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

Mali
0.8997 GPI
in 2018
Papua New Guinea
0.9119 GPI
in 2016
Mali rank
184th
Papua New Guinea rank
181st

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index over time

  • Mali
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.9119 GPI against 0.8997 GPI in Mali, a difference of 0.0122 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Mali ranks 184th and Papua New Guinea ranks 181st of 197 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mali Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.5829 GPI 0.6286 GPI 0.0457 GPI Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.6011 GPI 0.8157 GPI 0.2146 GPI Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.6436 GPI 0.8603 GPI 0.2168 GPI Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.7703 GPI 0.858 GPI 0.0877 GPI Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.8773 GPI 0.8987 GPI 0.0214 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, Mali or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.9119 GPI against 0.8997 GPI in Mali as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index between Mali and Papua New Guinea?
0.0122 GPI, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Papua New Guinea?
35 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Mali and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Mali ranks 184th 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.