El Salvador vs Switzerland: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index

El Salvador
0.9851 GPI
in 2018
Switzerland
0.9878 GPI
in 2018
El Salvador rank
132nd
Switzerland rank
129th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.9878 GPI against 0.9851 GPI in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0027 GPI.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1978 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 132nd and Switzerland ranks 129th of 175 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Switzerland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Switzerland Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9047 GPI 0.8771 GPI 0.0276 GPI El Salvador
1980s 0.9823 GPI 0.9078 GPI 0.0745 GPI El Salvador
1990s 0.9657 GPI 0.9388 GPI 0.0269 GPI El Salvador
2000s 0.9754 GPI 0.9658 GPI 0.0096 GPI El Salvador
2010s 0.9752 GPI 0.99 GPI 0.0148 GPI Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, El Salvador or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 0.9878 GPI against 0.9851 GPI in El Salvador as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between El Salvador and Switzerland?
0.0027 GPI, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Switzerland?
23 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Switzerland rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
El Salvador ranks 132nd and Switzerland ranks 129th 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.