El Salvador vs Switzerland: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

El Salvador
1.06 GPI
in 2018
Switzerland
1.04 GPI
in 2018
El Salvador rank
116th
Switzerland rank
118th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • El Salvador
  • Switzerland
0.40.60.811.2197319952018

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.06 GPI against 1.04 GPI in Switzerland, a difference of 0.02 GPI.

Across all 30 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 116th and Switzerland ranks 118th of 177 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Switzerland Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4597 GPI 0.3733 GPI 0.0864 GPI El Salvador
1980s 0.6995 GPI 0.4781 GPI 0.2213 GPI El Salvador
1990s 1.03 GPI 0.6423 GPI 0.392 GPI El Salvador
2000s 1.09 GPI 0.8563 GPI 0.2305 GPI El Salvador
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0195 GPI El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, El Salvador or Switzerland?
El Salvador, at 1.06 GPI against 1.04 GPI in Switzerland as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between El Salvador and Switzerland?
0.02 GPI, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Switzerland?
30 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Switzerland rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
El Salvador ranks 116th and Switzerland ranks 118th 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.