School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9129 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9129 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
41st
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9129 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.6367 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1970–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) stood at 0.9129 GPI. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 0.9129 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6367 GPI, in 1970.

That places Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 41st out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.6367 GPI
1971 0.637 GPI +0.0%
1972 0.6441 GPI +1.1%
1973 0.6509 GPI +1.0%
1974 0.6584 GPI +1.2%
1975 0.6586 GPI +0.0%
1976 0.6635 GPI +0.7%
1977 0.6712 GPI +1.2%
1978 0.683 GPI +1.8%
1979 0.6854 GPI +0.4%
1980 0.6973 GPI +1.7%
1981 0.7048 GPI +1.1%
1982 0.7299 GPI +3.6%
1983 0.7351 GPI +0.7%
1984 0.7411 GPI +0.8%
1985 0.7372 GPI -0.5%
1986 0.7436 GPI +0.9%
1987 0.7568 GPI +1.8%
1988 0.7496 GPI -0.9%
1989 0.7562 GPI +0.9%
1990 0.7615 GPI +0.7%
1991 0.7679 GPI +0.8%
1992 0.7714 GPI +0.5%
1993 0.7721 GPI +0.1%
1994 0.7665 GPI -0.7%
1995 0.7649 GPI -0.2%
1996 0.7609 GPI -0.5%
1997 0.7652 GPI +0.6%
1998 0.7654 GPI +0.0%
1999 0.7808 GPI +2.0%
2000 0.7944 GPI +1.7%
2001 0.8017 GPI +0.9%
2002 0.7954 GPI -0.8%
2003 0.8036 GPI +1.0%
2004 0.7986 GPI -0.6%
2005 0.8197 GPI +2.7%
2006 0.8304 GPI +1.3%
2007 0.8364 GPI +0.7%
2008 0.8463 GPI +1.2%
2009 0.857 GPI +1.3%
2010 0.8666 GPI +1.1%
2011 0.8758 GPI +1.1%
2012 0.8838 GPI +0.9%
2013 0.8911 GPI +0.8%
2014 0.8949 GPI +0.4%
2015 0.9052 GPI +1.2%
2016 0.9079 GPI +0.3%
2017 0.9102 GPI +0.3%
2018 0.9106 GPI +0.0%
2019 0.9129 GPI +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6589 GPI 0.6367 GPI 0.6854 GPI 10
1980s 0.7352 GPI 0.6973 GPI 0.7568 GPI 10
1990s 0.7676 GPI 0.7609 GPI 0.7808 GPI 10
2000s 0.8183 GPI 0.7944 GPI 0.857 GPI 10
2010s 0.8959 GPI 0.8666 GPI 0.9129 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

  1. 38 Sweden 1.03 GPI compare
  2. 39 Bahamas 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 40 Philippines 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 41 Comoros 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 42 Sri Lanka 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 43 Timor-Leste 1.03 GPI compare
  7. 44 Mauritius 1.02 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.9129 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9129 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6367 GPI in 1970.
How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 41st out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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
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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.