School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Peru
Peru: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Peru, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Peru is 1.06 GPI, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Peru peaked at 1.09 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.4516 GPI, in 1976.
Peru ranks 115th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4982 GPI | 0.4516 GPI | 0.5329 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.5569 GPI | 0.5569 GPI | 0.5569 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.06 GPI | 1 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 112 Guatemala 1.1 GPI compare
- 113 Bhutan 1.06 GPI compare
- 114 Nepal 1.06 GPI compare
- 116 El Salvador 1.06 GPI compare
- 117 Sao Tome and Principe 1.04 GPI compare
- 118 Switzerland 1.04 GPI compare
More education data for Peru
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 112.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 199,824 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.97 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 113.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Peru?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Peru was 1.06 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPI in 2002.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4516 GPI in 1976.
- How does Peru rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Peru ranks 115th out of 177 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.