School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9954 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Post-demographic dividend, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 0.9954 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 1.01 GPI in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.9048 GPI, in 1970.
That places Post-demographic dividend 16th 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 Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9048 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.9051 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.9065 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.9224 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.9303 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.9468 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 0.9626 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.9723 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.9857 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.9877 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.9943 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 1 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.9981 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.9983 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9992 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.999 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.997 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9963 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.998 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9982 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9953 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9935 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.997 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.995 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 1 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 1.01 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.01 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9978 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9976 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9987 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9989 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9959 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9962 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9967 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9953 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9977 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9943 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9955 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9928 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9962 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9989 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9984 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.996 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9939 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9954 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9954 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9424 GPI | 0.9048 GPI | 0.9877 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9992 GPI | 0.9943 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9991 GPI | 0.9935 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9976 GPI | 0.9953 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9957 GPI | 0.9928 GPI | 0.9989 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
More education data for Post-demographic dividend
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.08 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 63.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5.08 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 565.10 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Post-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Post-demographic dividend was 0.9954 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 1998.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9048 GPI in 1970.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 16th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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.