School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mexico

Mexico: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2018. β–² Rising

Latest (2018)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
121st
of 177 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.2535 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
35
1971–2018

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mexico, 1971–2018

0.20.40.60.811971199420181971: 0.254 GPI1972: 0.28 GPI1977: 0.371 GPI1978: 0.402 GPI1980: 0.467 GPI1981: 0.485 GPI1982: 0.51 GPI1983: 0.539 GPI1984: 0.545 GPI1993: 0.79 GPI1994: 0.815 GPI1995: 0.833 GPI1996: 0.851 GPI1997: 0.862 GPI1998: 0.875 GPI1999: 0.886 GPI2000: 0.906 GPI2001: 0.925 GPI2002: 0.921 GPI2003: 0.933 GPI2004: 0.946 GPI2005: 0.955 GPI2006: 0.953 GPI2007: 0.955 GPI2008: 0.958 GPI2009: 0.961 GPI2010: 0.959 GPI2011: 0.979 GPI2012: 0.956 GPI2013: 0.954 GPI2014: 0.96 GPI2015: 0.962 GPI2016: 0.98 GPI2017: 0.995 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Mexico recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mexico peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.2535 GPI, in 1971.

That places Mexico 121st out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3267 GPI 0.2535 GPI 0.4022 GPI 4
1980s 0.5094 GPI 0.4673 GPI 0.5455 GPI 5
1990s 0.8445 GPI 0.7896 GPI 0.8864 GPI 7
2000s 0.9414 GPI 0.9062 GPI 0.9608 GPI 10
2010s 0.9735 GPI 0.9537 GPI 1.02 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 118 Switzerland 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 119 Germany 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 120 Egypt 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 122 Sudan 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 123 Greece 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 124 Dominica 1 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 222 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mexico?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mexico was 1.02 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2535 GPI in 1971.
How does Mexico rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Mexico ranks 121st out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mexico 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.