School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.09 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend is 1.09 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 1.09 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4336 GPI, in 1970.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 25th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4336 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.4407 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 0.4492 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 0.4547 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.4634 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.4741 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 0.4825 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.4997 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 0.5163 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 0.5373 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 0.5473 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.5636 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 0.5878 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 0.5887 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5936 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.6144 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 0.6163 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.6271 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.663 GPI | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 0.6775 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.6889 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.712 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7239 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.741 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.7535 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.767 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7702 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7876 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8171 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8403 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8532 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8577 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8872 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8838 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8759 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.907 GPI | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9275 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9196 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.925 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9206 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9163 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9296 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9823 GPI | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.04 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.06 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.07 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.09 GPI | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4751 GPI | 0.4336 GPI | 0.5373 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6079 GPI | 0.5473 GPI | 0.6775 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7602 GPI | 0.6889 GPI | 0.8403 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8957 GPI | 0.8532 GPI | 0.9275 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9163 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More education data for Early-demographic dividend
- Population ages 15-64 66.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.97 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 13.97 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 105.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 106.2% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4142 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Early-demographic dividend was 1.09 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4336 GPI in 1970.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.