School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low income
Low income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.887 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low income, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low income stood at 0.887 GPI.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low income peaked at 0.8881 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6372 GPI, in 1971.
That places Low income 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6388 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6372 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.646 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.6531 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.6608 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6612 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.6611 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6659 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.6681 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.6647 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.6721 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.677 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7008 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7022 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7068 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.6991 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7057 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7209 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.7143 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7225 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.7277 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7338 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.7345 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.7341 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7266 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.7253 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.7197 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.7241 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7251 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7406 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7578 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.7669 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.765 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.7731 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7684 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7948 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8061 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8131 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8259 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8376 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8467 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8549 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8638 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8699 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8729 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.884 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8859 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8881 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.887 GPI | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6557 GPI | 0.6372 GPI | 0.6681 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7021 GPI | 0.6721 GPI | 0.7225 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7292 GPI | 0.7197 GPI | 0.7406 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7909 GPI | 0.7578 GPI | 0.8376 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8726 GPI | 0.8467 GPI | 0.8881 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Low income
- 40 Philippines 1.03 GPI compare
- 41 Comoros 1.03 GPI compare
- 42 Sri Lanka 1.03 GPI compare
- 43 Timor-Leste 1.03 GPI compare
- 44 Mauritius 1.02 GPI compare
- 45 Brunei Darussalam 1.02 GPI compare
- 46 Ecuador 1.02 GPI compare
More education data for Low income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 267.17 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low income?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Low income was 0.887 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8881 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6372 GPI in 1971.
- How does Low income rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Low income ranks 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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.