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School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) by country

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...

Countries reporting
177
Highest
8.39 GPI
Qatar
Lowest
0.29 GPI
Chad
Median
1.19 GPI
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
6,910

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 8.39 GPI in Qatar; the lowest is 0.29 GPI in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.19 GPI, and the mean is 1.23 GPI.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.

Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 368.0%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 84.3%).

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 8.39 GPI 2019 up 41.4% rising
2 Maldives 3.6 GPI 2017 up 96.0% rising
3 Seychelles 2.32 GPI 2019 down 30.3% falling
4 Barbados 2.25 GPI 2011 down 9.2% rising
5 Oman 2.11 GPI 2019 up 52.2% volatile
6 Saint Lucia 2.1 GPI 2019 down 16.5% rising
7 Samoa 2.09 GPI 2018 — volatile
8 Kuwait 2.06 GPI 2019 down 10.5% rising
9 Namibia 2.01 GPI 2017 up 137.1% rising
10 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.01 GPI 2015 down 6.6% falling
11 Guyana 1.98 GPI 2012 up 4.4% volatile
12 Aruba 1.94 GPI 2016 up 37.0% rising
13 Bahrain 1.89 GPI 2019 up 10.4% rising
14 Tunisia 1.85 GPI 2019 up 22.4% volatile
15 Iceland 1.84 GPI 2018 down 2.5% rising
16 British Virgin Islands 1.75 GPI 2018 up 9.5% falling
17 Jamaica 1.74 GPI 2015 down 20.1% rising
18 Dominican Republic 1.74 GPI 2017 up 11.0% rising
19 Belize 1.69 GPI 2019 up 1.8% falling
20 Venezuela 1.69 GPI 2008 up 15.8% rising
21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.67 GPI 2015 — volatile
22 Suriname 1.66 GPI 2002 up 36.4% rising
23 Tonga 1.66 GPI 2003 — rising
24 Algeria 1.66 GPI 2018 up 19.0% rising
25 Argentina 1.66 GPI 2017 up 12.5% rising
26 Uruguay 1.65 GPI 2006 down 10.3% rising
27 Lesotho 1.62 GPI 2018 up 35.2% rising
28 Sri Lanka 1.6 GPI 2019 down 10.3% rising
29 Palestine 1.6 GPI 2019 up 27.8% rising
30 Albania 1.59 GPI 2019 up 16.9% rising
31 Sweden 1.58 GPI 2018 up 1.1% rising
32 Cuba 1.58 GPI 2018 down 4.7% rising
33 Puerto Rico 1.58 GPI 2018 up 1.4% falling
34 Panama 1.57 GPI 2016 down 3.0% rising
35 Brunei 1.55 GPI 2019 down 12.9% rising
36 Cape Verde 1.53 GPI 2018 up 17.0% rising
37 Poland 1.52 GPI 2018 up 6.7% rising
38 Slovakia 1.52 GPI 2018 down 4.4% rising
39 Estonia 1.51 GPI 2018 down 11.2% rising
40 Norway 1.47 GPI 2018 down 7.2% rising
41 Bermuda 1.47 GPI 2018 down 28.9% rising
42 Latvia 1.46 GPI 2018 down 21.3% rising
43 South Africa 1.45 GPI 2018 up 2.8% rising
44 Slovenia 1.45 GPI 2018 down 2.3% rising
45 Botswana 1.43 GPI 2019 up 79.1% rising
46 New Zealand 1.42 GPI 2018 up 0.6% rising
47 United Arab Emirates 1.42 GPI 2017 down 51.7% flat
48 Thailand 1.41 GPI 2016 up 32.5% rising
