School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: 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, 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 is 1.27 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 1.27 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8436 GPI, in 1976.
That places Latin America & Caribbean 6th out of 43 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, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8945 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.895 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.8836 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.8701 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.8589 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.8533 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.8436 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.8478 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.8566 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.8598 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.874 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.8833 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8933 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.9052 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.9087 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.9203 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.9274 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.964 GPI | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 0.9609 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.983 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 1 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 1.02 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 1.04 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 1.06 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1.08 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 1.1 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1.12 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 1.14 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.14 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1.15 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 1.16 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.15 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.16 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 1.18 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 1.18 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.19 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1.21 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 1.24 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 1.25 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.26 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.25 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.27 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1.26 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.26 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.26 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.26 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.26 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1.27 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.27 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.27 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8663 GPI | 0.8436 GPI | 0.895 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.922 GPI | 0.874 GPI | 0.983 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 GPI | 1 GPI | 1.15 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2 GPI | 1.15 GPI | 1.26 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 GPI | 1.25 GPI | 1.27 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 61.44 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1923 % change on previous year (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0928 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & Caribbean 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?
- 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?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8436 GPI in 1976.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 6th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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.