School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in British Virgin Islands, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
British Virgin Islands recorded 1.03 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in British Virgin Islands peaked at 1.14 GPI in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.9546 GPI, in 1999.
British Virgin Islands ranks 36th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in British Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.01 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 1.09 GPI | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 1.09 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 1.11 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 1.12 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 1.14 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 1.11 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 1.13 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 1.08 GPI | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 1.05 GPI | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 0.9927 GPI | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 1.01 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 1.04 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 1.03 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.9546 GPI | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 1.02 GPI | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 1.02 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9772 GPI | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9948 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9833 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1.02 GPI | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.03 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPI | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9671 GPI | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9834 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9958 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9907 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.03 GPI | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.1 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.14 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 1.09 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 1.13 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9546 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 5 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9772 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9988 GPI | 0.9671 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 8 |
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More education data for British Virgin Islands
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 247 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 713 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -12.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 472 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,197 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 8.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,103 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -11.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -34.46 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in British Virgin Islands?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in British Virgin Islands was 1.03 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 1976.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9546 GPI in 1999.
- How does British Virgin Islands rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- British Virgin Islands ranks 36th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in British Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this British Virgin Islands 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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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.