School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total
IDA total: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9186 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total is 0.9186 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total peaked at 0.9186 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6027 GPI, in 1970.
IDA total ranks 35th 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 total, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6027 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6042 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.615 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6203 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.6227 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.6279 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.6341 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6464 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.6653 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.671 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.6813 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.6938 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.7067 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.6907 GPI | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 0.6964 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7063 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.723 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7291 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.7307 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7418 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.7414 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7508 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7579 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7627 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.768 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.774 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7812 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7884 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.7934 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8043 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8143 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8239 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8209 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8323 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8274 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8456 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8549 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.863 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8726 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8795 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8874 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8925 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9023 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9036 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9073 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9128 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9123 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9153 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9155 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9186 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.631 GPI | 0.6027 GPI | 0.671 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.71 GPI | 0.6813 GPI | 0.7418 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7722 GPI | 0.7414 GPI | 0.8043 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8434 GPI | 0.8143 GPI | 0.8795 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9068 GPI | 0.8874 GPI | 0.9186 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for IDA total
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 7.15 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0037 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7.15 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 98.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total 757.58 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total was 0.9186 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 total?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9186 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6027 GPI in 1970.
- How does IDA total rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- IDA total ranks 35th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.