School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IBRD only
IBRD only: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IBRD only, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
IBRD only recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.
The figure is up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IBRD only peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7685 GPI, in 1974.
IBRD only ranks 10th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top 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 IBRD only, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7763 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7739 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.7709 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.7686 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7685 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7999 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 0.8145 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.8163 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.8179 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.8181 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.8176 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8163 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.8138 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8233 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.8213 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.8277 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.8376 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.8473 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.851 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.8545 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.8601 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.8683 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8748 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8805 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8903 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8958 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.9004 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.908 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.9153 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.922 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9246 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9294 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9349 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9618 GPI | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.964 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9685 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9722 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9765 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9851 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9936 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9911 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9922 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9954 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1 GPI | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7925 GPI | 0.7685 GPI | 0.8181 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.831 GPI | 0.8138 GPI | 0.8545 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8916 GPI | 0.8601 GPI | 0.922 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9611 GPI | 0.9246 GPI | 0.9936 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9911 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near IBRD only
- 7 Palestine, State of 1.07 GPI compare
- 8 Mauritania 1.06 GPI compare
- 9 Belgium 1.06 GPI compare
- 10 Bhutan 1.06 GPI compare
- 11 Seychelles 1.06 GPI compare
- 12 Samoa 1.06 GPI compare
- 13 Libya 1.06 GPI compare
More education data for IBRD only
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 21.35 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0043 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 21.35 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 105.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 106.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4683 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IBRD only?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IBRD only was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7685 GPI in 1974.
- How does IBRD only rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- IBRD only ranks 10th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IBRD only 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.