School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.27 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 1.27 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 1.27 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8166 GPI, in 1976.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 7th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8633 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.8682 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.8588 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.8421 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.8287 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.8235 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.8166 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.8218 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8312 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.8368 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.8492 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.8605 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.8724 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.886 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.8908 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.9023 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.9089 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.9479 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9459 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9694 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.9904 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 1.01 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 1.03 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 1.05 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 1.07 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 1.09 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 1.11 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 1.13 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.13 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1.15 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 1.16 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1.15 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.16 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.18 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.18 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.19 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.21 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 1.24 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1.25 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.26 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.26 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.27 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.26 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.26 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.26 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.26 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.26 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.27 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.27 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.27 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8391 GPI | 0.8166 GPI | 0.8682 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9033 GPI | 0.8492 GPI | 0.9694 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 GPI | 0.9904 GPI | 1.15 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2 GPI | 1.15 GPI | 1.26 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 GPI | 1.26 GPI | 1.27 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 1.27 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8166 GPI in 1976.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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.