School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Small states
Small states: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2015. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Small states, 1970–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Small states recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2015. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Small states peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.9752 GPI, in 1971.
Small states ranks 17th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Small states, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9756 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.9752 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.9805 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.9786 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.9825 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.9877 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.9886 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.986 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.9869 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.9868 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.9911 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.986 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.9803 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.9807 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9761 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.9821 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.9794 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9824 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9857 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9882 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.9888 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.9865 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9866 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9844 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.9851 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9811 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9833 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9828 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.9789 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9781 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9776 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9808 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.986 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9882 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9846 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9937 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.998 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9984 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9828 GPI | 0.9752 GPI | 0.9886 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9832 GPI | 0.9761 GPI | 0.9911 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9836 GPI | 0.9781 GPI | 0.9888 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9916 GPI | 0.9776 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 6 |
Countries ranked near Small states
- 14 Tunisia 1.12 GPI compare
- 15 Antigua and Barbuda 1.12 GPI compare
- 16 Albania 1.12 GPI compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 1.11 GPI
- 18 New Zealand 1.11 GPI compare
- 19 Iceland 1.11 GPI compare
- 20 Sweden 1.11 GPI compare
More education data for Small states
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 243,069 (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 66.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.012 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 243,069 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 101.3% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4354 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Small states?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Small states was 1.02 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9752 GPI in 1971.
- How does Small states rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Small states ranks 17th out of 43 groups with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Small states 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.