School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Argentina
Argentina: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.66 GPI in 2017. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Argentina, 1970β2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Argentina stood at 1.66 GPI. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Argentina peaked at 1.66 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7609 GPI, in 1970.
That places Argentina 25th out of 177 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8796 GPI | 0.7609 GPI | 0.9877 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.11 GPI | 1 GPI | 1.15 GPI | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.6 GPI | 1.6 GPI | 1.6 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.45 GPI | 1.37 GPI | 1.52 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.58 GPI | 1.46 GPI | 1.66 GPI | 8 |
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More education data for Argentina
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 288,776 (2008)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0071 units per person (2008)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Argentina?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Argentina was 1.66 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7609 GPI in 1970.
- How does Argentina rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Argentina ranks 25th out of 177 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, 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.