Ireland vs Spain: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index

Ireland
1.05 GPI
in 2018
Spain
1.05 GPI
in 2018
Ireland rank
70th
Spain rank
68th

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

  • Ireland
  • Spain
00.250.50.751197119942018

How they compare

Spain currently reports 1.05 GPI against 1.05 GPI in Ireland, a difference of 0 GPI.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 70th and Spain ranks 68th of 175 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Spain Difference Ahead
1970s 1 GPI 0.9249 GPI 0.0788 GPI Ireland
1980s 1.02 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.0032 GPI Ireland
1990s 1.03 GPI 1.05 GPI 0.0178 GPI Spain
2000s 1.04 GPI 1.06 GPI 0.0194 GPI Spain
2010s 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.0287 GPI Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, Ireland or Spain?
Spain, at 1.05 GPI against 1.05 GPI in Ireland as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Ireland and Spain?
0 GPI, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Spain?
46 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Ireland and Spain rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Ireland ranks 70th and Spain ranks 68th 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.