School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guatemala
Guatemala: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9728 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guatemala, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.9728 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guatemala peaked at 0.9728 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8057 GPI, in 1970.
Guatemala ranks 149th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8057 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.823 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 0.8266 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.8303 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.8397 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.8424 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.8534 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.8573 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8371 GPI | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8404 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.8435 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.8469 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.8629 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.8536 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.8731 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.871 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.8804 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8629 GPI | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8941 GPI | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9012 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9074 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9222 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9298 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9382 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9466 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9535 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9635 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9637 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9643 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9617 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9574 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.96 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9567 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9586 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9617 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9657 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9728 GPI | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8356 GPI | 0.8057 GPI | 0.8573 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8517 GPI | 0.8435 GPI | 0.8629 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.8718 GPI | 0.8629 GPI | 0.8804 GPI | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.9285 GPI | 0.8941 GPI | 0.9635 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9623 GPI | 0.9567 GPI | 0.9728 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 146 Greece 0.9755 GPI compare
- 147 El Salvador 0.9741 GPI compare
- 148 Switzerland 0.9734 GPI compare
- 150 Solomon Islands 0.9687 GPI compare
- 151 Germany 0.9686 GPI compare
- 152 Australia 0.9679 GPI compare
More education data for Guatemala
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 122,362 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guatemala?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guatemala was 0.9728 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9728 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8057 GPI in 1970.
- How does Guatemala rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Guatemala ranks 149th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 37 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.