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

Suriname: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.17 GPI in 2002. ▲ Rising

Latest (2002)
1.17 GPI
World rank
9th
of 175 countries
All-time high
1.17 GPI
in 2002
All-time low
1.06 GPI
in 1986
Years of data
6
1986–2002

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Suriname, 1986–2002

00.250.50.7511.21986199420021986: 1.1 GPI1987: 1.1 GPI1988: 1.1 GPI1989: 1.1 GPI1990: 1.2 GPI2002: 1.2 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Suriname recorded 1.17 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2002. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Suriname peaked at 1.17 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.06 GPI, in 1986.

Suriname ranks 9th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Suriname, 1986 to 2002.
Year GPI Change
1986 1.06 GPI
1987 1.08 GPI +2.4%
1988 1.1 GPI +1.3%
1989 1.09 GPI -0.7%
1990 1.16 GPI +7.0%
2002 1.17 GPI +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1.08 GPI 1.06 GPI 1.1 GPI 4
1990s 1.16 GPI 1.16 GPI 1.16 GPI 1
2000s 1.17 GPI 1.17 GPI 1.17 GPI 1

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 6 Jamaica 1.17 GPI compare
  2. 7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.17 GPI compare
  3. 8 Venezuela 1.17 GPI compare
  4. 10 Argentina 1.15 GPI compare
  5. 11 Palestine 1.14 GPI compare
  6. 12 Uruguay 1.13 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Suriname?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Suriname was 1.17 GPI in 2002, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 1.17 GPI in 2002.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 1986.
How does Suriname rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Suriname ranks 9th out of 175 countries with data for 2002.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Suriname 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
Last refreshed

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.