Barbados vs Caribbean Small States: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

Barbados
2.25 GPI
in 2011
Caribbean Small States
1.75 GPI
in 2016
Barbados rank
4th
Caribbean Small States rank
1st

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Barbados
  • Caribbean Small States
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 2.25 GPI against 1.75 GPI in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 0.5 GPI.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.3 times Caribbean Small States's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Caribbean Small States ahead.

Barbados ranks 4th and Caribbean Small States ranks 1st of 177 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Caribbean Small States in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Caribbean Small States Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8353 GPI 0.9245 GPI 0.0892 GPI Caribbean Small States
1980s 1.11 GPI 1.05 GPI 0.0642 GPI Barbados
1990s 1.68 GPI 1.35 GPI 0.3344 GPI Barbados
2000s 2.38 GPI 1.92 GPI 0.4551 GPI Barbados
2010s 2.21 GPI 2.03 GPI 0.1887 GPI Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, Barbados or Caribbean Small States?
Barbados, at 2.25 GPI against 1.75 GPI in Caribbean Small States as of 2011.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Barbados and Caribbean Small States?
0.5 GPI, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Caribbean Small States?
17 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2011.
How do Barbados and Caribbean Small States rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Barbados ranks 4th and Caribbean Small States ranks 1st of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, 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, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
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.