School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender … GPI in Uganda

Uganda: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender … GPI was 0.8114 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.8114 GPI
Change on year
up 65.9%
World rank
63rd
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.8114 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.4469 GPI
in 2007
Years of data
5
2007–2017

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Uganda, 2007–2017

00.20.40.60.82007201220172007: 0.447 GPI2013: 0.496 GPI2015: 0.626 GPI2016: 0.489 GPI2017: 0.811 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 0.8114 GPI for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in 2017. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 65.9% on the previous year and up 81.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Uganda peaked at 0.8114 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4469 GPI, in 2007.

Uganda ranks 63rd of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender … GPI in Uganda, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Uganda, 2007 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
2007 0.4469 GPI —
2013 0.4959 GPI +11.0%
2015 0.6259 GPI +26.2%
2016 0.4892 GPI -21.8%
2017 0.8114 GPI +65.9%

Uganda compared with similar countries

  • Uganda's 0.8114 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.5799 GPI, 1.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
  • Uganda's 0.8114 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.818 GPI, 99% of the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.4469 GPI 0.4469 GPI 0.4469 GPI 1
2010s 0.6056 GPI 0.4892 GPI 0.8114 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 60 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.8464 GPI compare
  2. 61 Kenya 0.818 GPI compare
  3. 62 Panama 0.8135 GPI
  4. 64 Pakistan 0.7966 GPI compare
  5. 65 Egypt 0.7792 GPI compare
  6. 66 Tunisia 0.7704 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Uganda?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Uganda was 0.8114 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 0.8114 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4469 GPI in 2007.
How does Uganda rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
Uganda ranks 63rd out of 106 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is up 81.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uganda 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.