School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Small states
Small states: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9972 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Small states, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Small states recorded 0.9972 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Small states peaked at 0.9981 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.9649 GPI, in 1999.
Small states ranks 14th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Small states, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9727 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.971 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.9775 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.9804 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.9837 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.985 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.9868 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.9838 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.9844 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.9844 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.9886 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.9839 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.9784 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.9786 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9742 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.979 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.9759 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9785 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9811 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9845 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.9845 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.9808 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.9814 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9784 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.977 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.971 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.9731 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9726 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.9673 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9649 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9654 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9666 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9672 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9694 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.968 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9718 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9776 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9771 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9823 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9836 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.986 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9847 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9955 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9974 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9981 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9971 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9951 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9967 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9962 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9972 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.981 GPI | 0.971 GPI | 0.9868 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9803 GPI | 0.9742 GPI | 0.9886 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9751 GPI | 0.9649 GPI | 0.9845 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9729 GPI | 0.9654 GPI | 0.9836 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9944 GPI | 0.9847 GPI | 0.9981 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Small states
- Population ages 15-64 66.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 243,069 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.012 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 243,069 (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 101.3% (2024)
- Labor force, total 8.86 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Small states?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Small states was 0.9972 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9981 GPI in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9649 GPI in 1999.
- How does Small states rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Small states ranks 14th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this 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.