Burundi vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index

Burundi
1.04 GPI
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.9868 GPI
in 2019
Burundi rank
31st
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
34th

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index over time

  • Burundi
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Burundi currently reports 1.04 GPI against 0.9868 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0532 GPI.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Burundi has been ahead every year.

Burundi ranks 31st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th of 189 countries.

Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9828 GPI 0.5421 GPI 0.4407 GPI Burundi
1980s 0.9405 GPI 0.6366 GPI 0.3038 GPI Burundi
1990s 0.9645 GPI 0.7441 GPI 0.2203 GPI Burundi
2000s 1 GPI 0.8725 GPI 0.1295 GPI Burundi
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.9586 GPI 0.071 GPI Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index, Burundi or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Burundi, at 1.04 GPI against 0.9868 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Burundi and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.0532 GPI, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Burundi and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Burundi ranks 31st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 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.