School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malta
Malta: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malta, 1972–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malta stood at 1.06 GPI.
The figure is up 0.1% 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 Malta peaked at 1.07 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8898 GPI, in 1972.
Malta ranks 62nd of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malta, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.8898 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 0.9171 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 0.907 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.9072 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.9117 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.9066 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8925 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.8932 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.9182 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 0.9075 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.917 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.9136 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.9199 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.935 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.9434 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.9485 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.9523 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.9514 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.9451 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.9446 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.946 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.9524 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9446 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.9543 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 1.01 GPI | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 0.9974 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.9951 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9794 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 1.01 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9988 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 1.01 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 1.02 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9885 GPI | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 1 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 1.02 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9784 GPI | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPI | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 1.04 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.04 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.05 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.07 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.06 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.05 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.06 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9031 GPI | 0.8898 GPI | 0.9171 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.9307 GPI | 0.9075 GPI | 0.9523 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9665 GPI | 0.9446 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9885 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPI | 0.9784 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 9 |
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More education data for Malta
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,941 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.71 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malta?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malta was 1.06 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8898 GPI in 1972.
- How does Malta rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Malta ranks 62nd out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.