School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Colombia
Colombia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.14 GPI in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Colombia, 1970β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Colombia is 1.14 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Colombia peaked at 1.14 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3628 GPI, in 1970.
Colombia ranks 100th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5738 GPI | 0.3628 GPI | 0.6963 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.9139 GPI | 0.8 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.05 GPI | 0.9826 GPI | 1.1 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.07 GPI | 0.9938 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.12 GPI | 1.1 GPI | 1.14 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 97 Saudi Arabia 1.15 GPI compare
- 98 Ecuador 1.14 GPI compare
- 99 Syrian Arab Republic 1.14 GPI compare
- 101 Portugal 1.13 GPI compare
- 102 Netherlands 1.13 GPI compare
- 103 Indonesia 1.13 GPI compare
More education data for Colombia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 180,781 (2022)
- 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 69.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Colombia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Colombia was 1.14 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3628 GPI in 1970.
- How does Colombia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Colombia ranks 100th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.