School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in New Zealand
New Zealand: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.42 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in New Zealand, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 1.42 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in New Zealand peaked at 1.42 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5218 GPI, in 1972.
New Zealand ranks 46th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6797 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7168 GPI | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 0.5218 GPI | -27.2% |
| 1973 | 0.5226 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.6163 GPI | +17.9% |
| 1975 | 0.6035 GPI | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.608 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.6798 GPI | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 0.7158 GPI | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 0.7419 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7284 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.7447 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.8382 GPI | +12.6% |
| 1985 | 0.8805 GPI | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 0.9182 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9394 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9645 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 1.02 GPI | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 1.08 GPI | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 1.12 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 1.16 GPI | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 1.19 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 1.24 GPI | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 1.25 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1.28 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.41 GPI | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 1.37 GPI | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.34 GPI | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.36 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.39 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.42 GPI | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6186 GPI | 0.5218 GPI | 0.7168 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.8488 GPI | 0.7158 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.19 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 1.28 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.38 GPI | 1.34 GPI | 1.42 GPI | 6 |
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More education data for New Zealand
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 278,787 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 110,356 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 3.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 251,357 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 22,505 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4,092 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 151,526 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in New Zealand?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in New Zealand was 1.42 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.42 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5218 GPI in 1972.
- How does New Zealand rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- New Zealand ranks 46th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.