School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA only
IDA only: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9388 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA only, 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 IDA only is 0.9388 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA only peaked at 0.9388 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5982 GPI, in 1971.
That places IDA only 34th 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 IDA only, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5989 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5982 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.61 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.6118 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6124 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6182 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.6244 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6362 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.6455 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6483 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.6609 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6752 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.6945 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.6868 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.706 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7035 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7137 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7207 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7321 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.7398 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.7474 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7577 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7648 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7702 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7733 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.778 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7822 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7901 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.7977 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.813 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8276 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8374 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8369 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.843 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8362 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8569 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8666 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8731 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8829 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8888 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9006 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9085 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9141 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9169 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9213 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9319 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9334 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9371 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9373 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9388 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6204 GPI | 0.5982 GPI | 0.6483 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7033 GPI | 0.6609 GPI | 0.7398 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7775 GPI | 0.7474 GPI | 0.813 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.855 GPI | 0.8276 GPI | 0.8888 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.924 GPI | 0.9006 GPI | 0.9388 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for IDA only
- Population ages 0-14 37.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.00 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5.00 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 101.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 476.44 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA only?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA only was 0.9388 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 only?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9388 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5982 GPI in 1971.
- How does IDA only rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- IDA only ranks 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA 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.