School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income
Middle income: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.13 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Middle income recorded 1.13 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income peaked at 1.13 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7698 GPI, in 1986.
Middle income ranks 20th of 43 groups on this measure, 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 Middle income, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8346 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.8328 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.8331 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.828 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.8218 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.8173 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.8112 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.8194 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.8166 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8098 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.8051 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7896 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7999 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.7897 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.7816 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7799 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7698 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7739 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.799 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8086 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8153 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.8278 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.839 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8482 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8488 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8547 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.857 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8704 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8882 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9094 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9204 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9262 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9498 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9513 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9626 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9801 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 1 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.02 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.02 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.05 GPI | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 1.07 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.09 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.09 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.1 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.11 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.12 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.13 GPI | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8225 GPI | 0.8098 GPI | 0.8346 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7897 GPI | 0.7698 GPI | 0.8086 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8559 GPI | 0.8153 GPI | 0.9094 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9735 GPI | 0.9204 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.13 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
- 17 Jamaica 1.74 GPI compare
- 18 Dominican Republic 1.74 GPI compare
- 19 Belize 1.69 GPI compare
- 20 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.69 GPI compare
- 21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.67 GPI compare
- 22 Suriname 1.66 GPI compare
- 23 Tonga 1.66 GPI compare
More education data for Middle income
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 25.11 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 25.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.5% (2024)
- Labor force, female 38.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Middle income was 1.13 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7698 GPI in 1986.
- How does Middle income rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Middle income ranks 20th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.