Cuba vs Sweden: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

Cuba
1.58 GPI
in 2018
Sweden
1.58 GPI
in 2018
Cuba rank
32nd
Sweden rank
31st

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Cuba
  • Sweden
0.511.52197119942018

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.58 GPI against 1.58 GPI in Cuba, a difference of 0 GPI.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sweden ahead.

Cuba ranks 32nd and Sweden ranks 31st of 177 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 0.5947 GPI 0.8043 GPI 0.2095 GPI Sweden
1980s 1.17 GPI 1.1 GPI 0.0749 GPI Cuba
1990s 1.43 GPI 1.28 GPI 0.1555 GPI Cuba
2000s 1.5 GPI 1.51 GPI 0.0183 GPI Sweden
2010s 1.57 GPI 1.54 GPI 0.0337 GPI Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, Cuba or Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.58 GPI against 1.58 GPI in Cuba as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Cuba and Sweden?
0 GPI, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Sweden?
41 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Cuba and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Cuba ranks 32nd and Sweden ranks 31st 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.