School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in New Zealand

New Zealand: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
29th
of 193 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 2002
All-time low
0.9813 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
47
1970–2018

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in New Zealand, 1970–2018

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 1.03 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.

That represents a change of up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in New Zealand peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.9813 GPI, in 1971.

That places New Zealand 29th out of 193 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in New Zealand, 1970 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.9823 GPI
1971 0.9813 GPI -0.1%
1972 0.9859 GPI +0.5%
1973 0.9896 GPI +0.4%
1974 0.9896 GPI +0.0%
1975 0.9929 GPI +0.3%
1976 0.9953 GPI +0.2%
1977 0.9969 GPI +0.2%
1979 1 GPI +0.3%
1980 0.9991 GPI -0.1%
1981 0.9987 GPI -0.0%
1982 1 GPI +0.3%
1983 0.998 GPI -0.3%
1984 0.9989 GPI +0.1%
1985 1 GPI +0.3%
1986 0.9987 GPI -0.3%
1987 0.9989 GPI +0.0%
1988 1 GPI +0.1%
1989 0.9981 GPI -0.2%
1990 0.9928 GPI -0.5%
1991 0.9969 GPI +0.4%
1992 0.9913 GPI -0.6%
1993 0.9978 GPI +0.7%
1994 1.01 GPI +1.1%
1995 0.9851 GPI -2.3%
1996 1.02 GPI +3.6%
1997 1.02 GPI +0.2%
1998 1.02 GPI +0.1%
1999 1.03 GPI +0.5%
2000 1.03 GPI +0.5%
2002 1.06 GPI +2.2%
2003 1.05 GPI -0.2%
2004 1.03 GPI -2.4%
2005 1.03 GPI -0.0%
2006 1.02 GPI -0.6%
2007 1.01 GPI -0.9%
2008 1.03 GPI +1.2%
2009 1.01 GPI -1.4%
2010 1.02 GPI +1.2%
2011 1.03 GPI +0.8%
2012 1.03 GPI +0.2%
2013 1.04 GPI +0.3%
2014 1.03 GPI -0.4%
2015 1.03 GPI -0.2%
2016 1.03 GPI +0.2%
2017 1.03 GPI +0.0%
2018 1.03 GPI -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9904 GPI 0.9813 GPI 1 GPI 9
1980s 0.9993 GPI 0.998 GPI 1 GPI 10
1990s 1.01 GPI 0.9851 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2000s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.06 GPI 9
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.04 GPI 9

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 26 Bahrain 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 27 Armenia 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 28 Nepal 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 30 Costa Rica 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 31 Nicaragua 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 32 Malaysia 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in New Zealand?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in New Zealand was 1.03 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2002.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9813 GPI in 1971.
How does New Zealand rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
New Zealand ranks 29th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Zealand 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.