Barbados vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time
- Barbados
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 2.25 GPI against 1.27 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.98 GPI.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.8 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
Barbados ranks 4th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 177 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8353 GPI | 0.8494 GPI | 0.0141 GPI | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 1.11 GPI | 0.9057 GPI | 0.2092 GPI | Barbados |
| 1990s | 1.68 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 0.6283 GPI | Barbados |
| 2000s | 2.38 GPI | 1.2 GPI | 1.17 GPI | Barbados |
| 2010s | 2.21 GPI | 1.26 GPI | 0.9521 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Barbados, at 2.25 GPI against 1.27 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2011.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 0.98 GPI, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 17 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, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 4th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th 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
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.