School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kiribati
Kiribati: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.07 GPI in 2008. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kiribati, 1971–2008
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 1.07 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2008.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kiribati peaked at 1.1 GPI in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.926 GPI, in 1973.
That places Kiribati 5th out of 193 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9285 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.964 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 0.926 GPI | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 0.9421 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.9557 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.9745 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.9557 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.9856 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 0.9946 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.9966 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.9935 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 1.01 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 1.01 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 1 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 1.01 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1.01 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 1.03 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 1.03 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 1.06 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 1.07 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.04 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 1.09 GPI | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 1.08 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.1 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1.08 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 1.07 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.1 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 1.07 GPI | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 1.08 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1.09 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.07 GPI | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9485 GPI | 0.926 GPI | 0.9745 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.9967 GPI | 0.9557 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.05 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.08 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 1.1 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 2 Senegal 1.14 GPI compare
- 3 Bangladesh 1.11 GPI compare
- 4 French Polynesia 1.09 GPI compare
- 6 Tunisia 1.07 GPI compare
- 7 Palestine 1.07 GPI compare
- 8 Mauritania 1.06 GPI compare
More education data for Kiribati
- 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 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 734 (2024)
- 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 61.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kiribati?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kiribati was 1.07 GPI in 2008, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPI in 2004.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.926 GPI in 1973.
- How does Kiribati rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Kiribati ranks 5th out of 193 countries with data for 2008.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.