School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Austria
Austria: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Austria, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Austria is 1.04 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Austria peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.8983 GPI, in 1976.
Austria ranks 81st of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Austria, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8983 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.8983 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.912 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.9229 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.9224 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9236 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.9384 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.9274 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.923 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.9281 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.9375 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.9346 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.9378 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.9386 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.944 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.9494 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.9537 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9614 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.9685 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9807 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1.04 GPI | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 1.04 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.04 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.04 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8983 GPI | 0.8983 GPI | 0.8983 GPI | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.9261 GPI | 0.912 GPI | 0.9384 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9521 GPI | 0.9346 GPI | 0.9807 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 6 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More education data for Austria
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 35,752 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.31 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Austria?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Austria was 1.04 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8983 GPI in 1976.
- How does Austria rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Austria ranks 81st out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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.