Cameroon vs Ethiopia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index

Cameroon
0.8996 GPI
in 2019
Ethiopia
0.9076 GPI
in 2015
Cameroon rank
185th
Ethiopia rank
183rd

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index over time

  • Cameroon
  • Ethiopia
00.20.40.60.81197119952019

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 0.9076 GPI against 0.8996 GPI in Cameroon, a difference of 0.008 GPI.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 185th and Ethiopia ranks 183rd of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 4 and Ethiopia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Ethiopia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7873 GPI 0.4741 GPI 0.3132 GPI Cameroon
1980s 0.844 GPI 0.6063 GPI 0.2377 GPI Cameroon
1990s 0.8693 GPI 0.618 GPI 0.2513 GPI Cameroon
2000s 0.8548 GPI 0.788 GPI 0.0667 GPI Cameroon
2010s 0.877 GPI 0.9175 GPI 0.0405 GPI Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index, Cameroon or Ethiopia?
Ethiopia, at 0.9076 GPI against 0.8996 GPI in Cameroon as of 2015.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index between Cameroon and Ethiopia?
0.008 GPI, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Ethiopia?
43 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do Cameroon and Ethiopia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Cameroon ranks 185th and Ethiopia ranks 183rd 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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About this data

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.