School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8822 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Pre-demographic dividend recorded 0.8822 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2017. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 0.8822 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6011 GPI, in 1970.
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 42nd of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6011 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6057 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.6139 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.6235 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6359 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6411 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.6466 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6669 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 0.6841 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.6962 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.7055 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.7159 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.733 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7192 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.711 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7249 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 0.7473 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7629 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.7472 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7636 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.7554 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7626 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7641 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7635 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7668 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7712 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7752 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7776 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.7781 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7864 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7916 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.7992 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7905 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.802 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.794 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8101 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8169 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8226 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8313 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8386 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8465 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8436 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8606 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8686 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8715 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8811 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.88 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8822 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6415 GPI | 0.6011 GPI | 0.6962 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7331 GPI | 0.7055 GPI | 0.7636 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7701 GPI | 0.7554 GPI | 0.7864 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8097 GPI | 0.7905 GPI | 0.8386 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8668 GPI | 0.8436 GPI | 0.8822 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
More education data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Population ages 15-64 55.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4.66 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.2% (2024)
- Labor force, female 45.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend was 0.8822 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8822 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6011 GPI in 1970.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 42nd out of 43 groups with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pre-demographic dividend 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.