Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) vs Sao Tome and Principe: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
0.949 GPI
in 2019
Sao Tome and Principe
1.01 GPI
in 2017
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
35th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
38th

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

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
  • Sao Tome and Principe
00.250.50.751199420062019

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 1.01 GPI against 0.949 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 0.061 GPI.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s.

Across all 14 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 35th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 38th of 45 groups.

Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
2000s 0.9066 GPI 1 GPI 0.0941 GPI Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 0.935 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0744 GPI Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 1.01 GPI against 0.949 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.061 GPI, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) and Sao Tome and Principe?
14 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2017.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 35th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 38th of 45 groups.
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.