School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income stood at 1.06 GPI. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5958 GPI, in 1975.
That places Lower middle income 27th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6148 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6148 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6104 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.6014 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.5966 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.5958 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.5986 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6143 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 0.62 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6348 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.634 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6363 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.6582 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.6415 GPI | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 0.6387 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.6567 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.6449 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 0.641 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.683 GPI | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 0.6923 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.6994 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7182 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.724 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.7306 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.7378 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.7486 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7642 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.7675 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.7701 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.7839 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7834 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.7991 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8224 GPI | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8176 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8111 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8377 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8602 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8373 GPI | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8432 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8413 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8499 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8642 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9137 GPI | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9521 GPI | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9856 GPI | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.984 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.06 GPI | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6101 GPI | 0.5958 GPI | 0.6348 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6527 GPI | 0.634 GPI | 0.6923 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7444 GPI | 0.6994 GPI | 0.7839 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8253 GPI | 0.7834 GPI | 0.8602 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9665 GPI | 0.8499 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More education data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11.30 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 104.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 105.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.20 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lower middle income was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5958 GPI in 1975.
- How does Lower middle income rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Lower middle income ranks 27th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle 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.