Barbados vs Saint Lucia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

Barbados
2.25 GPI
in 2011
Saint Lucia
2.1 GPI
in 2019
Barbados rank
4th
Saint Lucia rank
6th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Barbados
  • Saint Lucia
12345197119952019

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 2.25 GPI against 2.1 GPI in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.15 GPI.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Saint Lucia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 4th and Saint Lucia ranks 6th of 177 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Saint Lucia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Saint Lucia Difference Ahead
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.9521 GPI 0.0548 GPI Barbados
2000s 2.17 GPI 2.43 GPI 0.2521 GPI Saint Lucia
2010s 2.21 GPI 2.13 GPI 0.0885 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 Saint Lucia?
Barbados, at 2.25 GPI against 2.1 GPI in Saint Lucia as of 2011.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Barbados and Saint Lucia?
0.15 GPI, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Saint Lucia?
7 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2011.
How do Barbados and Saint Lucia rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Barbados ranks 4th and Saint Lucia ranks 6th 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.