School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Euro area
Euro area: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.17 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Euro area, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 1.17 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2019.
That represents a change of down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Euro area peaked at 1.19 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.7093 GPI, in 1972.
Euro area ranks 17th of 43 regions 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 Euro area, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7101 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7109 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.7093 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7184 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7285 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.7312 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.7384 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7485 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7611 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.7704 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7758 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7973 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.8212 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8425 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.8613 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.8705 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.8891 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9033 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.9206 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.9418 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.9607 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.977 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 1.01 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 1.03 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 1.03 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 1.07 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 1.08 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 1.11 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 1.13 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 1.13 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 1.13 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.14 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 1.15 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.15 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1.16 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.17 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.18 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.18 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.19 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.19 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.18 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.18 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.18 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.17 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.16 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.16 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.16 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.17 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.17 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.17 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7327 GPI | 0.7093 GPI | 0.7704 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8623 GPI | 0.7758 GPI | 0.9418 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.05 GPI | 0.9607 GPI | 1.13 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.16 GPI | 1.13 GPI | 1.19 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 GPI | 1.16 GPI | 1.18 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 14 Tunisia 1.85 GPI compare
- 15 Iceland 1.84 GPI compare
- 16 British Virgin Islands 1.75 GPI compare
- 17 Jamaica 1.74 GPI compare
- 18 Dominican Republic 1.74 GPI compare
- 19 Belize 1.69 GPI compare
- 20 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.69 GPI compare
More education data for Euro area
- Population ages 0-14 14.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.51 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1.51 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.8% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.49 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Euro area?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Euro area was 1.17 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 GPI in 2009.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7093 GPI in 1972.
- How does Euro area rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Euro area ranks 17th out of 43 regions with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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.