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

Latest (2018)
1.42 GPI
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
46th
of 177 countries
All-time high
1.42 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.5218 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
31
1970–2018

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in New Zealand, 1970–2018

00.511.51970199420181970: 0.68 GPI1971: 0.717 GPI1972: 0.522 GPI1973: 0.523 GPI1974: 0.616 GPI1975: 0.604 GPI1976: 0.608 GPI1979: 0.68 GPI1980: 0.716 GPI1981: 0.742 GPI1982: 0.728 GPI1983: 0.745 GPI1984: 0.838 GPI1985: 0.88 GPI1986: 0.918 GPI1987: 0.939 GPI1988: 0.965 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1.1 GPI1991: 1.1 GPI1992: 1.2 GPI1993: 1.2 GPI1994: 1.2 GPI1995: 1.3 GPI1996: 1.3 GPI2013: 1.4 GPI2014: 1.4 GPI2015: 1.3 GPI2016: 1.4 GPI2017: 1.4 GPI2018: 1.4 GPI

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in New Zealand, 1970 to 2018.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 43 South Africa 1.45 GPI compare
  2. 44 Slovenia 1.45 GPI compare
  3. 45 Botswana 1.43 GPI compare
  4. 47 United Arab Emirates 1.42 GPI compare
  5. 48 Thailand 1.41 GPI compare
  6. 49 Mauritius 1.4 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 222 places →

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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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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.