Burkina Faso vs Canada: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index

Burkina Faso
0.9971 GPI
in 2019
Canada
0.9957 GPI
in 2018
Burkina Faso rank
83rd
Canada rank
85th

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Canada
00.250.50.751197119952019

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 0.9971 GPI against 0.9957 GPI in Canada, a difference of 0.0014 GPI.

Across all 44 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 83rd and Canada ranks 85th of 197 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Canada Difference Ahead
1970s 0.6026 GPI 0.9944 GPI 0.3917 GPI Canada
1980s 0.6025 GPI 0.9825 GPI 0.38 GPI Canada
1990s 0.6601 GPI 0.9894 GPI 0.3293 GPI Canada
2000s 0.812 GPI 0.9959 GPI 0.1839 GPI Canada
2010s 0.9614 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.044 GPI Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index, Burkina Faso or Canada?
Burkina Faso, at 0.9971 GPI against 0.9957 GPI in Canada as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index between Burkina Faso and Canada?
0.0014 GPI, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Canada?
44 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Burkina Faso and Canada rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Burkina Faso ranks 83rd and Canada ranks 85th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, 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, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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.