School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2013. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states, 1970–2013
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states is 1.02 GPI, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
That represents a change of 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 Pacific island small states peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.8998 GPI, in 1971.
Pacific island small states ranks 1st of 43 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.907 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.8998 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.9243 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.923 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.9464 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 0.9556 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.9526 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.9575 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.9568 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.9607 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.9601 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.9602 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.9658 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.9699 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.9702 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.976 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.9791 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9805 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.9794 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.9781 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.9785 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.9755 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.9804 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.981 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9857 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.9886 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.9874 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.9901 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9995 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.01 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 1.01 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9964 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 1 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9933 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9998 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9384 GPI | 0.8998 GPI | 0.9607 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9719 GPI | 0.9601 GPI | 0.9805 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9873 GPI | 0.9755 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 GPI | 0.9933 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 4 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
- 1 Suriname 1.14 GPI compare
- 2 Senegal 1.14 GPI compare
- 3 Bangladesh 1.11 GPI compare
- 4 French Polynesia 1.09 GPI compare
More education data for Pacific island small states
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,401 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1312 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.2028 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 357,181 (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 319,112 (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, per capita 0.1172 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states was 1.02 GPI in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8998 GPI in 1971.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Pacific island small states ranks 1st out of 43 groups with data for 2013.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island small states 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.