School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7004 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) is 0.7004 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 0.7004 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5305 GPI, in 1979.
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 41st of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6583 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6497 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.6217 GPI | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6069 GPI | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.5919 GPI | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 0.5742 GPI | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 0.5568 GPI | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 0.5612 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.5404 GPI | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 0.5305 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.536 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.536 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.5406 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5393 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5411 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.549 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.5406 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.5463 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.5459 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.5471 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.5522 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.5465 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.55 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.5495 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.5548 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.559 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5675 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.5764 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.5939 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.6035 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.6142 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.6144 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6407 GPI | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6298 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6316 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6377 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6499 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6449 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.6324 GPI | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6379 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.6321 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.6375 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6564 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6535 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6475 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6582 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6731 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6768 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.688 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7004 GPI | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5891 GPI | 0.5305 GPI | 0.6583 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5422 GPI | 0.536 GPI | 0.549 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5653 GPI | 0.5465 GPI | 0.6035 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6334 GPI | 0.6142 GPI | 0.6499 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6623 GPI | 0.6321 GPI | 0.7004 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
More education data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Population ages 15-64 55.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.2% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.67 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3.67 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 98.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 45.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.7004 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7004 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5305 GPI in 1979.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 41st out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.