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

Latest (2018)
1 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
89th
of 193 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.9362 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
46
1971–2018

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Netherlands, 1971–2018

00.250.50.751197119942018

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Netherlands, 1971 to 2018.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 86 Grenada 1 GPI compare
  2. 87 Saint Lucia 1 GPI compare
  3. 88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPI compare
  4. 90 Canada 1 GPI compare
  5. 91 Denmark 1 GPI compare
  6. 92 Sierra Leone 1 GPI compare

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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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
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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.