School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Uruguay
Uruguay: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.41 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Uruguay, 1974β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 1.41 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Uruguay peaked at 1.49 GPIA in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.7774 GPIA, in 1975.
Uruguay ranks 30th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8918 GPIA | 0.7774 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 4 |
| 1980s | 1.04 GPIA | 0.9912 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 3 |
| 1990s | 1.44 GPIA | 1.42 GPIA | 1.45 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.44 GPIA | 1.39 GPIA | 1.49 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.42 GPIA | 1.41 GPIA | 1.44 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 18,882 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.4 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Uruguay?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Uruguay was 1.41 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.49 GPIA in 2003.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7774 GPIA in 1975.
- How does Uruguay rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Uruguay ranks 30th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release