 GPI | 0.9732 GPI | 0.0019 GPI | Barbados |
| 1980s | 1.01 GPI | 0.992 GPI | 0.0218 GPI | Barbados |
| 1990s | 1.04 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 0.0219 GPI | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.15 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 0.1155 GPI | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1.2 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 0.1427 GPI | Barbados |
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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Barbados, at 1.2 GPI against 1.06 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2011.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 0.14 GPI, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2011.
- How do Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 3rd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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
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.