School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Other small states
Other small states: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.46 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Other small states, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Other small states stood at 1.46 GPI. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Other small states peaked at 1.46 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8524 GPI, in 1970.
That places Other small states 3rd 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 Other small states, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8524 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.8911 GPI | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 0.8888 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.8979 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.8968 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.8907 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.9011 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.8987 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.9045 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.9183 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.9409 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 0.9408 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.9316 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.9478 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.9603 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.989 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 1.01 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 1 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 1.01 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 1.02 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.02 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 1.03 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.07 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 1.06 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1.09 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 1.14 GPI | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 1.14 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 1.13 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.18 GPI | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 1.17 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.19 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.24 GPI | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 1.28 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 1.24 GPI | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 1.23 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.23 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.19 GPI | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 1.21 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 1.23 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.2 GPI | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.21 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.22 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1.28 GPI | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 1.32 GPI | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 1.35 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.39 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 1.38 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.45 GPI | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 1.45 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.46 GPI | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.894 GPI | 0.8524 GPI | 0.9183 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9756 GPI | 0.9316 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.1 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.18 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 GPI | 1.19 GPI | 1.28 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 GPI | 1.21 GPI | 1.46 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Other small states
More education data for Other small states
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 183,046 (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 23.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0142 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 183,046 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 5.84 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Other small states?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Other small states was 1.46 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Other small states?
- The highest recorded value was 1.46 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Other small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8524 GPI in 1970.
- How does Other small states rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Other small states ranks 3rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Other small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Other small states 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.