Barbados vs Latin America & Caribbean: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index over time
- Barbados
- Latin America & Caribbean
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1.2 GPI against 1.06 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.14 GPI.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Latin America & Caribbean'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 ranks 4th of 175 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Latin America & Caribbean in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9752 GPI | 0.9761 GPI | 0.001 GPI | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 1980s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9936 GPI | 0.0201 GPI | Barbados |
| 1990s | 1.04 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 0.0209 GPI | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.15 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 0.1155 GPI | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1.2 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 0.1424 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?
- Barbados, at 1.2 GPI against 1.06 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2011.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean?
- 0.14 GPI, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2011.
- How do Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 3rd and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 4th 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.