School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Netherlands
Netherlands: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Netherlands, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Netherlands is 1 GPI, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Netherlands peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.9362 GPI, in 1971.
Netherlands ranks 89th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9362 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.9426 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.9502 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.9526 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.9553 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.9637 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.9658 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.9717 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.9789 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.9826 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.9879 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.9914 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.9939 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.9947 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.9893 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.9897 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.9838 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.985 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.9824 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.9822 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.981 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9949 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.9544 GPI | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9656 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.9649 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.9706 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9706 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9657 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9673 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.973 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9726 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9785 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9776 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9772 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9789 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9796 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9814 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9846 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9894 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9912 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9889 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1 GPI | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9575 GPI | 0.9362 GPI | 0.9789 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9899 GPI | 0.9826 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9732 GPI | 0.9544 GPI | 0.9949 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9771 GPI | 0.9673 GPI | 0.9846 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.999 GPI | 0.9889 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 7 |
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More education data for Netherlands
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 98,851 (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 64.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Netherlands?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Netherlands was 1 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Netherlands?
- 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 Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9362 GPI in 1971.
- How does Netherlands rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Netherlands ranks 89th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.