School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income
Middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Middle income recorded 1.01 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2019.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7509 GPI, in 1974.
Middle income ranks 19th 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 Middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7561 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7553 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.7533 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7514 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7509 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.7787 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 0.7913 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.7949 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7979 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.7982 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.7978 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.7982 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.797 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.8005 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7994 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.8077 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.819 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.8272 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.8325 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.8377 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.842 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8506 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8576 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8635 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8726 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8788 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8843 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.8921 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.8993 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.9064 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9092 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9146 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9195 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9425 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9447 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9522 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9579 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9637 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9729 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9803 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9804 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9821 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.991 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPI | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7728 GPI | 0.7509 GPI | 0.7982 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8117 GPI | 0.797 GPI | 0.8377 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8747 GPI | 0.842 GPI | 0.9064 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9457 GPI | 0.9092 GPI | 0.9803 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9804 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More education data for Middle income
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 25.11 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 25.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total 2.74 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income was 1.01 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in 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 Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7509 GPI in 1974.
- How does Middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Middle income ranks 19th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.