Guinea-Bissau vs Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index

Guinea-Bissau
0.9204 GPI
in 2010
Papua New Guinea
0.9119 GPI
in 2016
Guinea-Bissau rank
178th
Papua New Guinea rank
181st

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.9204 GPI against 0.9119 GPI in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0085 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 178th and Papua New Guinea ranks 181st of 197 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.5506 GPI 0.6314 GPI 0.0808 GPI Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.5025 GPI 0.8136 GPI 0.3111 GPI Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.5649 GPI 0.8644 GPI 0.2995 GPI Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.6588 GPI 0.8622 GPI 0.2034 GPI Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index, Guinea-Bissau or Papua New Guinea?
Guinea-Bissau, at 0.9204 GPI against 0.9119 GPI in Papua New Guinea as of 2010.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index between Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea?
0.0085 GPI, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea?
20 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2000.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 178th and Papua New Guinea ranks 181st 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.