School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United States of America

United States of America: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9949 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9949 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
111th
of 193 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 1981
All-time low
0.9885 GPI
in 1993
Years of data
33
1981–2018

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United States of America, 1981–2018

00.250.50.7511981199920181981: 1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1984: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1990: 0.997 GPI1991: 0.998 GPI1993: 0.989 GPI1994: 0.991 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 0.993 GPI1998: 1 GPI2000: 0.998 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 0.996 GPI2013: 0.998 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.996 GPI2017: 0.994 GPI2018: 0.995 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United States of America is 0.9949 GPI, measured in 2018.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United States of America peaked at 1.04 GPI in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.9885 GPI, in 1993.

That places United States of America 111th out of 193 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in United States of America, 1981 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1981 1.04 GPI
1982 1.03 GPI -0.6%
1983 1.02 GPI -1.1%
1984 1.02 GPI +0.3%
1985 1.02 GPI -0.2%
1986 1.02 GPI +0.2%
1987 1.01 GPI -1.0%
1990 0.9972 GPI -1.5%
1991 0.9979 GPI +0.1%
1993 0.9885 GPI -0.9%
1994 0.9908 GPI +0.2%
1995 1 GPI +1.0%
1996 0.9929 GPI -0.8%
1998 1.03 GPI +3.9%
2000 0.9985 GPI -3.2%
2001 1.01 GPI +0.9%
2002 1 GPI -0.6%
2003 1 GPI +0.2%
2004 1.01 GPI +0.5%
2005 1 GPI -0.4%
2006 1 GPI -0.2%
2007 1 GPI +0.1%
2008 1 GPI -0.3%
2009 1.01 GPI +1.0%
2010 1 GPI -0.9%
2011 1 GPI +0.4%
2012 0.9959 GPI -0.9%
2013 0.9975 GPI +0.2%
2014 1 GPI +0.7%
2015 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2016 0.9965 GPI -0.9%
2017 0.9939 GPI -0.3%
2018 0.9949 GPI +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 7
1990s 0.9999 GPI 0.9885 GPI 1.03 GPI 7
2000s 1 GPI 0.9985 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 0.9994 GPI 0.9939 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 108 Republic of Korea 0.9962 GPI compare
  2. 109 Hungary 0.9958 GPI compare
  3. 110 Dominica 0.9952 GPI compare
  4. 112 Macau, China 0.9943 GPI compare
  5. 113 Kyrgyzstan 0.9931 GPI compare
  6. 114 Guyana 0.993 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United States of America?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United States of America was 0.9949 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 1981.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9885 GPI in 1993.
How does United States of America rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
United States of America ranks 111th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United States of America 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.