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

Luxembourg
0.9713 GPI
in 2018
South Africa
0.9712 GPI
in 2018
Luxembourg rank
144th
South Africa rank
145th

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

  • Luxembourg
  • South Africa
00.250.50.751199820082018

How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 0.9713 GPI against 0.9712 GPI in South Africa, a difference of 0.0001 GPI.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Luxembourg has been ahead every year.

Luxembourg ranks 144th and South Africa ranks 145th of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Luxembourg South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 1.02 GPI 0.9981 GPI 0.0185 GPI Luxembourg
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.9832 GPI 0.0247 GPI Luxembourg
2010s 0.9975 GPI 0.9696 GPI 0.0279 GPI Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity, Luxembourg or South Africa?
Luxembourg, at 0.9713 GPI against 0.9712 GPI in South Africa as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity between Luxembourg and South Africa?
0.0001 GPI, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and South Africa?
17 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do Luxembourg and South Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Luxembourg ranks 144th 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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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.