School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Upper middle income, 1975–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Upper middle income recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Upper middle income peaked at 1 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8409 GPI, in 1975.
That places Upper middle income 11th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8409 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.8592 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.8622 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.8677 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.8675 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.87 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.8683 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.8705 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8793 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.8856 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.89 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8995 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9088 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.9098 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.9168 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.9204 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.9249 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.9296 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.9287 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9377 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.9441 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.9501 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.9555 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9621 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.9694 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9736 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.979 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9787 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9822 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9856 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9906 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9938 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9956 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9978 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9978 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9982 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.999 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 GPI | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8595 GPI | 0.8409 GPI | 0.8677 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8899 GPI | 0.8683 GPI | 0.9168 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9423 GPI | 0.9204 GPI | 0.9694 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9877 GPI | 0.9736 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPI | 0.9978 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More education data for Upper middle income
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 19.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 13.41 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0044 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.7% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.53 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Upper middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Upper middle income was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8409 GPI in 1975.
- How does Upper middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Upper middle income ranks 11th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.