School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.8963 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Pre-demographic dividend recorded 0.8963 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.
That represents a change of up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 0.8968 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6016 GPI, in 1970.
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 42nd of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6016 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6066 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.6155 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6258 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6385 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6438 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.6492 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.6702 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6882 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.7008 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.7108 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.7215 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7396 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7258 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.7175 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7329 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7558 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7713 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7563 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7744 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.7655 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.773 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.7742 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7734 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7763 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7805 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7843 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7861 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7856 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7931 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7997 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8078 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7982 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8107 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8017 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8191 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8259 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8327 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8418 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8504 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8575 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8565 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8737 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.882 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8865 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8968 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8939 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.896 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8963 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.644 GPI | 0.6016 GPI | 0.7008 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7406 GPI | 0.7108 GPI | 0.7744 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7792 GPI | 0.7655 GPI | 0.7931 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8188 GPI | 0.7982 GPI | 0.8504 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8821 GPI | 0.8565 GPI | 0.8968 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
- 39 Bahamas 1.03 GPI compare
- 40 Philippines 1.03 GPI compare
- 41 Comoros 1.03 GPI compare
- 42 Sri Lanka 1.03 GPI compare
- 43 Timor-Leste 1.03 GPI compare
- 44 Mauritius 1.02 GPI compare
- 45 Brunei Darussalam 1.02 GPI compare
More education data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4.66 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 41.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.2% (2024)
- Labor force, female 45.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend was 0.8963 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8968 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6016 GPI in 1970.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 42nd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pre-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.