49 Mauritius 1.4 GPI 2017 up 19.7% volatile
50 Czechia 1.4 GPI 2018 up 5.5% rising
51 Mongolia 1.4 GPI 2018 down 12.1% falling
52 Serbia 1.39 GPI 2019 up 7.5% rising
53 Myanmar 1.39 GPI 2018 up 2.1% rising
54 Croatia 1.39 GPI 2018 up 10.8% rising
55 Israel 1.37 GPI 2018 up 8.1% rising
55 Malta 1.37 GPI 2018 down 4.8% rising
57 Macao 1.37 GPI 2019 up 61.7% rising
58 Paraguay 1.37 GPI 2010 down 0.7% rising
59 Lithuania 1.36 GPI 2018 down 8.3% rising
60 Denmark 1.35 GPI 2018 down 3.8% rising
61 Armenia 1.35 GPI 2019 up 9.0% falling
62 United States 1.35 GPI 2018 down 2.7% rising
63 United Kingdom 1.35 GPI 2018 down 0.1% rising
64 Moldova 1.34 GPI 2019 down 2.1% rising
65 Australia 1.34 GPI 2018 — rising
66 Montenegro 1.34 GPI 2019 up 2.9% falling
67 Honduras 1.33 GPI 2018 down 11.7% rising
68 Italy 1.33 GPI 2018 down 6.5% rising
69 Canada 1.32 GPI 2018 down 3.1% rising
70 North Macedonia 1.32 GPI 2018 up 10.7% rising
71 Philippines 1.31 GPI 2017 up 5.4% flat
72 Belgium 1.3 GPI 2018 up 2.5% rising
73 Romania 1.29 GPI 2018 down 4.3% rising
74 Brazil 1.28 GPI 2011 up 7.3% flat
75 Malaysia 1.28 GPI 2019 down 4.1% rising
76 Kyrgyzstan 1.27 GPI 2019 down 4.7% rising
77 Trinidad and Tobago 1.26 GPI 2004 up 77.7% rising
78 Grenada 1.26 GPI 2018 down 9.5% flat
79 Vietnam 1.24 GPI 2016 up 27.7% rising
80 Bulgaria 1.24 GPI 2018 down 6.3% flat
81 Kazakhstan 1.23 GPI 2019 down 3.4% flat
82 China 1.22 GPI 2019 up 17.8% rising
83 France 1.22 GPI 2018 down 2.1% rising
84 Costa Rica 1.22 GPI 2019 down 2.8% rising
85 Hungary 1.22 GPI 2018 down 14.3% rising
86 Spain 1.2 GPI 2018 down 4.9% rising
87 Austria 1.2 GPI 2018 up 1.2% rising
88 Belarus 1.2 GPI 2018 down 18.1% flat
89 Fiji 1.19 GPI 2005 — rising
90 Finland 1.18 GPI 2018 down 4.2% rising
91 Russia 1.18 GPI 2018 down 13.3% flat
92 Azerbaijan 1.17 GPI 2019 up 19.9% rising
93 Jordan 1.16 GPI 2018 up 4.3% rising
94 Chile 1.16 GPI 2018 up 14.4% rising
95 Luxembourg 1.15 GPI 2018 up 18.6% rising
96 Ukraine 1.15 GPI 2014 down 5.2% flat
97 Saudi Arabia 1.15 GPI 2019 down 10.0% rising
98 Ecuador 1.14 GPI 2015 up 0.5% rising
99 Syria 1.14 GPI 2016 up 24.5% rising
100 Colombia 1.14 GPI 2018 up 14.2% rising
101 Portugal 1.13 GPI 2018 down 6.0% rising
102 Netherlands 1.13 GPI 2018 up 2.6% rising
103 Indonesia 1.13 GPI 2018 up 23.6% rising
104 Georgia 1.12 GPI 2019 down 13.5% rising
105 India 1.11 GPI 2019 up 55.3% rising
106 Ireland 1.11 GPI 2018 down 6.8% rising
107 Nicaragua 1.11 GPI 2002 up 12.9% rising
108 Cyprus 1.11 GPI 2018 up 9.2% rising
109 Libya 1.11 GPI 2003 up 26.9% volatile
110 Hong Kong 1.1 GPI 2019 up 15.2% rising
111 Laos 1.1 GPI 2019 up 45.3% rising
112 Guatemala 1.1 GPI 2015 up 7.1% volatile
113 Bhutan 1.06 GPI 2020 up 70.4% rising
114 Nepal 1.06 GPI 2019 up 71.5% rising
115 Peru 1.06 GPI 2017 down 2.2% rising
116 El Salvador 1.06 GPI 2018 down 1.4% rising
117 Sao Tome and Principe 1.04 GPI 2015 up 12.5% flat
