Burkina Faso vs Jamaica: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index

Burkina Faso
1.02 GPI
in 2019
Jamaica
1.02 GPI
in 2019
Burkina Faso rank
78th
Jamaica rank
79th

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 1.02 GPI against 1.02 GPI in Jamaica, a difference of 0 GPI.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Jamaica ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 78th and Jamaica ranks 79th of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Jamaica Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4517 GPI 1.14 GPI 0.6851 GPI Jamaica
1980s 0.5345 GPI 1.12 GPI 0.5897 GPI Jamaica
1990s 0.6212 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.3938 GPI Jamaica
2000s 0.7005 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.3429 GPI Jamaica
2010s 0.8965 GPI 1.06 GPI 0.1661 GPI Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index, Burkina Faso or Jamaica?
Burkina Faso, at 1.02 GPI against 1.02 GPI in Jamaica as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index between Burkina Faso and Jamaica?
0 GPI, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Jamaica?
30 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2019.
How do Burkina Faso and Jamaica rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Burkina Faso ranks 78th and Jamaica ranks 79th 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.