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

Latest (2019)
1.23 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
11th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1.23 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.9064 GPI
in 1987
Years of data
47
1973–2019

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Late-demographic dividend, 1973–2019

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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

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Late-demographic dividend, 1973 to 2019.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 8 Kuwait 2.06 GPI compare
  2. 9 Namibia 2.01 GPI compare
  3. 10 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.01 GPI compare
  4. 11 Guyana 1.98 GPI compare
  5. 12 Aruba 1.94 GPI compare
  6. 13 Bahrain 1.89 GPI compare
  7. 14 Tunisia 1.85 GPI compare

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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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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.