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School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) by country

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...

Countries reporting
175
Highest
1.23 GPI
Qatar
Lowest
0.6144 GPI
Afghanistan
Median
1.04 GPI
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
6,052

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 1.23 GPI in Qatar; the lowest is 0.6144 GPI in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.04 GPI, and the mean is 1.01 GPI.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 59.9%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 14.9%).

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.23 GPI 2019 up 18.4% rising
2 Seychelles 1.21 GPI 2019 up 9.6% flat
3 Barbados 1.2 GPI 2011 up 7.4% rising
4 Puerto Rico 1.2 GPI 2018 up 4.6% flat
5 Kuwait 1.19 GPI 2015 up 4.5% rising
6 Jamaica 1.17 GPI 2015 up 6.7% rising
7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.17 GPI 2015 up 11.5% rising
8 Venezuela 1.17 GPI 2008 up 7.0% rising
9 Suriname 1.17 GPI 2002 up 0.5% rising
10 Argentina 1.15 GPI 2017 up 2.5% rising
11 Palestine 1.14 GPI 2019 up 5.1% rising
12 Uruguay 1.13 GPI 2006 down 5.3% rising
13 Bermuda 1.12 GPI 2015 down 4.1% rising
14 Tunisia 1.12 GPI 2016 up 3.7% rising
15 Antigua and Barbuda 1.12 GPI 2012 up 2.1% flat
16 Albania 1.12 GPI 2019 up 5.5% rising
17 Dominican Republic 1.11 GPI 2017 up 3.8% flat
18 New Zealand 1.11 GPI 2018 up 0.6% rising
19 Iceland 1.11 GPI 2018 down 3.3% rising
20 Sweden 1.11 GPI 2018 up 0.6% rising
21 Belgium 1.11 GPI 2018 down 0.1% rising
22 Estonia 1.1 GPI 2018 down 4.1% rising
23 Senegal 1.1 GPI 2019 up 19.4% rising
24 Mongolia 1.1 GPI 2010 down 8.9% falling
25 Croatia 1.1 GPI 2018 up 3.6% rising
26 Poland 1.1 GPI 2018 up 1.4% rising
27 Armenia 1.09 GPI 2019 up 4.9% flat
28 Latvia 1.09 GPI 2018 down 4.4% flat
29 Mauritius 1.09 GPI 2017 up 6.1% rising
30 Panama 1.09 GPI 2016 down 1.0% rising
31 Honduras 1.09 GPI 2017 down 2.6% rising
32 Slovenia 1.09 GPI 2018 down 1.1% flat
33 Finland 1.09 GPI 2018 up 1.0% flat
34 Macao 1.08 GPI 2019 up 14.1% rising
35 United States 1.08 GPI 2018 down 0.9% flat
36 Norway 1.08 GPI 2018 down 0.3% rising
37 Serbia 1.08 GPI 2019 up 2.1% flat
38 Aruba 1.08 GPI 2012 up 5.2% flat
39 Israel 1.08 GPI 2018 up 1.8% flat
40 Saint Lucia 1.08 GPI 2019 up 0.3% flat
41 Bahrain 1.07 GPI 2019 down 1.6% rising
42 Kiribati 1.07 GPI 2008 down 1.4% rising
43 Brunei 1.07 GPI 2019 up 4.0% rising
44 Denmark 1.07 GPI 2018 down 1.5% rising
45 Slovakia 1.07 GPI 2018 down 2.0% rising
46 Lesotho 1.07 GPI 2017 up 3.4% falling
47 Czechia 1.07 GPI 2018 up 1.2% rising
48 British Virgin Islands 1.06 GPI 2018 down 4.7% falling
49 Romania 1.06 GPI 2018 down 0.5% rising
