School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iceland
Iceland: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9965 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iceland, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iceland stood at 0.9965 GPI.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iceland peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.9134 GPI, in 1971.
Iceland ranks 106th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iceland, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9134 GPI | — |
| 1975 | 0.9263 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.9236 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.9466 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.9619 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.9575 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.962 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.9762 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.9759 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9905 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.99 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.9846 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9894 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.01 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1.02 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1.02 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 1.02 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.02 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.02 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9956 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 1.03 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 1 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9963 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9978 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9965 GPI | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9275 GPI | 0.9134 GPI | 0.9466 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.9667 GPI | 0.9575 GPI | 0.9762 GPI | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.9962 GPI | 0.9846 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9956 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPI | 0.9963 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- 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 2,022 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 3,568 (2023)
- 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 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iceland?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iceland was 0.9965 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2007.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9134 GPI in 1971.
- How does Iceland rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Iceland ranks 106th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.