Benin vs Niger: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index

Benin
0.7502 GPI
in 2016
Niger
0.7386 GPI
in 2017
Benin rank
181st
Niger rank
183rd

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Benin
  • Niger
00.20.40.60.8197119942017

How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.7502 GPI against 0.7386 GPI in Niger, a difference of 0.0116 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 181st and Niger ranks 183rd of 195 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Niger in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Niger Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4323 GPI 0.3676 GPI 0.0647 GPI Benin
1990s 0.4587 GPI 0.5818 GPI 0.1231 GPI Niger
2000s 0.4622 GPI 0.6055 GPI 0.1433 GPI Niger
2010s 0.685 GPI 0.7164 GPI 0.0315 GPI Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index, Benin or Niger?
Benin, at 0.7502 GPI against 0.7386 GPI in Niger as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index between Benin and Niger?
0.0116 GPI, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Niger?
16 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Benin and Niger rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Benin ranks 181st and Niger ranks 183rd of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, 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, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.