School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Portugal

Portugal: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
116th
of 175 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 2004
All-time low
0.889 GPI
in 1980
Years of data
37
1971–2018

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Portugal, 1971–2018

00.250.50.7511971199420181971: 0.922 GPI1972: 0.936 GPI1973: 0.929 GPI1974: 0.938 GPI1975: 0.957 GPI1976: 0.951 GPI1977: 0.952 GPI1978: 0.958 GPI1979: 0.982 GPI1980: 0.889 GPI1986: 1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1993: 1.1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1.1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1.1 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 0.999 GPI2014: 0.994 GPI2015: 0.986 GPI2016: 0.987 GPI2017: 0.993 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Portugal stood at 1 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Portugal peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.889 GPI, in 1980.

Portugal ranks 116th of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Portugal, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Portugal, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.9223 GPI
1972 0.9357 GPI +1.5%
1973 0.9289 GPI -0.7%
1974 0.9382 GPI +1.0%
1975 0.9566 GPI +2.0%
1976 0.9512 GPI -0.6%
1977 0.9519 GPI +0.1%
1978 0.9575 GPI +0.6%
1979 0.9821 GPI +2.6%
1980 0.889 GPI -9.5%
1986 1.02 GPI +14.3%
1991 1.05 GPI +3.2%
1993 1.06 GPI +1.2%
1994 1.04 GPI -1.6%
1995 1.04 GPI +0.0%
1996 1.05 GPI +0.8%
1998 1.05 GPI -0.6%
1999 1.05 GPI -0.0%
2000 1.05 GPI +0.1%
2001 1.06 GPI +1.5%
2002 1.05 GPI -0.9%
2003 1.06 GPI +0.7%
2004 1.06 GPI +0.2%
2005 1.06 GPI -0.3%
2006 1.05 GPI -0.7%
2007 1.04 GPI -1.4%
2008 1.03 GPI -0.9%
2009 1.03 GPI +0.2%
2010 1.03 GPI -0.4%
2011 1.02 GPI -0.2%
2012 1.02 GPI -0.9%
2013 0.9994 GPI -1.7%
2014 0.9942 GPI -0.5%
2015 0.9863 GPI -0.8%
2016 0.987 GPI +0.1%
2017 0.9926 GPI +0.6%
2018 1 GPI +1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9472 GPI 0.9223 GPI 0.9821 GPI 9
1980s 0.9525 GPI 0.889 GPI 1.02 GPI 2
1990s 1.05 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.06 GPI 7
2000s 1.05 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.06 GPI 10
2010s 1 GPI 0.9863 GPI 1.03 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 113 Indonesia 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 114 United Arab Emirates 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 115 Namibia 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 117 Madagascar 1 GPI compare
  5. 118 Luxembourg 1 GPI compare
  6. 119 Gibraltar 1 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Portugal?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Portugal was 1 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2004.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.889 GPI in 1980.
How does Portugal rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Portugal ranks 116th out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Portugal 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
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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.