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
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye, 1971–2018
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More education data for Türkiye
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 6.35 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.03 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 9.33 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.00 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -15.69 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 184,069 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 115,898 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.56 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -13.75 % change on previous year (2023)
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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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.