School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Greece
Greece: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Greece, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Greece recorded 1.01 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2018.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Greece peaked at 1.16 GPI in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.484 GPI, in 1971.
That places Greece 123rd out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5897 GPI | 0.484 GPI | 0.6876 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9438 GPI | 0.7018 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 GPI | 0.9393 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.13 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 1.16 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 70,680 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.34 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Greece?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Greece was 1.01 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 GPI in 2004.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.484 GPI in 1971.
- How does Greece rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Greece ranks 123rd out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.