School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9875 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cayman Islands, 1972–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Cayman Islands recorded 0.9875 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.
That represents a change of down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cayman Islands peaked at 1.2 GPI in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.9167 GPI, in 1999.
Cayman Islands ranks 124th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cayman Islands, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1.2 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 1.11 GPI | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 1.12 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 1.13 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 1.12 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 1.07 GPI | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 1.07 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.9818 GPI | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9167 GPI | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9873 GPI | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9544 GPI | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 1 GPI | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 1 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9442 GPI | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9588 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9704 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.01 GPI | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 1 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9875 GPI | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.12 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 1.2 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9818 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.9167 GPI | 0.9167 GPI | 0.9167 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9786 GPI | 0.9442 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9875 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 4 |
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More education data for Cayman Islands
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 912 (2008)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 45.69 % change on previous year (2008)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 274 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 49 (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cayman Islands?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cayman Islands was 0.9875 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2 GPI in 1972.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9167 GPI in 1999.
- How does Cayman Islands rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Cayman Islands ranks 124th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cayman Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cayman 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.