School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Türkiye

Türkiye: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9783 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9783 GPI
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
142nd
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.9795 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.6344 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
41
1971–2018

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Türkiye, 1971–2018

00.20.40.60.811971199420181971: 0.634 GPI1972: 0.646 GPI1973: 0.664 GPI1974: 0.676 GPI1976: 0.699 GPI1977: 0.699 GPI1978: 0.699 GPI1979: 0.707 GPI1982: 0.739 GPI1984: 0.762 GPI1986: 0.767 GPI1987: 0.767 GPI1988: 0.771 GPI1989: 0.771 GPI1990: 0.778 GPI1991: 0.781 GPI1992: 0.787 GPI1993: 0.789 GPI1994: 0.801 GPI1995: 0.795 GPI1997: 0.804 GPI1999: 0.798 GPI2000: 0.819 GPI2001: 0.82 GPI2002: 0.821 GPI2003: 0.822 GPI2004: 0.853 GPI2005: 0.889 GPI2006: 0.897 GPI2007: 0.906 GPI2008: 0.926 GPI2009: 0.943 GPI2010: 0.947 GPI2011: 0.949 GPI2012: 0.964 GPI2013: 0.975 GPI2014: 0.978 GPI2015: 0.978 GPI2016: 0.98 GPI2017: 0.962 GPI2018: 0.978 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Türkiye recorded 0.9783 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Türkiye peaked at 0.9795 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6344 GPI, in 1971.

Türkiye ranks 142nd of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Türkiye, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Türkiye, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.6344 GPI
1972 0.6458 GPI +1.8%
1973 0.6638 GPI +2.8%
1974 0.676 GPI +1.8%
1976 0.6988 GPI +3.4%
1977 0.6992 GPI +0.1%
1978 0.6985 GPI -0.1%
1979 0.7074 GPI +1.3%
1982 0.7391 GPI +4.5%
1984 0.7619 GPI +3.1%
1986 0.767 GPI +0.7%
1987 0.7672 GPI +0.0%
1988 0.7713 GPI +0.5%
1989 0.7714 GPI +0.0%
1990 0.7779 GPI +0.8%
1991 0.7812 GPI +0.4%
1992 0.7867 GPI +0.7%
1993 0.7889 GPI +0.3%
1994 0.8006 GPI +1.5%
1995 0.7952 GPI -0.7%
1997 0.8042 GPI +1.1%
1999 0.7981 GPI -0.8%
2000 0.8195 GPI +2.7%
2001 0.8199 GPI +0.1%
2002 0.8206 GPI +0.1%
2003 0.8224 GPI +0.2%
2004 0.8532 GPI +3.7%
2005 0.8893 GPI +4.2%
2006 0.8967 GPI +0.8%
2007 0.9058 GPI +1.0%
2008 0.9256 GPI +2.2%
2009 0.9435 GPI +1.9%
2010 0.9471 GPI +0.4%
2011 0.9489 GPI +0.2%
2012 0.9645 GPI +1.6%
2013 0.9751 GPI +1.1%
2014 0.9784 GPI +0.3%
2015 0.9781 GPI -0.0%
2016 0.9795 GPI +0.1%
2017 0.9625 GPI -1.7%
2018 0.9783 GPI +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.678 GPI 0.6344 GPI 0.7074 GPI 8
1980s 0.763 GPI 0.7391 GPI 0.7714 GPI 6
1990s 0.7916 GPI 0.7779 GPI 0.8042 GPI 8
2000s 0.8696 GPI 0.8195 GPI 0.9435 GPI 10
2010s 0.968 GPI 0.9471 GPI 0.9795 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 139 Norway 0.9795 GPI compare
  2. 140 Portugal 0.9793 GPI compare
  3. 141 Malawi 0.9786 GPI compare
  4. 143 Austria 0.9772 GPI compare
  5. 144 Russian Federation 0.9771 GPI compare
  6. 145 Bulgaria 0.9757 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Türkiye?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Türkiye was 0.9783 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 0.9795 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6344 GPI in 1971.
How does Türkiye rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Türkiye ranks 142nd out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Türkiye 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.