Lesotho vs Upper middle income: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index

Lesotho
1.04 GPI
in 2016
Upper middle income
0.9857 GPI
in 2019
Lesotho rank
36th
Upper middle income rank
38th

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

  • Lesotho
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 1.04 GPI against 0.9857 GPI in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0543 GPI.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 38th of 189 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 1.11 GPI 0.9824 GPI 0.1286 GPI Lesotho
2000s 0.983 GPI 0.9824 GPI 0.0006 GPI Lesotho
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.9925 GPI 0.042 GPI Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index, Lesotho or Upper middle income?
Lesotho, at 1.04 GPI against 0.9857 GPI in Upper middle income as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Lesotho and Upper middle income?
0.0543 GPI, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Upper middle income?
14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2016.
How do Lesotho and Upper middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Lesotho ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 38th 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.