Liberia vs South Africa: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity

Liberia
0.9726 GPI
in 2017
South Africa
0.9712 GPI
in 2018
Liberia rank
142nd
South Africa rank
145th

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity over time

  • Liberia
  • South Africa
00.250.50.751199820082018

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 0.9726 GPI against 0.9712 GPI in South Africa, a difference of 0.0014 GPI.

Across all 9 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Liberia ranks 142nd and South Africa ranks 145th of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Liberia South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 0.734 GPI 0.9981 GPI 0.264 GPI South Africa
2000s 0.8391 GPI 0.9768 GPI 0.1376 GPI South Africa
2010s 0.9246 GPI 0.9694 GPI 0.0448 GPI South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity, Liberia or South Africa?
Liberia, at 0.9726 GPI against 0.9712 GPI in South Africa as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity between Liberia and South Africa?
0.0014 GPI, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and South Africa?
9 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.
How do Liberia and South Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Liberia ranks 142nd and South Africa ranks 145th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, 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, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
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.