118 Switzerland 1.04 GPI 2018 up 5.4% rising
119 Germany 1.03 GPI 2018 up 10.3% rising
120 Egypt 1.03 GPI 2017 up 35.5% rising
121 Mexico 1.02 GPI 2018 up 6.2% rising
122 Sudan 1.02 GPI 2015 down 10.0% falling
123 Greece 1.01 GPI 2018 down 7.6% rising
124 Dominica 1 GPI 1993 down 84.3% volatile
125 Morocco 1 GPI 2019 up 13.5% rising
126 Cambodia 0.9359 GPI 2019 up 67.0% volatile
127 Madagascar 0.9167 GPI 2018 up 6.9% rising
128 Cameroon 0.8862 GPI 2018 up 11.8% rising
129 Turkey 0.8711 GPI 2018 up 14.9% rising
130 Pakistan 0.8709 GPI 2018 up 2.8% rising
131 Eswatini 0.8679 GPI 2013 down 24.2% rising
132 Iran 0.8667 GPI 2018 down 24.9% rising
133 Ghana 0.8471 GPI 2019 up 36.8% rising
134 Uzbekistan 0.8451 GPI 2019 up 22.5% falling
135 Zimbabwe 0.84 GPI 2015 up 14.6% rising
136 South Korea 0.8186 GPI 2018 up 14.7% rising
137 Rwanda 0.8159 GPI 2019 up 6.6% volatile
138 Comoros 0.812 GPI 2014 up 4.5% rising
139 Angola 0.8097 GPI 2016 up 24.1% rising
140 Mozambique 0.8058 GPI 2018 up 31.2% rising
141 San Marino 0.7859 GPI 2019 down 46.6% falling
142 Tajikistan 0.7655 GPI 2017 up 54.4% rising
143 Djibouti 0.7581 GPI 2011 up 4.7% falling
144 Senegal 0.7502 GPI 2019 up 30.5% rising
145 Zambia 0.7371 GPI 2012 up 58.3% rising
146 Kenya 0.7371 GPI 2017 up 24.7% rising
147 Uganda 0.7297 GPI 2014 up 20.0% rising
148 Bangladesh 0.7165 GPI 2019 up 19.8% volatile
149 Eritrea 0.709 GPI 2016 up 368.0% volatile
150 Nigeria 0.6919 GPI 2011 down 11.5% rising
151 Tanzania 0.658 GPI 2019 down 20.2% volatile
152 Congo 0.6573 GPI 2017 up 213.3% volatile
153 Cote d'Ivoire 0.6567 GPI 2017 up 31.9% rising
154 Lebanon 0.6473 GPI 1985 up 87.8% rising
155 Liberia 0.6246 GPI 2012 up 12.3% rising
156 Malawi 0.6239 GPI 2011 up 66.0% rising
157 Liechtenstein 0.6234 GPI 2018 up 15.7% rising
158 Mauritania 0.6117 GPI 2019 up 58.2% rising
159 Burundi 0.608 GPI 2018 up 39.3% rising
160 Gambia 0.6061 GPI 2012 up 168.7% rising
161 Iraq 0.5954 GPI 2005 up 9.9% rising
162 Gabon 0.5873 GPI 2003 up 37.2% rising
163 Papua New Guinea 0.5701 GPI 1999 up 68.8% rising
164 Niger 0.5684 GPI 2019 up 53.0% volatile
165 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5588 GPI 2016 up 59.4% volatile
166 Togo 0.5304 GPI 2019 up 94.6% volatile
167 Burkina Faso 0.5279 GPI 2019 up 11.5% rising
168 Ethiopia 0.4832 GPI 2014 up 44.8% rising
169 Yemen 0.4402 GPI 2011 up 29.7% rising
170 Benin 0.4376 GPI 2018 up 17.6% rising
171 Sierra Leone 0.4151 GPI 2002 — volatile
172 Guinea 0.4134 GPI 2014 up 165.0% volatile
173 Mali 0.4028 GPI 2015 down 19.9% volatile
174 Central African Republic 0.365 GPI 2012 up 90.9% volatile
175 Afghanistan 0.3452 GPI 2018 up 46.0% rising
176 Haiti 0.3346 GPI 1986 up 10.9% rising
177 Chad 0.29 GPI 2015 up 350.2% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
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.