School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.27 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 1.27 GPI. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 1.27 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8202 GPI, in 1976.
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 8th of 45 groups on this measure, 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8576 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.8602 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.8531 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.8432 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.8323 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.8293 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.8202 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.8254 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8344 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.8365 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.85 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.8582 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.8661 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.8795 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 0.8839 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.8956 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.903 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.9399 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 0.937 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9589 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.9798 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.9975 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 1.02 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 1.04 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 1.06 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1.08 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 1.1 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 1.13 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 1.13 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1.15 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 1.15 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.15 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.16 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 1.17 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 1.16 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 1.17 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 1.2 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 1.21 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1.23 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.24 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1.24 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.25 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.26 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.25 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.25 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.26 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.26 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1.26 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.27 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.27 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8392 GPI | 0.8202 GPI | 0.8602 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8972 GPI | 0.85 GPI | 0.9589 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 GPI | 0.9798 GPI | 1.15 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.18 GPI | 1.15 GPI | 1.24 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 GPI | 1.24 GPI | 1.27 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.22 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 62.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 60.53 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1513 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0936 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.3% (2025)
All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8202 GPI in 1976.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 8th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.