School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Paraguay
Paraguay: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2010. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Paraguay, 1970–2010
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Paraguay is 1.06 GPI, measured in 2010.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Paraguay peaked at 1.07 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.9217 GPI, in 1970.
Paraguay ranks 63rd of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9217 GPI | — |
| 1993 | 0.9849 GPI | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 1.01 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 1.01 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.01 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.02 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1.03 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.02 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 1.03 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.01 GPI | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.04 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 1.05 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.07 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 1.06 GPI | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9217 GPI | 0.9217 GPI | 0.9217 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 GPI | 0.9849 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.03 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1 |
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More education data for Paraguay
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34,694 (2012)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Paraguay?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Paraguay was 1.06 GPI in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 2009.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9217 GPI in 1970.
- How does Paraguay rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Paraguay ranks 63rd out of 175 countries with data for 2010.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.