Sub-Saharan Africa vs Sweden: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity

Sub-Saharan Africa
0.9383 GPI
in 2018
Sweden
1.01 GPI
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
37th
Sweden rank
40th

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

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.01 GPI against 0.9383 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0717 GPI.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 37th and Sweden ranks 40th of 43 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa Sweden Difference Ahead
1990s 0.8277 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.2091 GPI Sweden
2000s 0.8576 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.1534 GPI Sweden
2010s 0.927 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.0895 GPI Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity, Sub-Saharan Africa or Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.01 GPI against 0.9383 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity between Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden?
0.0717 GPI, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden?
22 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2018.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 37th and Sweden ranks 40th of 43 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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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.