School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Greece
Greece: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9755 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Greece, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Greece is 0.9755 GPI, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Greece peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.9036 GPI, in 1974.
That places Greece 146th out of 193 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Greece, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9042 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.9039 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.9039 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.9036 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.9058 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.9148 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.9238 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.9383 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.9465 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.9489 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.9664 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.9728 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.996 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.9983 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.998 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.9926 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.9846 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.9813 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9817 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.9876 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.9885 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9938 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 1.01 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.9828 GPI | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 1.02 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 1.01 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 1.02 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.02 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.02 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.03 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.02 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9962 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9826 GPI | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.97 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9652 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9605 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9732 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9805 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9755 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9757 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9666 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9621 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9664 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9715 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9755 GPI | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9161 GPI | 0.9036 GPI | 0.9465 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9821 GPI | 0.9489 GPI | 0.9983 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9828 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9903 GPI | 0.9605 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9719 GPI | 0.9621 GPI | 0.9805 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 143 Austria 0.9772 GPI compare
- 144 Russian Federation 0.9771 GPI compare
- 145 Bulgaria 0.9757 GPI compare
- 147 El Salvador 0.9741 GPI compare
- 148 Switzerland 0.9734 GPI compare
- 149 Guatemala 0.9728 GPI compare
More education data for Greece
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 70,680 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.02 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Greece?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Greece was 0.9755 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2000.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9036 GPI in 1974.
- How does Greece rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Greece ranks 146th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.