School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Australia

Australia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.34 GPI in 2018. β–² Rising

Latest (2018)
1.34 GPI
Change on year
down 4.3%
World rank
65th
of 177 countries
All-time high
1.41 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.504 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
32
1970–2018

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Australia, 1970–2018

00.511.51970199420181970: 0.504 GPI1971: 0.536 GPI1972: 0.561 GPI1973: 0.592 GPI1974: 0.652 GPI1975: 0.703 GPI1976: 0.761 GPI1977: 0.775 GPI1978: 0.808 GPI1979: 0.837 GPI1980: 0.857 GPI1981: 0.852 GPI1982: 0.868 GPI1983: 0.891 GPI1984: 0.903 GPI1985: 0.945 GPI1986: 0.986 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1.1 GPI1989: 1.1 GPI1990: 1.2 GPI1991: 1.2 GPI1992: 1.2 GPI1993: 0.989 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1.1 GPI1997: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.4 GPI2016: 1.4 GPI2017: 1.4 GPI2018: 1.3 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Australia is 1.34 GPI, measured in 2018.

That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 4.6% over five years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Australia peaked at 1.41 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.504 GPI, in 1970.

Australia ranks 65th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6728 GPI 0.504 GPI 0.8366 GPI 10
1980s 0.9549 GPI 0.8518 GPI 1.12 GPI 10
1990s 1.09 GPI 0.9888 GPI 1.19 GPI 8
2010s 1.39 GPI 1.34 GPI 1.41 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 62 United States 1.35 GPI compare
  2. 63 United Kingdom 1.35 GPI compare
  3. 64 Moldova, Republic of 1.34 GPI compare
  4. 66 Montenegro 1.34 GPI compare
  5. 67 Honduras 1.33 GPI compare
  6. 68 Italy 1.33 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 222 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Australia?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Australia was 1.34 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 1.41 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.504 GPI in 1970.
How does Australia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Australia ranks 65th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
Where does this Australia 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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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.