School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9964 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9964 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
116th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.07 GPI
in 1997
All-time low
0.7826 GPI
in 1974
Years of data
41
1971–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.935 GPI1972: 0.785 GPI1973: 0.827 GPI1974: 0.783 GPI1975: 0.93 GPI1976: 0.953 GPI1977: 0.982 GPI1978: 0.813 GPI1979: 0.862 GPI1980: 0.801 GPI1981: 0.907 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 0.996 GPI1984: 0.96 GPI1985: 0.938 GPI1986: 1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1.1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1.1 GPI1997: 1.1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 0.977 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.996 GPI2017: 0.991 GPI2018: 0.992 GPI2019: 0.996 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Burkina Faso recorded 0.9964 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.07 GPI in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.7826 GPI, in 1974.

Burkina Faso ranks 116th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8744 GPI 0.7826 GPI 0.9818 GPI 9
1980s 0.9718 GPI 0.8012 GPI 1.05 GPI 10
1990s 1.04 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.07 GPI 10
2000s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 2
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9774 GPI 1.06 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 113 Serbia 0.9971 GPI compare
  2. 114 Poland 0.9969 GPI compare
  3. 115 France 0.9967 GPI compare
  4. 117 Mauritius 0.996 GPI compare
  5. 118 Canada 0.9956 GPI compare
  6. 119 Bhutan 0.9956 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso was 0.9964 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 1997.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7826 GPI in 1974.
How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Burkina Faso ranks 116th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 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.