50 Montenegro 1.06 GPI 2019 up 0.5% flat
51 Costa Rica 1.06 GPI 2019 up 1.9% rising
52 Oman 1.06 GPI 2019 up 8.4% rising
53 Canada 1.06 GPI 2018 up 0.6% rising
54 Samoa 1.06 GPI 2000 — flat
55 Grenada 1.06 GPI 2018 down 0.9% flat
56 Bangladesh 1.06 GPI 2018 up 1.1% rising
57 Cuba 1.06 GPI 2018 down 9.9% rising
58 United Kingdom 1.06 GPI 2018 down 0.1% rising
59 Nicaragua 1.06 GPI 2002 down 14.9% rising
60 Australia 1.06 GPI 2018 — flat
61 Bhutan 1.06 GPI 2018 up 7.4% rising
62 Malta 1.06 GPI 2018 up 3.4% rising
63 Paraguay 1.06 GPI 2010 up 4.1% rising
64 Lithuania 1.06 GPI 2018 down 4.0% flat
65 Brazil 1.05 GPI 2011 up 2.9% flat
66 Philippines 1.05 GPI 2017 down 0.1% flat
67 Malaysia 1.05 GPI 2017 down 1.2% rising
68 Spain 1.05 GPI 2018 down 1.1% rising
69 Sri Lanka 1.05 GPI 2018 up 1.6% flat
70 Ireland 1.05 GPI 2018 up 3.4% flat
71 South Africa 1.05 GPI 2018 up 1.8% flat
72 Thailand 1.05 GPI 2016 up 2.4% rising
73 Cape Verde 1.05 GPI 2018 up 1.6% flat
74 Kazakhstan 1.05 GPI 2019 up 0.4% flat
75 Mauritania 1.04 GPI 2019 up 6.6% rising
76 France 1.04 GPI 2018 up 0.8% flat
77 Belize 1.04 GPI 2019 down 0.3% flat
78 Ecuador 1.04 GPI 2015 — rising
79 Tonga 1.04 GPI 2002 — rising
80 Mexico 1.04 GPI 2018 up 2.8% rising
81 Austria 1.04 GPI 2018 up 0.0% rising
82 Hungary 1.04 GPI 2018 down 2.2% rising
83 Georgia 1.04 GPI 2019 down 1.1% rising
84 Myanmar 1.04 GPI 2018 — rising
85 Colombia 1.04 GPI 2018 down 0.0% rising
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.04 GPI 2015 up 1.2% flat
87 Italy 1.04 GPI 2018 down 2.0% rising
88 Nepal 1.04 GPI 2019 up 6.7% rising
89 Algeria 1.03 GPI 2011 up 3.3% flat
90 Libya 1.03 GPI 2003 — rising
91 Belarus 1.03 GPI 2018 down 4.0% flat
92 Fiji 1.03 GPI 2004 — rising
93 Trinidad and Tobago 1.03 GPI 2004 up 3.1% flat
94 Moldova 1.03 GPI 2019 down 2.3% flat
95 India 1.03 GPI 2019 up 6.9% rising
96 North Macedonia 1.03 GPI 2018 up 3.5% flat
97 Kyrgyzstan 1.03 GPI 2019 down 4.4% flat
98 Netherlands 1.03 GPI 2018 up 3.1% rising
99 Jordan 1.03 GPI 2018 down 0.3% rising
100 Chile 1.03 GPI 2018 up 4.0% flat
101 Ukraine 1.03 GPI 2014 down 1.2% flat
102 Guyana 1.03 GPI 2012 down 3.2% flat
103 Bulgaria 1.03 GPI 2018 down 0.8% flat
104 Hong Kong 1.03 GPI 2019 up 2.0% rising
105 Russia 1.03 GPI 2018 down 4.7% falling
106 Maldives 1.02 GPI 2003 up 1.7% flat
107 Azerbaijan 1.02 GPI 2019 — rising
108 Nauru 1.02 GPI 2008 down 12.2% flat
108 Sao Tome and Principe 1.02 GPI 2015 up 5.0% rising
110 Burundi 1.02 GPI 2018 up 18.2% rising
111 Tanzania 1.02 GPI 2019 up 4.9% rising
112 Cyprus 1.01 GPI 2018 up 0.8% flat
113 Indonesia 1.01 GPI 2018 up 3.1% rising
114 United Arab Emirates 1.01 GPI 2017 — rising
115 Namibia 1.01 GPI 2006 down 2.5% falling
116 Portugal 1 GPI 2018 down 2.3% rising
117 Madagascar 1 GPI 2018 up 5.2% rising
