School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low income
Low income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8709 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low income, 1970–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2016, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low income stood at 0.8709 GPI. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low income peaked at 0.8709 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6352 GPI, in 1971.
Low income ranks 43rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6373 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6352 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.6429 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.649 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.6559 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6561 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.6561 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6602 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.6616 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.6583 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.6657 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6704 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.6934 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.6945 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.6989 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.6915 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.6982 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.7126 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.7061 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7135 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.7188 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7242 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.7249 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.7246 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7182 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.7169 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.7121 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7167 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7173 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7323 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7484 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7573 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.7565 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7645 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7597 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7847 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7957 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8016 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.814 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8237 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8319 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8405 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8491 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8544 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8573 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8683 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8709 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6513 GPI | 0.6352 GPI | 0.6616 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6945 GPI | 0.6657 GPI | 0.7135 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7206 GPI | 0.7121 GPI | 0.7323 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7806 GPI | 0.7484 GPI | 0.8237 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8532 GPI | 0.8319 GPI | 0.8709 GPI | 7 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More education data for Low income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 267.17 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low income?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Low income was 0.8709 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8709 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6352 GPI in 1971.
- How does Low income rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Low income ranks 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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.