School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9886 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Lower middle income, 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 Lower middle income is 0.9886 GPI, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Lower middle income peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6492 GPI, in 1970.
Lower middle income ranks 25th of 43 groups on this measure, 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 Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6492 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.651 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.656 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6607 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.663 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6677 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6735 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6797 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.6824 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.6915 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6956 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7034 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7028 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7073 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7018 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7144 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.7294 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7365 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7435 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7477 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7532 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7672 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7767 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7905 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8017 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.8068 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8131 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8264 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8369 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8462 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8517 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.86 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.869 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9133 GPI | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9124 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9202 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.927 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9365 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.951 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9636 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9647 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9672 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9755 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9869 GPI | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9886 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6675 GPI | 0.6492 GPI | 0.6915 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7182 GPI | 0.6956 GPI | 0.7477 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8019 GPI | 0.7532 GPI | 0.8462 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9105 GPI | 0.8517 GPI | 0.9636 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9935 GPI | 0.9647 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More education data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 105.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.20 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Lower middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Lower middle income was 0.9886 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6492 GPI in 1970.
- How does Lower middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Lower middle income ranks 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower 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.