School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in OECD members
OECD members: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in OECD members, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in OECD members stood at 1 GPI.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in OECD members peaked at 1 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8881 GPI, in 1970.
That places OECD members 12th 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 OECD members, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8881 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.8886 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.8903 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.906 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.914 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.9266 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.9382 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.9514 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.9622 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.9647 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.9708 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.9777 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.9755 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.975 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9748 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.9764 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.9802 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.9798 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.9781 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9775 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.9811 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.9813 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.9813 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9785 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9777 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9806 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.9784 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9841 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9899 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.99 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9854 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9881 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9859 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.988 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9909 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9921 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9927 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9945 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9959 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9975 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9978 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9968 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9991 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9978 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.923 GPI | 0.8881 GPI | 0.9647 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9766 GPI | 0.9708 GPI | 0.9802 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9823 GPI | 0.9777 GPI | 0.99 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9914 GPI | 0.9854 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9996 GPI | 0.9968 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More education data for OECD members
- Population ages 0-14 16.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.28 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6.28 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.9% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.5063 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in OECD members?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in OECD members was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8881 GPI in 1970.
- How does OECD members rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- OECD members ranks 12th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.