School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.26 GPI in 2004. ▲ Rising

Latest (2004)
1.26 GPI
Change on year
down 20.7%
World rank
77th
of 177 countries
All-time high
1.59 GPI
in 2003
All-time low
0.4839 GPI
in 1979
Years of data
27
1971–2004

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Trinidad and Tobago, 1971–2004

0.50.7511.21.51971198720041971: 0.555 GPI1972: 0.581 GPI1973: 0.59 GPI1974: 0.603 GPI1975: 0.646 GPI1976: 0.615 GPI1977: 0.59 GPI1978: 0.555 GPI1979: 0.484 GPI1980: 0.659 GPI1981: 0.739 GPI1982: 0.66 GPI1983: 0.822 GPI1984: 0.589 GPI1985: 0.611 GPI1986: 0.63 GPI1987: 0.678 GPI1989: 0.613 GPI1991: 0.786 GPI1992: 0.69 GPI1993: 0.712 GPI1999: 1.4 GPI2000: 1.5 GPI2001: 1.5 GPI2002: 1.5 GPI2003: 1.6 GPI2004: 1.3 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2004, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 1.26 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.7% on the previous year and up 77.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 1.59 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.4839 GPI, in 1979.

That places Trinidad and Tobago 77th out of 177 countries with data for 2004, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Trinidad and Tobago, 1971 to 2004.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.555 GPI
1972 0.5812 GPI +4.7%
1973 0.5901 GPI +1.5%
1974 0.6031 GPI +2.2%
1975 0.6459 GPI +7.1%
1976 0.6154 GPI -4.7%
1977 0.5899 GPI -4.1%
1978 0.5547 GPI -6.0%
1979 0.4839 GPI -12.8%
1980 0.6588 GPI +36.1%
1981 0.7392 GPI +12.2%
1982 0.66 GPI -10.7%
1983 0.8217 GPI +24.5%
1984 0.5887 GPI -28.3%
1985 0.6107 GPI +3.7%
1986 0.63 GPI +3.2%
1987 0.6782 GPI +7.6%
1989 0.6129 GPI -9.6%
1991 0.7862 GPI +28.3%
1992 0.6895 GPI -12.3%
1993 0.7118 GPI +3.2%
1999 1.38 GPI +93.8%
2000 1.49 GPI +7.9%
2001 1.53 GPI +2.6%
2002 1.49 GPI -2.2%
2003 1.59 GPI +6.7%
2004 1.26 GPI -20.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5799 GPI 0.4839 GPI 0.6459 GPI 9
1980s 0.6667 GPI 0.5887 GPI 0.8217 GPI 9
1990s 0.8917 GPI 0.6895 GPI 1.38 GPI 4
2000s 1.47 GPI 1.26 GPI 1.59 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago

  1. 74 Brazil 1.28 GPI compare
  2. 75 Malaysia 1.28 GPI compare
  3. 76 Kyrgyzstan 1.27 GPI compare
  4. 78 Grenada 1.26 GPI compare
  5. 79 Vietnam 1.24 GPI compare
  6. 80 Bulgaria 1.24 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Trinidad and Tobago?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Trinidad and Tobago was 1.26 GPI in 2004, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
The highest recorded value was 1.59 GPI in 2003.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4839 GPI in 1979.
How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 77th out of 177 countries with data for 2004.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
Over the last ten years it is up 77.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.