Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity was 1.04 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 1.04 GPI.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 1.11 GPI in 1976 and was at its lowest, 1.03 GPI, in 1970.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.03 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 1.06 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 1.07 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 1.06 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 1.06 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 1.06 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 1.11 GPI | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 1.1 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 1.09 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 1.1 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 1.1 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 1.09 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 1.09 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 1.09 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 1.1 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 1.08 GPI | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 1.07 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 1.08 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 1.08 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 1.08 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 1.07 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 1.07 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 1.06 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 1.05 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 1.07 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 1.07 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.07 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 1.07 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1.08 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.06 GPI | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 1.06 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1.06 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.05 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.06 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1.05 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.06 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.06 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.05 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.05 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.04 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.04 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.04 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.04 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.05 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.04 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.05 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.07 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 1.11 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.09 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 1.1 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 1.04 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPI in 1976.
- What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 1970.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 49 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Ratio of female survival rate to the last grade of primary education to the male survival rate to the last grade of primary education. 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.