School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in IDA total
IDA total: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 0.7702 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total stood at 0.7702 GPI. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total peaked at 0.7702 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.51 GPI, in 1986.
That places IDA total 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it 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 total, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5502 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.548 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.546 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.5401 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.521 GPI | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 0.5324 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 0.5381 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.5449 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.5574 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.5327 GPI | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 0.5406 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.5381 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.5511 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 0.5244 GPI | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 0.5158 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5148 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.51 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.5296 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 0.5148 GPI | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.511 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.5184 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.5161 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.5193 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.5385 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.5515 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.5692 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 0.5907 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.6149 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6368 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.6653 GPI | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.6779 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.6839 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.6831 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.6796 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.6842 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.7028 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.7056 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7008 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6982 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7056 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.7106 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7214 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.737 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7452 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.757 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7462 GPI | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7496 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7541 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7623 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7702 GPI | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5411 GPI | 0.521 GPI | 0.5574 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.525 GPI | 0.51 GPI | 0.5511 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5721 GPI | 0.5161 GPI | 0.6653 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6922 GPI | 0.6779 GPI | 0.7056 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7454 GPI | 0.7106 GPI | 0.7702 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More education data for IDA total
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1356 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 263.89 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 135.69 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 7.15 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, per capita 0.0697 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in IDA total was 0.7702 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7702 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.51 GPI in 1986.
- How does IDA total rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- IDA total ranks 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 50 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.