School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9924 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low & middle income, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 0.9924 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2019.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low & middle income peaked at 1 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7454 GPI, in 1974.
That places Low & middle income 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7491 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7483 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.7469 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7455 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7454 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7716 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.7833 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7868 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7896 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.7893 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.7892 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7897 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.79 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7932 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7924 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7996 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.8106 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.8191 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.8235 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8289 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8333 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8416 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8483 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8538 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8617 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.867 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8714 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.878 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8837 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8905 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8936 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8985 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.902 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9229 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9237 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9327 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9382 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9434 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9524 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9595 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9605 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9627 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9715 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9876 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9917 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9929 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9988 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9889 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9924 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7656 GPI | 0.7454 GPI | 0.7896 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8036 GPI | 0.7892 GPI | 0.8289 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8629 GPI | 0.8333 GPI | 0.8905 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9267 GPI | 0.8936 GPI | 0.9595 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9847 GPI | 0.9605 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More education data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1043 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 554.22 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low & middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low & middle income was 0.9924 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7454 GPI in 1974.
- How does Low & middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Low & middle income ranks 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.