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

Samoa: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.06 GPI
Change on year
down 9.1%
World rank
24th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.29 GPI
in 2001
All-time low
0.9972 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
20
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Samoa, 1970–2019

00.511.51970199420191970: 0.997 GPI1973: 1.2 GPI1974: 1.1 GPI1975: 1.1 GPI1976: 1.1 GPI1998: 1.2 GPI2000: 1.3 GPI2001: 1.3 GPI2007: 1.2 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1.2 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1.2 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Samoa recorded 1.06 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Samoa peaked at 1.29 GPI in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.9972 GPI, in 1970.

Samoa ranks 24th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.12 GPI 0.9972 GPI 1.19 GPI 5
1990s 1.18 GPI 1.18 GPI 1.18 GPI 1
2000s 1.19 GPI 1.08 GPI 1.29 GPI 5
2010s 1.11 GPI 1.06 GPI 1.17 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 21 Kuwait 1.06 GPI compare
  2. 22 Niger 1.06 GPI compare
  3. 23 Sri Lanka 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 25 Ecuador 1.05 GPI compare
  5. 26 Suriname 1.05 GPI compare
  6. 27 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.05 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Samoa?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Samoa was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 1.29 GPI in 2001.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9972 GPI in 1970.
How does Samoa rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Samoa ranks 24th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Samoa 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.