Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Low & middle income

Low & middle income: Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity was 1.03 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
17th
of 45 groups
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.9936 GPI
in 1974
Years of data
49
1970–2018

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Low & middle income, 1970–2018

00.250.50.751197019942018

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Low & middle income recorded 1.03 GPI for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in 2018.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Low & middle income peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.9936 GPI, in 1974.

Low & middle income ranks 17th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Low & middle income, year by year

Annual values for Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI) in Low & middle income, 1970 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.9963 GPI
1971 0.9959 GPI -0.0%
1972 0.9977 GPI +0.2%
1973 0.9941 GPI -0.4%
1974 0.9936 GPI -0.1%
1975 0.996 GPI +0.2%
1976 1 GPI +0.6%
1977 1.01 GPI +0.4%
1978 1 GPI -0.2%
1979 1 GPI -0.0%
1980 1 GPI -0.1%
1981 1 GPI -0.1%
1982 1.01 GPI +0.9%
1983 1.01 GPI -0.2%
1984 1.01 GPI -0.0%
1985 1.01 GPI -0.1%
1986 1.01 GPI -0.3%
1987 1 GPI -0.3%
1988 0.9985 GPI -0.3%
1989 0.9992 GPI +0.1%
1990 1 GPI +0.1%
1991 1 GPI +0.1%
1992 1 GPI -0.1%
1993 1 GPI +0.1%
1994 1 GPI +0.3%
1995 1.01 GPI +0.4%
1996 1.01 GPI +0.2%
1997 1.01 GPI +0.1%
1998 1.01 GPI +0.2%
1999 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2000 1.02 GPI +0.6%
2001 1.03 GPI +0.9%
2002 1.02 GPI -0.8%
2003 1.02 GPI -0.1%
2004 1.02 GPI -0.0%
2005 1.02 GPI +0.7%
2006 1.02 GPI -0.5%
2007 1.02 GPI -0.2%
2008 1.01 GPI -0.2%
2009 1.02 GPI +0.4%
2010 1.02 GPI -0.1%
2011 1.02 GPI +0.3%
2012 1.02 GPI -0.0%
2013 1.03 GPI +0.5%
2014 1.03 GPI +0.9%
2015 1.03 GPI -0.1%
2016 1.03 GPI -0.6%
2017 1.03 GPI +0.1%
2018 1.03 GPI +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9992 GPI 0.9936 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
1980s 1 GPI 0.9985 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
1990s 1.01 GPI 1 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2000s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.03 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Low & middle income

  1. 14 Kuwait 1.09 GPI compare
  2. 15 Timor-Leste 1.09 GPI compare
  3. 16 Aruba 1.08 GPI compare
  4. 17 Senegal 1.08 GPI compare
  5. 18 Solomon Islands 1.08 GPI compare
  6. 19 Myanmar 1.07 GPI compare
  7. 20 Namibia 1.07 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Low & middle income?
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Low & middle income was 1.03 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 Low & middle income?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Low & middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9936 GPI in 1974.
How does Low & middle income rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity?
Low & middle income ranks 17th out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity rising or falling in Low & middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Low & middle 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.

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Indicator
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
199 places, 4,879 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

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.