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School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) by country

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...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
1.15 GPI
Senegal
Lowest
0.6328 GPI
Angola
Median
0.9929 GPI
Years covered
40
1981–2020
Data points
4,492

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 1.15 GPI in Senegal; the lowest is 0.6328 GPI in Angola.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9929 GPI, and the mean is 0.9821 GPI.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 23.8%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 23.6%).

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Senegal 1.15 GPI 2019 up 18.3% rising
2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPI 2018 up 3.2% rising
3 Gambia 1.11 GPI 2019 up 7.8% rising
4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI 2017 up 1.7% flat
5 San Marino 1.07 GPI 2019 up 8.7% flat
6 Mauritania 1.06 GPI 2019 up 4.0% rising
7 Congo 1.06 GPI 2012 up 17.9% rising
8 Bhutan 1.06 GPI 2020 up 1.5% rising
9 Burundi 1.05 GPI 2019 up 12.0% rising
10 Suriname 1.05 GPI 2019 up 1.5% flat
11 Mexico 1.04 GPI 2018 up 2.8% rising
12 Nauru 1.04 GPI 2019 up 6.6% rising
13 Seychelles 1.04 GPI 2019 up 0.8% flat
14 Albania 1.03 GPI 2019 up 2.1% flat
15 Tanzania 1.03 GPI 2019 up 6.8% rising
16 Burkina Faso 1.03 GPI 2019 up 19.3% rising
17 Hong Kong 1.03 GPI 2019 up 2.7% flat
18 India 1.03 GPI 2019 up 0.7% rising
19 Vietnam 1.03 GPI 2019 up 4.3% rising
20 Aruba 1.02 GPI 2012 up 7.2% flat
21 Croatia 1.02 GPI 2018 up 0.3% flat
22 Sierra Leone 1.02 GPI 2019 up 10.7% rising
23 Madagascar 1.02 GPI 2019 up 5.6% rising
24 Nepal 1.02 GPI 2019 down 1.4% rising
25 Palestine 1.02 GPI 2019 down 0.6% flat
26 Lesotho 1.02 GPI 2017 down 1.5% falling
27 Ghana 1.02 GPI 2019 up 5.6% rising
28 Malaysia 1.02 GPI 2017 up 0.7% flat
29 Honduras 1.02 GPI 2019 down 2.4% flat
30 Armenia 1.02 GPI 2019 up 1.0% flat
31 Ecuador 1.02 GPI 2018 up 2.2% flat
32 Samoa 1.02 GPI 2019 up 2.7% flat
33 Iran 1.02 GPI 2017 up 7.8% rising
34 Bahrain 1.01 GPI 2019 up 1.2% flat
35 Comoros 1.01 GPI 2018 up 14.6% rising
36 Ukraine 1.01 GPI 2014 up 1.4% flat
37 Belgium 1.01 GPI 2018 up 0.7% flat
38 Sao Tome and Principe 1.01 GPI 2017 down 0.5% flat
39 Israel 1.01 GPI 2018 down 0.1% flat
40 Sweden 1.01 GPI 2018 up 1.5% flat
41 Nicaragua 1.01 GPI 2010 down 3.2% flat
42 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI 2019 up 1.0% flat
43 Zambia 1.01 GPI 2017 up 7.7% rising
44 Equatorial Guinea 1.01 GPI 2015 up 9.3% rising
45 Solomon Islands 1.01 GPI 2018 up 6.9% rising
46 Azerbaijan 1.01 GPI 2019 up 3.2% flat
47 Puerto Rico 1.01 GPI 2018 down 2.4% flat
48 Montenegro 1.01 GPI 2019 down 0.1% flat
49 Rwanda 1.01 GPI 2019 down 1.2% flat
50 Bahamas 1.01 GPI 2018 up 3.8% flat
51 Ireland 1.01 GPI 2018 up 0.3% flat
52 Saint Lucia 1.01 GPI 2019 up 3.0% flat
53 Georgia 1.01 GPI 2019 down 0.5% falling
54 Philippines 1.01 GPI 2018 down 0.4% flat
55 Kenya 1.01 GPI 2016 up 5.1% flat
56 Mauritius 1 GPI 2019 down 0.3% flat
57 Brunei 1 GPI 2019 up 4.1% rising
58 Kuwait 1 GPI 2012 down 1.9% flat
59 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPI 2018 down 3.7% flat
60 Tunisia 1 GPI 2018 up 1.0% rising
61 Costa Rica 1 GPI 2019 up 1.6% flat
62 East Timor 1 GPI 2019 up 6.4% rising
63 Saudi Arabia 1 GPI 2019 up 6.7% rising
64 Egypt 1 GPI 2019 up 2.2% rising
65 New Zealand 1 GPI 2018 up 0.9% flat
66 Belarus 1 GPI 2018 up 0.5% flat
67 Canada 1 GPI 2018 up 0.8% flat
68 Cambodia 1 GPI 2019 up 6.7% rising
69 Slovenia 1 GPI 2018 up 0.5% flat
70 Gibraltar 1 GPI 2019 down 1.2% rising
