School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Low income
Low income: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.6281 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Low income, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Low income recorded 0.6281 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2018.
The figure is up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Low income peaked at 0.6283 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4825 GPI, in 1979.
Low income ranks 43rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Low income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5562 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5498 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 0.5329 GPI | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.5223 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.514 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.5082 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.5064 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.4975 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.4907 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.4825 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 0.4871 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.4843 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.4936 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.4906 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.4923 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4922 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.4939 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4966 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.4956 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.4933 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.5026 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.5003 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.5017 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.5053 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.5033 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.4995 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.5014 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.5018 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.4966 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4969 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.5099 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.5088 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5274 GPI | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.5186 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.53 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5426 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.5611 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5537 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5545 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5596 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.561 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.5786 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5976 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6085 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6188 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6269 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6283 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6281 GPI | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5161 GPI | 0.4825 GPI | 0.5562 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4919 GPI | 0.4843 GPI | 0.4966 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5009 GPI | 0.4966 GPI | 0.5053 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5366 GPI | 0.5088 GPI | 0.5611 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6053 GPI | 0.561 GPI | 0.6283 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More education data for Low income
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.3481 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Low income?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Low income was 0.6281 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6283 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4825 GPI in 1979.
- How does Low income rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Low income ranks 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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.