School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Australia

Australia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9679 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.9679 GPI
Change on year
up 3.2%
World rank
152nd
of 193 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 1997
All-time low
0.9279 GPI
in 2016
Years of data
9
1993–2018

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Australia, 1993–2018

00.250.50.7511993200520181993: 0.997 GPI1994: 0.994 GPI1995: 0.991 GPI1996: 0.991 GPI1997: 1 GPI2015: 0.928 GPI2016: 0.928 GPI2017: 0.938 GPI2018: 0.968 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Australia stood at 0.9679 GPI.

That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 4.2% over five years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Australia peaked at 1.02 GPI in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.9279 GPI, in 2016.

Australia ranks 152nd of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Australia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Australia, 1993 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1993 0.997 GPI
1994 0.9935 GPI -0.4%
1995 0.9907 GPI -0.3%
1996 0.9907 GPI +0.0%
1997 1.02 GPI +2.9%
2015 0.9284 GPI -8.9%
2016 0.9279 GPI -0.1%
2017 0.9379 GPI +1.1%
2018 0.9679 GPI +3.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9982 GPI 0.9907 GPI 1.02 GPI 5
2010s 0.9405 GPI 0.9279 GPI 0.9679 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 149 Guatemala 0.9728 GPI compare
  2. 150 Solomon Islands 0.9687 GPI compare
  3. 151 Germany 0.9686 GPI compare
  4. 153 Zimbabwe 0.9677 GPI compare
  5. 154 Gabon 0.9674 GPI compare
  6. 155 Qatar 0.9631 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Australia?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Australia was 0.9679 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 1997.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9279 GPI in 2016.
How does Australia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Australia ranks 152nd out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 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.