School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9957 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income, 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 Lower middle income is 0.9957 GPI, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6463 GPI, in 1970.
Lower middle income ranks 27th of 43 groups on this measure, 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 Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6463 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6474 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.652 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.6561 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6583 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6629 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6683 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.6749 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6785 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6881 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.692 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.6996 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7002 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7035 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.6983 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7112 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.7248 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7311 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7402 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7445 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7501 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.7643 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7738 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7874 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7984 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.8037 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8103 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8229 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8326 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8419 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8457 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8545 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8643 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9052 GPI | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9049 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9132 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9201 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9266 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9406 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9516 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9536 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9559 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9688 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9995 GPI | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 1 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9917 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9957 GPI | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6633 GPI | 0.6463 GPI | 0.6881 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7146 GPI | 0.692 GPI | 0.7445 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7985 GPI | 0.7501 GPI | 0.8419 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9027 GPI | 0.8457 GPI | 0.9516 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9903 GPI | 0.9536 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More education data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 105.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.20 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income was 0.9957 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6463 GPI in 1970.
- How does Lower middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Lower middle income ranks 27th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower 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.