Sweden vs Zambia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity

Sweden
1.01 GPI
in 2018
Zambia
1.01 GPI
in 2017
Sweden rank
40th
Zambia rank
43rd

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

  • Sweden
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.01 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Zambia, a difference of 0 GPI.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 40th and Zambia ranks 43rd of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Sweden Zambia Difference Ahead
1990s 1.04 GPI 0.904 GPI 0.1369 GPI Sweden
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.9243 GPI 0.0842 GPI Sweden
2010s 1.02 GPI 0.9866 GPI 0.0307 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, Sweden or Zambia?
Sweden, at 1.01 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Zambia as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity between Sweden and Zambia?
0 GPI, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Zambia?
19 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.
How do Sweden and Zambia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Sweden ranks 40th and Zambia ranks 43rd 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.