School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8971 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) recorded 0.8971 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 0.8971 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6381 GPI, in 1970.
That places Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 41st out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6381 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6381 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6444 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.6506 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.659 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6576 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.663 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.6696 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6813 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.6836 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6953 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7027 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7261 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 0.7307 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7365 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7327 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7389 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7515 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7455 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.7516 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7569 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7626 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7661 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7663 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7615 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7598 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.7561 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7603 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.761 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7764 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7893 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.7963 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.7905 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.7986 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7935 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8134 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8235 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8286 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8376 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8469 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8551 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8636 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8717 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8779 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8802 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8903 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8949 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.897 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8971 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6586 GPI | 0.6381 GPI | 0.6836 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7311 GPI | 0.6953 GPI | 0.7516 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7627 GPI | 0.7561 GPI | 0.7764 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8118 GPI | 0.7893 GPI | 0.8469 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8809 GPI | 0.8551 GPI | 0.8971 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
More education data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 148.37 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 55.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.2% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.67 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1578 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3.67 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.8971 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8971 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6381 GPI in 1970.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 41st out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.