School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.656 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend stood at 0.656 GPI. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 0.656 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.4303 GPI, in 1985.
That places Pre-demographic dividend 42nd out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5891 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5793 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.5561 GPI | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 0.5363 GPI | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 0.5381 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.5335 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.5354 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.5206 GPI | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.502 GPI | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 0.4819 GPI | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 0.4683 GPI | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 0.4605 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.4537 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4525 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.4511 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4303 GPI | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4578 GPI | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4824 GPI | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 0.4614 GPI | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 0.4479 GPI | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.4573 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.4641 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.4755 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 0.4862 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.4989 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 0.5138 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.5318 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 0.5491 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 0.5707 GPI | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 0.5922 GPI | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5974 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.593 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.597 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.59 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.605 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.6098 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6191 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6144 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.612 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.6067 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.616 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6066 GPI | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6268 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.633 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6252 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.6329 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.6454 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6475 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.656 GPI | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5372 GPI | 0.4819 GPI | 0.5891 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4566 GPI | 0.4303 GPI | 0.4824 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.514 GPI | 0.4573 GPI | 0.5922 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6044 GPI | 0.59 GPI | 0.6191 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6322 GPI | 0.6066 GPI | 0.656 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
More education data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4.66 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 55.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4.66 million (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 100.2% (2024)
- Labor force, female 45.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Pre-demographic dividend was 0.656 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 0.656 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4303 GPI in 1985.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 42nd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pre-demographic dividend 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.