School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 2.1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
2.1 GPI
Change on year
up 6.5%
World rank
6th
of 177 countries
All-time high
5.31 GPI
in 2006
All-time low
0.8297 GPI
in 1985
Years of data
29
1977–2019

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia, 1977–2019

123451977199820191977: 1.1 GPI1978: 1 GPI1979: 1.7 GPI1980: 2.1 GPI1981: 1.1 GPI1982: 1.5 GPI1983: 0.871 GPI1984: 0.962 GPI1985: 0.83 GPI1987: 1.2 GPI1988: 1.2 GPI1993: 1.5 GPI1996: 2.5 GPI2004: 3.4 GPI2005: 2.7 GPI2006: 5.3 GPI2007: 2.3 GPI2008: 2.2 GPI2009: 2.5 GPI2010: 2.5 GPI2011: 1.7 GPI2012: 2.1 GPI2013: 2 GPI2014: 2 GPI2015: 1.9 GPI2016: 2 GPI2017: 2 GPI2018: 2 GPI2019: 2.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia stood at 2.1 GPI.

The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia peaked at 5.31 GPI in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.8297 GPI, in 1985.

Saint Lucia ranks 6th of 177 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.27 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.69 GPI 3
1980s 1.21 GPI 0.8297 GPI 2.08 GPI 8
1990s 2 GPI 1.49 GPI 2.51 GPI 2
2000s 3.07 GPI 2.16 GPI 5.31 GPI 6
2010s 2.03 GPI 1.74 GPI 2.51 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  1. 3 Seychelles 2.32 GPI compare
  2. 4 Barbados 2.25 GPI compare
  3. 5 Oman 2.11 GPI compare
  4. 7 Samoa 2.09 GPI compare
  5. 8 Kuwait 2.06 GPI compare
  6. 9 Namibia 2.01 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia was 2.1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 5.31 GPI in 2006.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8297 GPI in 1985.
How does Saint Lucia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Saint Lucia ranks 6th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saint Lucia 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
Last refreshed

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.