School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Eritrea

Eritrea: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity was 1.19 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
1.19 GPI
Change on year
up 67.2%
World rank
44th
of 106 countries
All-time high
1.19 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.1304 GPI
in 2003
Years of data
12
2001–2017

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Eritrea, 2001–2017

0.250.50.7511.22001200920172001: 0.303 GPI2002: 0.189 GPI2003: 0.13 GPI2008: 0.765 GPI2009: 0.903 GPI2010: 0.628 GPI2011: 0.808 GPI2012: 0.592 GPI2013: 0.71 GPI2014: 0.71 GPI2015: 0.714 GPI2017: 1.2 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Eritrea stood at 1.19 GPI. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is up 67.2% on the previous year and up 56.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Eritrea peaked at 1.19 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1304 GPI, in 2003.

That places Eritrea 44th out of 106 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Eritrea, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Eritrea, 2001 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
2001 0.3026 GPI —
2002 0.1888 GPI -37.6%
2003 0.1304 GPI -30.9%
2008 0.7645 GPI +486.3%
2009 0.9031 GPI +18.1%
2010 0.628 GPI -30.5%
2011 0.8078 GPI +28.6%
2012 0.592 GPI -26.7%
2013 0.7102 GPI +20.0%
2014 0.7103 GPI +0.0%
2015 0.7141 GPI +0.5%
2017 1.19 GPI +67.2%

Eritrea compared with similar countries

  • Eritrea's 1.19 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.5799 GPI, 2.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
  • Eritrea's 1.19 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.818 GPI, 1.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.4579 GPI 0.1304 GPI 0.9031 GPI 5
2010s 0.7651 GPI 0.592 GPI 1.19 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Eritrea

  1. 41 Gibraltar 1.22 GPI compare
  2. 42 Moldova 1.22 GPI compare
  3. 43 Greece 1.21 GPI compare
  4. 45 Slovakia 1.19 GPI compare
  5. 46 Brunei 1.18 GPI compare
  6. 47 New Zealand 1.15 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Eritrea?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Eritrea was 1.19 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Eritrea?
The highest recorded value was 1.19 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Eritrea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1304 GPI in 2003.
How does Eritrea rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
Eritrea ranks 44th out of 106 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in Eritrea?
Over the last ten years it is up 56.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eritrea data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,359 data points, 1998–2020
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.