School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend
IDA blend: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9054 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
IDA blend recorded 0.9054 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend peaked at 0.9096 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.5938 GPI, in 1970.
IDA blend ranks 40th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5938 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6024 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 0.615 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.6304 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 0.6385 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6441 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.6489 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6646 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7018 GPI | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7146 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.7194 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7284 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.7298 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7014 GPI | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 0.6875 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7171 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7463 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 0.75 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7345 GPI | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7527 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.7391 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.7486 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.756 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7597 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.7678 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7762 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.7887 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.7945 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.7955 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7986 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8017 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.811 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8028 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8244 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8245 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8397 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8495 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8631 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8732 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8862 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8884 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8864 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9063 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9059 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9096 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9052 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8976 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8991 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9004 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9054 GPI | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6454 GPI | 0.5938 GPI | 0.7146 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7267 GPI | 0.6875 GPI | 0.7527 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7725 GPI | 0.7391 GPI | 0.7986 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8376 GPI | 0.8017 GPI | 0.8862 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9004 GPI | 0.8864 GPI | 0.9096 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for IDA blend
- Population ages 0-14 37.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.26 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.26 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 92.2% (2024)
- Labor force, total 281.15 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend was 0.9054 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9096 GPI in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5938 GPI in 1970.
- How does IDA blend rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- IDA blend ranks 40th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.