School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9782 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income stood at 0.9782 GPI.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income peaked at 0.9926 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7447 GPI, in 1973.
That places Low & middle income 28th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7476 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7464 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.7455 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7447 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.745 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7727 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 0.7858 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.789 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7922 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.7919 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.7919 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.792 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.7914 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7951 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.7942 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.8013 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.813 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.822 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.8254 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.8309 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8355 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.8438 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8505 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8561 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8647 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8701 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8746 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.881 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8862 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8923 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8957 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9009 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9033 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9257 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9252 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9336 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9384 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9438 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9525 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9602 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9607 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9627 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9679 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9833 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9859 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9866 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9926 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9904 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9773 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9782 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7661 GPI | 0.7447 GPI | 0.7922 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8057 GPI | 0.7914 GPI | 0.8309 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8655 GPI | 0.8355 GPI | 0.8923 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9279 GPI | 0.8957 GPI | 0.9602 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9786 GPI | 0.9607 GPI | 0.9926 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 25 Puerto Rico 1.04 GPI compare
- 26 Bahrain 1.04 GPI compare
- 27 Armenia 1.04 GPI compare
- 28 Nepal 1.03 GPI compare
- 29 New Zealand 1.03 GPI compare
- 30 Costa Rica 1.03 GPI compare
- 31 Nicaragua 1.03 GPI compare
More education data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1043 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 554.22 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low & middle income was 0.9782 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9926 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7447 GPI in 1973.
- How does Low & middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Low & middle income ranks 28th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.