Niger vs Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index

Niger
0.7386 GPI
in 2017
Papua New Guinea
0.7154 GPI
in 2016
Niger rank
183rd
Papua New Guinea rank
186th

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Niger
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.7386 GPI against 0.7154 GPI in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0232 GPI.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Niger ranks 183rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 186th of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Niger Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3652 GPI 0.4225 GPI 0.0573 GPI Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.3905 GPI 0.5791 GPI 0.1885 GPI Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.4311 GPI 0.6695 GPI 0.2385 GPI Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.7217 GPI 0.733 GPI 0.0113 GPI Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index, Niger or Papua New Guinea?
Niger, at 0.7386 GPI against 0.7154 GPI in Papua New Guinea as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index between Niger and Papua New Guinea?
0.0232 GPI, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Papua New Guinea?
13 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2016.
How do Niger and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Niger ranks 183rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 186th 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.