School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA total
IDA total: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9311 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA total, 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 total is 0.9311 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA total peaked at 0.9311 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6037 GPI, in 1970.
IDA total ranks 35th 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 total, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6037 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6058 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.6172 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 0.623 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.6259 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.6312 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.637 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.65 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6686 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6754 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.6856 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.6987 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7121 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.6966 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7029 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7134 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7312 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.7369 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.7388 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.7508 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7501 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.76 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.767 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7714 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.7761 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7818 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7886 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7952 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.7997 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8101 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8209 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8308 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8277 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8393 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8344 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8534 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8633 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8725 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8826 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8908 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8993 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9045 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9147 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.916 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.92 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9267 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9251 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9283 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9286 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9311 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6338 GPI | 0.6037 GPI | 0.6754 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7167 GPI | 0.6856 GPI | 0.7508 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.78 GPI | 0.7501 GPI | 0.8101 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8516 GPI | 0.8209 GPI | 0.8908 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9194 GPI | 0.8993 GPI | 0.9311 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 32 Malaysia 1.03 GPI compare
- 33 Croatia 1.03 GPI compare
- 34 San Marino 1.03 GPI compare
- 35 Tuvalu 1.03 GPI compare
- 36 British Virgin Islands 1.03 GPI compare
- 37 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 GPI compare
- 38 Sweden 1.03 GPI compare
More education data for IDA total
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 7.15 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0037 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7.15 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 98.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total 757.58 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA total?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in IDA total was 0.9311 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 total?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9311 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6037 GPI in 1970.
- How does IDA total rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- IDA total ranks 35th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.