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

Somalia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.31 GPI in 1986. ▲ Rising

Latest (1986)
1.31 GPI
Change on year
up 2.8%
World rank
1st
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.31 GPI
in 1986
All-time low
0.6293 GPI
in 1974
Years of data
15
1971–1986

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Somalia, 1971–1986

00.511.51971197819861971: 0.843 GPI1972: 0.902 GPI1973: 0.701 GPI1974: 0.629 GPI1976: 0.856 GPI1977: 0.947 GPI1978: 0.872 GPI1979: 1.1 GPI1980: 1.1 GPI1981: 1.1 GPI1982: 0.888 GPI1983: 1.1 GPI1984: 1.2 GPI1985: 1.3 GPI1986: 1.3 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Somalia is 1.31 GPI, measured in 1986. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 52.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Somalia peaked at 1.31 GPI in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0.6293 GPI, in 1974.

Somalia ranks 1st of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Somalia, 1971 to 1986.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.8426 GPI —
1972 0.9019 GPI +7.0%
1973 0.7006 GPI -22.3%
1974 0.6293 GPI -10.2%
1976 0.8564 GPI +36.1%
1977 0.9473 GPI +10.6%
1978 0.8718 GPI -8.0%
1979 1.09 GPI +24.6%
1980 1.08 GPI -0.2%
1981 1.08 GPI -0.2%
1982 0.8881 GPI -17.9%
1983 1.11 GPI +25.2%
1984 1.19 GPI +7.0%
1985 1.27 GPI +7.0%
1986 1.31 GPI +2.8%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 1.31 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.04 GPI, 1.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 1.31 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.02 GPI, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8545 GPI 0.6293 GPI 1.09 GPI 8
1980s 1.13 GPI 0.8881 GPI 1.31 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 2 Georgia 1.2 GPI
  2. 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.18 GPI
  3. 4 Palau 1.17 GPI

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Somalia?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Somalia was 1.31 GPI in 1986, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 1.31 GPI in 1986.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6293 GPI in 1974.
How does Somalia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Somalia ranks 1st out of 189 countries with data for 1986.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is up 52.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Somalia 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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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.