Jamaica vs Upper middle income: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time
- Jamaica
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 1.74 GPI against 1.18 GPI in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.56 GPI.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Jamaica ranks 17th and Upper middle income ranks 15th of 177 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.611 GPI | 0.9904 GPI | 0.3794 GPI | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 2.13 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.07 GPI | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 2.15 GPI | 1.15 GPI | 0.9991 GPI | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, Jamaica or Upper middle income?
- Jamaica, at 1.74 GPI against 1.18 GPI in Upper middle income as of 2015.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 0.56 GPI, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2015.
- How do Jamaica and Upper middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Jamaica ranks 17th and Upper middle income ranks 15th 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.