School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in North America
North America: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.35 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in North America, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in North America is 1.35 GPI, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in North America peaked at 1.4 GPI in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.7029 GPI, in 1970.
That places North America 5th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in North America, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7029 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7029 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.7318 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7822 GPI | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 0.8108 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 0.841 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 0.8416 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.9129 GPI | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 0.9636 GPI | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 1.01 GPI | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 1.05 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 1.08 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 1.1 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 1.09 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 1.11 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 1.13 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 1.15 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 1.17 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 1.19 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 1.21 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 1.26 GPI | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 1.27 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.27 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1.27 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 1.27 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 1.28 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 1.29 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1.3 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1.31 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.32 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 1.31 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.3 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.33 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 1.34 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1.38 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 1.38 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.4 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1.37 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 1.38 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.38 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.37 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.35 GPI | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.36 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.34 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.33 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1.33 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.32 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.34 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.35 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.35 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8297 GPI | 0.7029 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.13 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 1.21 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.29 GPI | 1.26 GPI | 1.32 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.36 GPI | 1.3 GPI | 1.4 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 GPI | 1.32 GPI | 1.37 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near North America
More education data for North America
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.04 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 16.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0053 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.04 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.2% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 97.4% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.5155 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in North America?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in North America was 1.35 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in North America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4 GPI in 2006.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7029 GPI in 1970.
- How does North America rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- North America ranks 5th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North America 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.