School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA blend

IDA blend: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9135 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9135 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
40th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9155 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.5957 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA blend, 1970–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

IDA blend recorded 0.9135 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA blend peaked at 0.9155 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.5957 GPI, in 1970.

IDA blend ranks 40th of 43 groups on this measure, 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 IDA blend, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in IDA blend, 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.5957 GPI
1971 0.6046 GPI +1.5%
1972 0.6169 GPI +2.0%
1973 0.633 GPI +2.6%
1974 0.6412 GPI +1.3%
1975 0.6467 GPI +0.9%
1976 0.6522 GPI +0.8%
1977 0.6679 GPI +2.4%
1978 0.7062 GPI +5.7%
1979 0.7198 GPI +1.9%
1980 0.7246 GPI +0.7%
1981 0.7345 GPI +1.4%
1982 0.7362 GPI +0.2%
1983 0.7072 GPI -3.9%
1984 0.6931 GPI -2.0%
1985 0.7246 GPI +4.5%
1986 0.7557 GPI +4.3%
1987 0.759 GPI +0.4%
1988 0.7449 GPI -1.9%
1989 0.7644 GPI +2.6%
1990 0.7494 GPI -2.0%
1991 0.759 GPI +1.3%
1992 0.7661 GPI +0.9%
1993 0.769 GPI +0.4%
1994 0.7765 GPI +1.0%
1995 0.7843 GPI +1.0%
1996 0.7963 GPI +1.5%
1997 0.8009 GPI +0.6%
1998 0.8004 GPI -0.1%
1999 0.8022 GPI +0.2%
2000 0.8062 GPI +0.5%
2001 0.8158 GPI +1.2%
2002 0.8064 GPI -1.2%
2003 0.8292 GPI +2.8%
2004 0.829 GPI -0.0%
2005 0.8446 GPI +1.9%
2006 0.8546 GPI +1.2%
2007 0.8689 GPI +1.7%
2008 0.8792 GPI +1.2%
2009 0.8928 GPI +1.6%
2010 0.894 GPI +0.1%
2011 0.8935 GPI -0.1%
2012 0.9141 GPI +2.3%
2013 0.9129 GPI -0.1%
2014 0.9155 GPI +0.3%
2015 0.9143 GPI -0.1%
2016 0.906 GPI -0.9%
2017 0.908 GPI +0.2%
2018 0.9086 GPI +0.1%
2019 0.9135 GPI +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6484 GPI 0.5957 GPI 0.7198 GPI 10
1980s 0.7344 GPI 0.6931 GPI 0.7644 GPI 10
1990s 0.7804 GPI 0.7494 GPI 0.8022 GPI 10
2000s 0.8427 GPI 0.8062 GPI 0.8928 GPI 10
2010s 0.9081 GPI 0.8935 GPI 0.9155 GPI 10

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  4. 40 Philippines 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 41 Comoros 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 42 Sri Lanka 1.03 GPI compare
  7. 43 East Timor 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA blend?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA blend was 0.9135 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in IDA blend?
The highest recorded value was 0.9155 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in IDA blend?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5957 GPI in 1970.
How does IDA blend rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
IDA blend ranks 40th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in IDA blend?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this IDA blend 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.