School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA only
IDA only: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9236 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA only, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
IDA only recorded 0.9236 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA only peaked at 0.9236 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5954 GPI, in 1971.
IDA only ranks 34th 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 only, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5967 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5954 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.6062 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6077 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6079 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6134 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.6206 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6313 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.6416 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.6433 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.656 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.6699 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6888 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.6798 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.6977 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 0.6954 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7051 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7126 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.7242 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.7315 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.7387 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7484 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7555 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7611 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7649 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.7697 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7743 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.7825 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.7901 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8054 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8193 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8288 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8281 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8346 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8275 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8473 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8562 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8615 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8708 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.875 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8856 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8939 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8992 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9014 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.905 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9151 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.918 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9217 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9213 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9236 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6164 GPI | 0.5954 GPI | 0.6433 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6961 GPI | 0.656 GPI | 0.7315 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7691 GPI | 0.7387 GPI | 0.8054 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8449 GPI | 0.8193 GPI | 0.875 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9085 GPI | 0.8856 GPI | 0.9236 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
More education data for IDA only
- Population ages 0-14 37.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.00 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5.00 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 101.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 476.44 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA only?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA only was 0.9236 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 only?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9236 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5954 GPI in 1971.
- How does IDA only rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- IDA only ranks 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA only 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.