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

Namibia: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity was 0.7115 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.7115 GPI
Change on year
down 17.6%
World rank
71st
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.8633 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.2077 GPI
in 1998
Years of data
10
1998–2018

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Namibia, 1998–2018

0.20.40.60.81998200820181998: 0.208 GPI1999: 0.256 GPI2000: 0.448 GPI2001: 0.364 GPI2003: 0.443 GPI2004: 0.443 GPI2005: 0.496 GPI2006: 0.415 GPI2017: 0.863 GPI2018: 0.711 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Namibia recorded 0.7115 GPI for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in 2018.

That represents a change of down 17.6% on the previous year and up 71.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Namibia peaked at 0.8633 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2077 GPI, in 1998.

That places Namibia 71st out of 106 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Namibia, 1998 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1998 0.2077 GPI
1999 0.2564 GPI +23.4%
2000 0.4481 GPI +74.8%
2001 0.3636 GPI -18.9%
2003 0.4432 GPI +21.9%
2004 0.4432 GPI +0.0%
2005 0.4961 GPI +11.9%
2006 0.4145 GPI -16.4%
2017 0.8633 GPI +108.2%
2018 0.7115 GPI -17.6%

Namibia compared with similar countries

  • Namibia's 0.7115 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7792 GPI, 91% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
  • Namibia's 0.7115 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.818 GPI, 87% of the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2321 GPI 0.2077 GPI 0.2564 GPI 2
2000s 0.4348 GPI 0.3636 GPI 0.4961 GPI 6
2010s 0.7874 GPI 0.7115 GPI 0.8633 GPI 2

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 68 Israel 0.7309 GPI compare
  2. 69 Kyrgyzstan 0.727 GPI compare
  3. 70 Kuwait 0.7116 GPI compare
  4. 72 Italy 0.6987 GPI compare
  5. 73 Cape Verde 0.6935 GPI compare
  6. 74 Djibouti 0.68 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 106 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Namibia?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Namibia was 0.7115 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 0.8633 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2077 GPI in 1998.
How does Namibia rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
Namibia ranks 71st out of 106 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is up 71.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Namibia 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.