School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burundi

Burundi: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
31st
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.22 GPI
in 1974
All-time low
0.8149 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
33
1971–2019

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

00.250.50.7511.21971199520191971: 0.84 GPI1972: 0.815 GPI1973: 1.1 GPI1974: 1.2 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 0.855 GPI1984: 0.869 GPI1985: 0.906 GPI1986: 0.985 GPI1987: 0.982 GPI1988: 0.932 GPI1989: 0.955 GPI1998: 0.918 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 0.943 GPI2001: 0.95 GPI2002: 0.951 GPI2003: 0.98 GPI2004: 0.973 GPI2005: 0.978 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burundi stood at 1.04 GPI.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burundi peaked at 1.22 GPI in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.8149 GPI, in 1972.

That places Burundi 31st out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9828 GPI 0.8149 GPI 1.22 GPI 4
1980s 0.9405 GPI 0.8548 GPI 1.04 GPI 8
1990s 0.9645 GPI 0.9176 GPI 1.01 GPI 2
2000s 1 GPI 0.9434 GPI 1.09 GPI 9
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.05 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Burundi

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  3. 30 Central African Republic 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 32 Armenia 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 33 Rwanda 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 34 India 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burundi?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Burundi was 1.04 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 1.22 GPI in 1974.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8149 GPI in 1972.
How does Burundi rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Burundi ranks 31st out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burundi 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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About this data

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.