School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle income
Middle income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9945 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle income, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Middle income recorded 0.9945 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle income peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7502 GPI, in 1974.
That places Middle income 18th 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 Middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7544 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7531 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.7516 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7503 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7502 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7795 GPI | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 0.7936 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.7968 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8001 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8004 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.8003 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.8003 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.7981 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8021 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.8009 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.809 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.8213 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.8298 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.834 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8392 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8437 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8524 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8593 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8653 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8753 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8816 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8873 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.8949 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.9017 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.9079 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9108 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9166 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9205 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9453 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.946 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9525 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9572 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9631 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9719 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9796 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.979 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9804 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9852 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9934 GPI | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9945 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.773 GPI | 0.7502 GPI | 0.8004 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8135 GPI | 0.7981 GPI | 0.8392 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8769 GPI | 0.8437 GPI | 0.9079 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9464 GPI | 0.9108 GPI | 0.9796 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9964 GPI | 0.979 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More education data for Middle income
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 25.11 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 25.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total 2.74 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle income was 0.9945 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7502 GPI in 1974.
- How does Middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Middle income ranks 18th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.