School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Colombia
Colombia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 1.14 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Colombia, 1970–2018
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.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Colombia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3628 GPI | — |
| 1974 | 0.5332 GPI | +47.0% |
| 1975 | 0.563 GPI | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6249 GPI | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6626 GPI | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6963 GPI | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 0.8002 GPI | +14.9% |
| 1981 | 0.8 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.8478 GPI | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9198 GPI | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 0.9453 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.9499 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.9683 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.9343 GPI | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 1.06 GPI | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 1.03 GPI | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 1.01 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 1.06 GPI | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 1.1 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9826 GPI | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 1.09 GPI | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 1.07 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.08 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.07 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.08 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.08 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.09 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 1.09 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9938 GPI | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 1.05 GPI | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 1.1 GPI | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 1.1 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.13 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.1 GPI | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 1.11 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1.12 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.13 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.13 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.14 GPI | +0.4% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 1.14 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.32 GPI, 86% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 1.14 GPI is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.57 GPI, 72% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +47.0% | 0.3628 GPI | 0.5332 GPI |
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
More education data for Colombia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 93.21 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 92.68 (2022)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 190,940 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 234,939 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 963,182 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 937,684 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.85 million (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.14 million (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (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.