School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Seychelles
Seychelles: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Seychelles, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 1.06 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Seychelles peaked at 1.19 GPI in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.9872 GPI, in 1989.
That places Seychelles 11th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.11 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 1.12 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 1.1 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 1.13 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 1.13 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 1.19 GPI | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 1.13 GPI | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 1.12 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 1.09 GPI | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 1.08 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 1.07 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 1.08 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 1.05 GPI | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 1.03 GPI | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 1 GPI | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.9902 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9925 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9872 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.9965 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.9994 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1.01 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 1.02 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 1.01 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 1.02 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 1.01 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.05 GPI | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 1.06 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 1.04 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 1.03 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.03 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.04 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 1.02 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 1.03 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.05 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 1.07 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 1.06 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.04 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 1.05 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPI | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 1.05 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 1.05 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.08 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.06 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.06 GPI | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.12 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 1.19 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.03 GPI | 0.9872 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9965 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.04 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Seychelles
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 671 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 93.38 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Seychelles?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Seychelles was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 GPI in 1975.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9872 GPI in 1989.
- How does Seychelles rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Seychelles ranks 11th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.