School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.14 GPI in 2006. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states, 1970–2006
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Pacific island small states recorded 1.14 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2006. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states peaked at 1.14 GPI in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.5838 GPI, in 1981.
That places Pacific island small states 19th out of 43 groups with data for 2006, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6913 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7952 GPI | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6932 GPI | -12.8% |
| 1973 | 0.7088 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.6431 GPI | -9.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6343 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6502 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6644 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6628 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.6228 GPI | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 0.652 GPI | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 0.5838 GPI | -10.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7972 GPI | +36.6% |
| 1983 | 0.8918 GPI | +11.9% |
| 1984 | 0.9244 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 0.9283 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.9125 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.9099 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.911 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.9151 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.8925 GPI | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8847 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.9024 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9174 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.936 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.9539 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 0.9819 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.998 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 1.02 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 1.04 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 1.06 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 1.08 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.11 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 1.13 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 1.13 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.14 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.14 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6766 GPI | 0.6228 GPI | 0.7952 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8426 GPI | 0.5838 GPI | 0.9283 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9526 GPI | 0.8847 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.11 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.14 GPI | 7 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
- 16 British Virgin Islands 1.75 GPI compare
- 17 Jamaica 1.74 GPI compare
- 18 Dominican Republic 1.74 GPI compare
- 19 Belize 1.69 GPI compare
- 20 Venezuela 1.69 GPI compare
- 21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.67 GPI compare
- 22 Suriname 1.66 GPI compare
More education data for Pacific island small states
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,401 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 18,401 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.2% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.05 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pacific island small states was 1.14 GPI in 2006, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 2006.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5838 GPI in 1981.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Pacific island small states ranks 19th out of 43 groups with data for 2006.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island 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.