School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.05 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend, 1975–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Late-demographic dividend recorded 1.05 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8608 GPI, in 1975.
Late-demographic dividend ranks 9th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8608 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.8778 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 0.8806 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.8841 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8819 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.8844 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.8792 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.8799 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8862 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.8933 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8984 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.9096 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9204 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.9196 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.9249 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.928 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.9303 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9348 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.9343 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9421 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.9483 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.9548 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.96 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.9689 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9761 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9823 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9879 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9879 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9925 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9976 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.02 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.02 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.04 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.04 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.04 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.05 GPI | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.877 GPI | 0.8608 GPI | 0.8841 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8996 GPI | 0.8792 GPI | 0.9249 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9478 GPI | 0.928 GPI | 0.9761 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 GPI | 0.9823 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
- 6 Jamaica 1.17 GPI compare
- 7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.17 GPI compare
- 8 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.17 GPI compare
- 9 Suriname 1.17 GPI compare
- 10 Argentina 1.15 GPI compare
- 11 Palestine, State of 1.14 GPI compare
- 12 Uruguay 1.13 GPI compare
More education data for Late-demographic dividend
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 173.78 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.3036 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 17.0% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0746 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.38 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend was 1.05 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8608 GPI in 1975.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 9th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.