School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in World
World: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9805 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in World, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
World recorded 0.9805 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in World peaked at 0.9933 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7783 GPI, in 1972.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in World, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.782 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.78 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.7783 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7789 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.7796 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.8041 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 0.8167 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.8199 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8241 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.8238 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.8253 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.8258 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8247 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8273 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8261 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.8318 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8418 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.849 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.851 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8551 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.8587 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8656 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.8709 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8751 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.8823 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.8873 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8912 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8977 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9034 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.9087 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9105 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9155 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9169 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9361 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9355 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9425 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9464 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.951 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9582 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9652 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9653 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9671 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9715 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9854 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9879 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9887 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9933 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9911 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9799 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9805 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7987 GPI | 0.7783 GPI | 0.8241 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8358 GPI | 0.8247 GPI | 0.8551 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8841 GPI | 0.8587 GPI | 0.9087 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9378 GPI | 0.9105 GPI | 0.9652 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9811 GPI | 0.9653 GPI | 0.9933 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Suriname 1.14 GPI compare
- 2 Senegal 1.14 GPI compare
- 3 Bangladesh 1.11 GPI compare
- 4 French Polynesia 1.09 GPI compare
- 5 Kiribati 1.07 GPI compare
More education data for World
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34.10 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 65.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 34.10 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4548 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in World?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in World was 0.9805 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9933 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7783 GPI in 1972.
- How does World rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- World ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.