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
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Saint Lucia, 1977–2019
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More education data for Saint Lucia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,067 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 72.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.78 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
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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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.