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

Ethiopia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9477 GPI in 2015. ▼ Falling

Latest (2015)
0.9477 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
173rd
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 1994
All-time low
0.9417 GPI
in 2012
Years of data
23
1991–2015

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia, 1991–2015

00.250.50.7511991200320151991: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1997: 0.982 GPI1998: 0.978 GPI1999: 0.977 GPI2000: 0.942 GPI2001: 0.984 GPI2002: 0.976 GPI2003: 0.988 GPI2004: 0.967 GPI2005: 0.967 GPI2006: 0.957 GPI2007: 0.973 GPI2008: 0.972 GPI2009: 0.972 GPI2010: 0.964 GPI2011: 0.956 GPI2012: 0.942 GPI2014: 0.946 GPI2015: 0.948 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2015, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia stood at 0.9477 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia peaked at 1.03 GPI in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.9417 GPI, in 2012.

That places Ethiopia 173rd out of 189 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1 GPI 0.9773 GPI 1.03 GPI 8
2000s 0.9697 GPI 0.9424 GPI 0.9876 GPI 10
2010s 0.9512 GPI 0.9417 GPI 0.9642 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 170 Australia 0.9565 GPI compare
  2. 171 Guinea 0.9558 GPI compare
  3. 172 United Arab Emirates 0.9518 GPI compare
  4. 174 Montenegro 0.9476 GPI compare
  5. 175 Uzbekistan 0.9401 GPI compare
  6. 176 Liechtenstein 0.9134 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia was 0.9477 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 1994.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9417 GPI in 2012.
How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Ethiopia ranks 173rd out of 189 countries with data for 2015.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ethiopia 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.