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

Türkiye: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9417 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9417 GPI
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
145th
of 175 countries
All-time high
0.9455 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.6153 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
40
1971–2018

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

00.20.40.60.811971199420181971: 0.615 GPI1972: 0.627 GPI1973: 0.645 GPI1974: 0.656 GPI1976: 0.658 GPI1977: 0.66 GPI1978: 0.664 GPI1979: 0.678 GPI1982: 0.72 GPI1984: 0.748 GPI1986: 0.747 GPI1987: 0.749 GPI1988: 0.752 GPI1989: 0.751 GPI1990: 0.754 GPI1991: 0.756 GPI1992: 0.761 GPI1993: 0.762 GPI1994: 0.776 GPI1995: 0.775 GPI1997: 0.768 GPI1999: 0.776 GPI2001: 0.805 GPI2002: 0.807 GPI2003: 0.81 GPI2004: 0.83 GPI2005: 0.861 GPI2006: 0.868 GPI2007: 0.877 GPI2008: 0.896 GPI2009: 0.91 GPI2010: 0.914 GPI2011: 0.921 GPI2012: 0.931 GPI2013: 0.938 GPI2014: 0.946 GPI2015: 0.94 GPI2016: 0.937 GPI2017: 0.926 GPI2018: 0.942 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye stood at 0.9417 GPI.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye peaked at 0.9455 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.6153 GPI, in 1971.

Türkiye ranks 145th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Türkiye, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.6153 GPI
1972 0.6271 GPI +1.9%
1973 0.6446 GPI +2.8%
1974 0.6561 GPI +1.8%
1976 0.658 GPI +0.3%
1977 0.6597 GPI +0.3%
1978 0.6641 GPI +0.7%
1979 0.6779 GPI +2.1%
1982 0.7198 GPI +6.2%
1984 0.7484 GPI +4.0%
1986 0.747 GPI -0.2%
1987 0.7485 GPI +0.2%
1988 0.7519 GPI +0.5%
1989 0.751 GPI -0.1%
1990 0.7545 GPI +0.5%
1991 0.7563 GPI +0.2%
1992 0.7612 GPI +0.6%
1993 0.7622 GPI +0.1%
1994 0.7762 GPI +1.8%
1995 0.7748 GPI -0.2%
1997 0.7679 GPI -0.9%
1999 0.7762 GPI +1.1%
2001 0.8053 GPI +3.7%
2002 0.8065 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.8104 GPI +0.5%
2004 0.8298 GPI +2.4%
2005 0.8613 GPI +3.8%
2006 0.8685 GPI +0.8%
2007 0.8772 GPI +1.0%
2008 0.8959 GPI +2.1%
2009 0.91 GPI +1.6%
2010 0.9142 GPI +0.5%
2011 0.9209 GPI +0.7%
2012 0.9314 GPI +1.1%
2013 0.9382 GPI +0.7%
2014 0.9455 GPI +0.8%
2015 0.9397 GPI -0.6%
2016 0.9371 GPI -0.3%
2017 0.9265 GPI -1.1%
2018 0.9417 GPI +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6503 GPI 0.6153 GPI 0.6779 GPI 8
1980s 0.7445 GPI 0.7198 GPI 0.7519 GPI 6
1990s 0.7662 GPI 0.7545 GPI 0.7762 GPI 8
2000s 0.8516 GPI 0.8053 GPI 0.91 GPI 9
2010s 0.9328 GPI 0.9142 GPI 0.9455 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 142 Gabon 0.9527 GPI compare
  2. 143 Morocco 0.9525 GPI compare
  3. 144 Republic of Korea 0.943 GPI compare
  4. 146 Uganda 0.9378 GPI compare
  5. 147 Kenya 0.936 GPI compare
  6. 148 Vanuatu 0.9354 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye was 0.9417 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 0.9455 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6153 GPI in 1971.
How does Türkiye rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Türkiye ranks 145th out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Türkiye 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.