118 Luxembourg 1 GPI 2018 down 0.2% flat
119 Gibraltar 1 GPI 2009 up 15.1% falling
120 Rwanda 0.9983 GPI 2019 down 0.5% rising
121 Egypt 0.9983 GPI 2017 up 3.4% rising
122 Djibouti 0.9978 GPI 2011 up 41.5% rising
123 Germany 0.9973 GPI 2018 up 1.4% rising
124 Saudi Arabia 0.997 GPI 2019 up 3.3% rising
125 China 0.996 GPI 2010 — rising
126 Greece 0.9955 GPI 2018 down 0.0% rising
127 Botswana 0.9947 GPI 2006 down 2.0% falling
128 Ghana 0.9936 GPI 2019 up 7.2% rising
129 Switzerland 0.9878 GPI 2018 up 1.1% rising
130 Peru 0.987 GPI 2017 down 2.8% rising
131 Malawi 0.9853 GPI 2011 up 9.8% rising
132 El Salvador 0.9851 GPI 2018 up 0.4% rising
133 Uzbekistan 0.9845 GPI 2019 up 0.2% flat
134 Syria 0.9811 GPI 2013 up 3.6% rising
135 San Marino 0.9802 GPI 2019 down 11.1% falling
136 Burkina Faso 0.9784 GPI 2019 up 17.4% rising
137 Guatemala 0.9731 GPI 2015 up 2.1% rising
138 Congo 0.9724 GPI 2012 up 13.4% rising
139 Iran 0.9688 GPI 2017 down 3.6% rising
140 Zimbabwe 0.9611 GPI 2013 up 2.3% rising
141 Laos 0.9546 GPI 2019 up 11.2% rising
142 Gabon 0.9527 GPI 1999 down 0.2% rising
143 Morocco 0.9525 GPI 2019 up 5.4% rising
144 South Korea 0.943 GPI 2018 up 4.0% rising
145 Turkey 0.9417 GPI 2018 up 5.1% rising
146 Uganda 0.9378 GPI 2004 up 7.4% rising
147 Kenya 0.936 GPI 2009 down 2.1% rising
148 Vanuatu 0.9354 GPI 2004 down 1.9% flat
149 Sudan 0.9343 GPI 2015 up 2.1% flat
150 Solomon Islands 0.9107 GPI 2007 up 3.9% rising
151 Eswatini 0.9085 GPI 2013 down 2.8% flat
152 Mozambique 0.9062 GPI 2017 up 9.9% rising
153 Nigeria 0.8914 GPI 2011 up 8.6% rising
154 Ethiopia 0.8913 GPI 2012 up 31.6% rising
155 Tajikistan 0.8876 GPI 2013 up 7.0% rising
156 Cambodia 0.8869 GPI 2008 up 10.1% rising
157 Cameroon 0.8811 GPI 2016 up 7.2% rising
158 Liechtenstein 0.8666 GPI 2018 up 0.7% flat
159 Zambia 0.8565 GPI 1988 up 4.1% rising
160 Pakistan 0.8496 GPI 2018 up 4.3% rising
161 Eritrea 0.839 GPI 2015 up 18.0% rising
162 Mali 0.8382 GPI 2017 up 11.3% rising
163 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8332 GPI 2017 — rising
164 Togo 0.833 GPI 2017 up 16.0% rising
165 Benin 0.8313 GPI 2016 up 26.5% rising
166 Niger 0.8113 GPI 2017 up 15.6% rising
167 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.7982 GPI 2013 up 11.8% rising
168 Iraq 0.7615 GPI 2004 up 1.4% rising
169 Guinea 0.7413 GPI 2014 up 15.4% rising
170 Sierra Leone 0.7395 GPI 2001 — rising
171 Yemen 0.729 GPI 2011 up 59.9% rising
172 Liberia 0.7165 GPI 2000 — rising
173 Central African Republic 0.6923 GPI 2012 — rising
174 Chad 0.6676 GPI 2015 up 13.7% rising
175 Afghanistan 0.6144 GPI 2018 up 4.7% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
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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.