School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ecuador
Ecuador: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.14 GPI in 2015. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ecuador, 1971β2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2015, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ecuador stood at 1.14 GPI.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ecuador peaked at 1.29 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.437 GPI, in 1972.
That places Ecuador 98th out of 177 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4776 GPI | 0.437 GPI | 0.56 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.6339 GPI | 0.5732 GPI | 0.6787 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.14 GPI | 1.14 GPI | 1.14 GPI | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.22 GPI | 1.14 GPI | 1.29 GPI | 2 |
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More education data for Ecuador
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 77,432 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.81 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ecuador?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ecuador was 1.14 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 GPI in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.437 GPI in 1972.
- How does Ecuador rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Ecuador ranks 98th out of 177 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.