School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Romania

Romania: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 1.29 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.29 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
73rd
of 177 countries
All-time high
1.36 GPI
in 2010
All-time low
0.7043 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
48
1971–2018

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Romania, 1971–2018

00.511.5197119942018

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Romania is 1.29 GPI, measured in 2018.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Romania peaked at 1.36 GPI in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.7043 GPI, in 1973.

That places Romania 73rd out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Romania, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Romania, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.7778 GPI —
1972 0.7788 GPI +0.1%
1973 0.7043 GPI -9.6%
1974 0.8255 GPI +17.2%
1975 0.801 GPI -3.0%
1976 0.8416 GPI +5.1%
1977 0.8252 GPI -1.9%
1978 0.8239 GPI -0.2%
1979 0.781 GPI -5.2%
1980 0.7846 GPI +0.5%
1981 0.7721 GPI -1.6%
1982 0.7787 GPI +0.9%
1983 0.7694 GPI -1.2%
1984 0.7952 GPI +3.4%
1985 0.8089 GPI +1.7%
1986 0.8497 GPI +5.0%
1987 0.9076 GPI +6.8%
1988 0.928 GPI +2.2%
1989 0.9634 GPI +3.8%
1990 0.9757 GPI +1.3%
1991 0.9332 GPI -4.4%
1992 0.8902 GPI -4.6%
1993 0.9161 GPI +2.9%
1994 0.9138 GPI -0.3%
1995 0.9351 GPI +2.3%
1996 1.06 GPI +13.6%
1997 1.04 GPI -1.7%
1998 1.05 GPI +0.2%
1999 1.08 GPI +3.4%
2000 1.12 GPI +3.5%
2001 1.2 GPI +7.4%
2002 1.24 GPI +3.5%
2003 1.25 GPI +0.3%
2004 1.27 GPI +2.0%
2005 1.26 GPI -0.8%
2006 1.3 GPI +2.9%
2007 1.33 GPI +2.6%
2008 1.34 GPI +0.8%
2009 1.35 GPI +0.0%
2010 1.36 GPI +0.9%
2011 1.34 GPI -1.5%
2012 1.27 GPI -5.2%
2013 1.26 GPI -0.6%
2014 1.27 GPI +0.8%
2015 1.27 GPI +0.1%
2016 1.28 GPI +1.1%
2017 1.28 GPI -0.2%
2018 1.29 GPI +0.3%

Romania compared with similar countries

  • Romania's 1.29 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.36 GPI, 95% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Romania's 1.29 GPI is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.23 GPI, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7955 GPI 0.7043 GPI 0.8416 GPI 9
1980s 0.8358 GPI 0.7694 GPI 0.9634 GPI 10
1990s 0.98 GPI 0.8902 GPI 1.08 GPI 10
2000s 1.27 GPI 1.12 GPI 1.35 GPI 10
2010s 1.29 GPI 1.26 GPI 1.36 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 70 North Macedonia 1.32 GPI compare
  2. 71 Philippines 1.31 GPI compare
  3. 72 Belgium 1.3 GPI compare
  4. 74 Brazil 1.28 GPI compare
  5. 75 Malaysia 1.28 GPI compare
  6. 76 Kyrgyzstan 1.27 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Romania?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Romania was 1.29 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Romania?
The highest recorded value was 1.36 GPI in 2010.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7043 GPI in 1973.
How does Romania rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Romania ranks 73rd out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Romania 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
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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.