School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in High income
High income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9945 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in High income, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in High income is 0.9945 GPI, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in High income peaked at 1 GPI in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.9019 GPI, in 1970.
That places High income 17th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 High income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9019 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.9024 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.9042 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.9203 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.9281 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.9436 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.9584 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.9672 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.9798 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.9812 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.9876 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.993 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.99 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.9898 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9905 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.9918 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9941 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.993 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.9902 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9884 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9879 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.9894 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9898 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9871 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9864 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9904 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9894 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.9956 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 1 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9938 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9973 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9947 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9961 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9979 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9968 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9957 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9952 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9939 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9957 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9936 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9949 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9936 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9961 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9986 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9997 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9948 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9929 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9954 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9945 GPI | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9387 GPI | 0.9019 GPI | 0.9812 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9908 GPI | 0.9876 GPI | 0.9941 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.992 GPI | 0.9864 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9957 GPI | 0.9938 GPI | 0.9979 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9954 GPI | 0.9929 GPI | 0.9997 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near High income
More education data for High income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.16 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6.16 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0043 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 45.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in High income?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in High income was 0.9945 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 1998.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9019 GPI in 1970.
- How does High income rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- High income ranks 17th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this High income 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.