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

Senegal: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.12 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.12 GPI
World rank
5th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.14 GPI
in 2011
All-time low
0.9929 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
34
1980–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Senegal, 1980–2019

00.250.50.7511.21980199920191980: 1 GPI1981: 1.1 GPI1982: 1.1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1986: 1.1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1992: 0.997 GPI1993: 1 GPI1994: 0.993 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1.1 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1.1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Senegal is 1.12 GPI, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 1.14 GPI in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.9929 GPI, in 1994.

That places Senegal 5th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1.04 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.08 GPI 8
1990s 1.02 GPI 0.9929 GPI 1.05 GPI 9
2000s 1.12 GPI 1.06 GPI 1.14 GPI 10
2010s 1.13 GPI 1.12 GPI 1.14 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 2 Georgia 1.2 GPI compare
  2. 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.18 GPI compare
  3. 4 Palau 1.17 GPI compare
  4. 6 Azerbaijan 1.12 GPI compare
  5. 7 Antigua and Barbuda 1.11 GPI compare
  6. 8 Sierra Leone 1.11 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Senegal?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Senegal was 1.12 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 2011.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9929 GPI in 1994.
How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Senegal ranks 5th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Senegal 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.