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

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

Latest (2019)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
33rd
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 2012
All-time low
0.9526 GPI
in 2001
Years of data
13
2001–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Rwanda, 2001–2019

00.250.50.7512001201020192001: 0.953 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 0.998 GPI2010: 1.1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Rwanda recorded 1.04 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Rwanda peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.9526 GPI, in 2001.

That places Rwanda 33rd out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Rwanda, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Rwanda, 2001 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
2001 0.9526 GPI
2008 1.04 GPI +9.4%
2009 0.998 GPI -4.3%
2010 1.06 GPI +5.7%
2011 1.05 GPI -0.3%
2012 1.06 GPI +0.8%
2013 1.05 GPI -0.9%
2014 1.05 GPI -0.6%
2015 1.04 GPI -0.7%
2016 1.04 GPI -0.2%
2017 1.04 GPI +0.3%
2018 1.03 GPI -0.6%
2019 1.04 GPI +1.1%

Rwanda compared with similar countries

  • Rwanda's 1.04 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.04 GPI, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Rwanda's 1.04 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.02 GPI, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.9976 GPI 0.9526 GPI 1.04 GPI 3
2010s 1.05 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.06 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 30 Central African Republic 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 31 Burundi 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 32 Armenia 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 34 India 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 35 Hong Kong 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 36 Lesotho 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Rwanda?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Rwanda 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 Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9526 GPI in 2001.
How does Rwanda rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Rwanda ranks 33rd out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Rwanda 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.