School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sweden
Sweden: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.58 GPI in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sweden, 1971β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sweden is 1.58 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sweden peaked at 1.58 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7035 GPI, in 1976.
Sweden ranks 31st of 177 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7951 GPI | 0.7035 GPI | 0.8797 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.1 GPI | 0.8693 GPI | 1.17 GPI | 6 |
| 1990s | 1.28 GPI | 1.19 GPI | 1.41 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.51 GPI | 1.45 GPI | 1.56 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.54 GPI | 1.5 GPI | 1.58 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sweden?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sweden was 1.58 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7035 GPI in 1976.
- How does Sweden rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Sweden ranks 31st out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.