School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in IDA blend

IDA blend: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 0.79 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.79 GPI
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
36th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.834 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.4744 GPI
in 1989
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend, 1970–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

IDA blend recorded 0.79 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend peaked at 0.834 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4744 GPI, in 1989.

IDA blend ranks 36th of 45 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 (GPI) in IDA blend, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in IDA blend, 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.5284 GPI —
1971 0.5335 GPI +1.0%
1972 0.5554 GPI +4.1%
1973 0.5532 GPI -0.4%
1974 0.5567 GPI +0.6%
1975 0.5673 GPI +1.9%
1976 0.5545 GPI -2.3%
1977 0.5653 GPI +1.9%
1978 0.5658 GPI +0.1%
1979 0.5494 GPI -2.9%
1980 0.5486 GPI -0.1%
1981 0.5341 GPI -2.6%
1982 0.5208 GPI -2.5%
1983 0.5105 GPI -2.0%
1984 0.5019 GPI -1.7%
1985 0.4853 GPI -3.3%
1986 0.4835 GPI -0.4%
1987 0.4973 GPI +2.8%
1988 0.4775 GPI -4.0%
1989 0.4744 GPI -0.7%
1990 0.4943 GPI +4.2%
1991 0.4936 GPI -0.1%
1992 0.4976 GPI +0.8%
1993 0.5189 GPI +4.3%
1994 0.5436 GPI +4.8%
1995 0.5708 GPI +5.0%
1996 0.6031 GPI +5.7%
1997 0.6353 GPI +5.3%
1998 0.6705 GPI +5.5%
1999 0.7085 GPI +5.7%
2000 0.7176 GPI +1.3%
2001 0.7155 GPI -0.3%
2002 0.7171 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.7153 GPI -0.2%
2004 0.7292 GPI +1.9%
2005 0.741 GPI +1.6%
2006 0.7431 GPI +0.3%
2007 0.7533 GPI +1.4%
2008 0.7544 GPI +0.1%
2009 0.766 GPI +1.5%
2010 0.7875 GPI +2.8%
2011 0.7766 GPI -1.4%
2012 0.7939 GPI +2.2%
2013 0.8058 GPI +1.5%
2014 0.834 GPI +3.5%
2015 0.7733 GPI -7.3%
2016 0.7741 GPI +0.1%
2017 0.7729 GPI -0.2%
2018 0.7825 GPI +1.3%
2019 0.79 GPI +1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.553 GPI 0.5284 GPI 0.5673 GPI 10
1980s 0.5034 GPI 0.4744 GPI 0.5486 GPI 10
1990s 0.5736 GPI 0.4936 GPI 0.7085 GPI 10
2000s 0.7352 GPI 0.7153 GPI 0.766 GPI 10
2010s 0.789 GPI 0.7729 GPI 0.834 GPI 10

Countries ranked near IDA blend

  1. 33 Puerto Rico 1.58 GPI compare
  2. 34 Panama 1.57 GPI compare
  3. 35 Brunei 1.55 GPI compare
  4. 36 Cape Verde 1.53 GPI compare
  5. 37 Poland 1.52 GPI compare
  6. 38 Slovakia 1.52 GPI compare
  7. 39 Estonia 1.51 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in IDA blend was 0.79 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in IDA blend?
The highest recorded value was 0.834 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in IDA blend?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4744 GPI in 1989.
How does IDA blend rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
IDA blend ranks 36th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in IDA blend?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this IDA blend 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
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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.