Kenya vs Nigeria: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index

Kenya
0.8898 GPI
in 2009
Nigeria
0.9023 GPI
in 2016
Kenya rank
167th
Nigeria rank
164th

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.9023 GPI against 0.8898 GPI in Kenya, a difference of 0.0125 GPI.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 21 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Nigeria ahead.

Kenya ranks 167th and Nigeria ranks 164th of 195 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4914 GPI 0.4897 GPI 0.0017 GPI Kenya
1980s 0.7407 GPI 0.5416 GPI 0.1991 GPI Kenya
1990s 0.9406 GPI 0.9013 GPI 0.0393 GPI Kenya
2000s 0.9162 GPI 0.8136 GPI 0.1026 GPI Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index, Kenya or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.9023 GPI against 0.8898 GPI in Kenya as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index between Kenya and Nigeria?
0.0125 GPI, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nigeria?
21 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2009.
How do Kenya and Nigeria rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Kenya ranks 167th and Nigeria ranks 164th 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.