School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.23 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend, 1973–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend stood at 1.23 GPI. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 1.23 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9064 GPI, in 1987.
That places Late-demographic dividend 11th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1.11 GPI | — |
| 1974 | 1.1 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 1.1 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 1.09 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 1.09 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 1.08 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 1.05 GPI | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 1.04 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.991 GPI | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 0.9782 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.9681 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9609 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.9339 GPI | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.9079 GPI | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.9064 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.915 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.9292 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.9388 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.9452 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.9641 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.977 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9714 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.9755 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9915 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 1 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 1.01 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1.03 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 1.04 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 1.04 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.05 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.04 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1.06 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.06 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.08 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 1.11 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 1.13 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 1.16 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 1.17 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.18 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.19 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.19 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.2 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.21 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.22 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.22 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.23 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.23 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.09 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 1.11 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.9528 GPI | 0.9064 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9801 GPI | 0.9388 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 1.16 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2 GPI | 1.17 GPI | 1.23 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
More education data for Late-demographic dividend
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.38 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10.38 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.9% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.5306 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend was 1.23 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9064 GPI in 1987.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 11th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.