Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Saint Lucia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1.27 GPI
in 2019
Saint Lucia
2.1 GPI
in 2019
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
7th
Saint Lucia rank
6th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Saint Lucia
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How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports 2.1 GPI against 1.27 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.83 GPI.

That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.7 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Saint Lucia ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th and Saint Lucia ranks 6th of 45 groups.

Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Saint Lucia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8299 GPI 1.27 GPI 0.4362 GPI Saint Lucia
1980s 0.8944 GPI 1.21 GPI 0.3155 GPI Saint Lucia
1990s 1.08 GPI 2 GPI 0.9155 GPI Saint Lucia
2000s 1.22 GPI 3.07 GPI 1.85 GPI Saint Lucia
2010s 1.26 GPI 2.03 GPI 0.7686 GPI Saint Lucia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Saint Lucia?
Saint Lucia, at 2.1 GPI against 1.27 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Saint Lucia?
0.83 GPI, with Saint Lucia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Saint Lucia?
29 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2019.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Saint Lucia rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th and Saint Lucia ranks 6th of 45 groups.
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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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.