71 Qatar 1 GPI 2019 up 3.8% rising
72 Djibouti 1 GPI 2020 up 7.4% rising
73 Uruguay 1 GPI 2018 down 0.1% flat
74 Czechia 0.9997 GPI 2018 up 0.5% flat
75 Turkey 0.9994 GPI 2018 up 5.1% rising
76 Paraguay 0.9993 GPI 2012 up 2.0% flat
77 Iceland 0.9992 GPI 2018 down 0.6% flat
78 Estonia 0.9989 GPI 2018 up 2.7% flat
79 Venezuela 0.9982 GPI 2017 down 0.5% flat
80 South Korea 0.998 GPI 2018 up 0.5% flat
81 North Macedonia 0.9979 GPI 2018 up 1.5% flat
82 Serbia 0.997 GPI 2019 up 0.3% flat
83 Spain 0.9968 GPI 2018 down 0.2% flat
84 Latvia 0.9966 GPI 2018 up 3.3% flat
85 Austria 0.9963 GPI 2018 up 0.7% flat
86 Tonga 0.9962 GPI 2015 up 3.3% flat
87 Switzerland 0.9953 GPI 2018 down 1.2% flat
88 United States 0.9953 GPI 2018 down 0.4% flat
89 Argentina 0.9952 GPI 2017 down 1.8% flat
90 Norway 0.9943 GPI 2018 down 0.5% flat
91 Micronesia (country) 0.9939 GPI 2019 down 1.4% flat
92 Denmark 0.9934 GPI 2018 down 2.2% flat
93 France 0.9933 GPI 2018 up 0.2% flat
94 Colombia 0.9931 GPI 2018 down 3.3% flat
95 Malta 0.9928 GPI 2018 down 0.7% flat
96 Bermuda 0.9926 GPI 2015 down 6.3% falling
97 Hungary 0.9918 GPI 2018 up 0.6% flat
98 China 0.9918 GPI 2010 up 1.5% rising
99 Cyprus 0.9917 GPI 2018 down 0.1% flat
100 Finland 0.9912 GPI 2018 down 0.2% flat
101 Slovakia 0.9911 GPI 2018 down 0.0% flat
102 Sri Lanka 0.9908 GPI 2018 down 0.6% flat
103 Germany 0.9908 GPI 2018 down 0.3% flat
104 Jamaica 0.9902 GPI 2019 down 1.9% flat
105 Cayman Islands 0.9897 GPI 2018 up 1.7% flat
106 Russia 0.9892 GPI 2018 down 2.1% flat
107 Panama 0.9891 GPI 2017 up 0.9% flat
108 British Virgin Islands 0.9884 GPI 2018 down 2.3% flat
109 Poland 0.9882 GPI 2018 down 0.1% flat
110 Jordan 0.9882 GPI 2019 down 1.8% flat
111 Myanmar 0.9877 GPI 2018 down 0.2% flat
112 United Kingdom 0.9877 GPI 2018 up 0.0% flat
113 Grenada 0.9875 GPI 2018 up 3.1% flat
114 Kyrgyzstan 0.9875 GPI 2019 down 1.2% flat
115 Greece 0.9874 GPI 2018 up 3.1% flat
116 Botswana 0.9871 GPI 2015 down 1.5% falling
117 Lithuania 0.9869 GPI 2018 up 0.3% flat
118 Bulgaria 0.9855 GPI 2018 up 1.1% flat
118 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9855 GPI 2016 down 0.1% falling
120 Marshall Islands 0.9851 GPI 2019 down 1.0% flat
121 Romania 0.9846 GPI 2018 down 0.3% flat
122 Fiji 0.9837 GPI 2019 down 2.7% flat
123 Netherlands 0.9836 GPI 2018 up 1.0% flat
124 Malawi 0.9826 GPI 2019 down 0.0% rising
125 Oman 0.9826 GPI 2019 up 4.7% rising
126 Zimbabwe 0.982 GPI 2013 up 1.1% flat
127 Uzbekistan 0.9817 GPI 2019 down 1.3% flat
128 United Arab Emirates 0.9815 GPI 2017 down 1.8% flat
129 Namibia 0.9805 GPI 2017 down 2.2% flat
130 Macao 0.9803 GPI 2019 up 0.8% flat
131 Tajikistan 0.9802 GPI 2017 up 4.7% rising
132 Vanuatu 0.9798 GPI 2015 down 1.3% flat
133 Indonesia 0.9796 GPI 2018 down 1.2% flat
134 Bolivia 0.979 GPI 2018 down 1.0% flat
135 Mongolia 0.9783 GPI 2018 down 3.8% falling
136 Barbados 0.9782 GPI 2019 down 1.1% flat
137 Guyana 0.9782 GPI 2012 down 0.1% flat
138 Moldova 0.977 GPI 2019 down 1.2% flat
139 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9741 GPI 2018 up 1.2% flat
140 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9737 GPI 2009 down 4.0% flat
141 Portugal 0.9734 GPI 2018 up 1.8% flat
142 Liberia 0.9726 GPI 2017 up 9.7% rising
143 Chile 0.9715 GPI 2018 up 1.5% flat
144 Luxembourg 0.9713 GPI 2018 down 3.5% flat
145 South Africa 0.9712 GPI 2018 down 0.3% flat
146 Australia 0.9703 GPI 2018 — falling
147 Thailand 0.9702 GPI 2019 down 2.7% flat
148 Belize 0.9701 GPI 2019 down 1.5% flat
149 Libya 0.9692 GPI 2006 down 3.9% flat
150 Dominican Republic 0.9687 GPI 2019 up 8.1% falling
151 Brazil 0.9686 GPI 2011 down 1.1% flat
152 Italy 0.9677 GPI 2018 down 1.5% flat
153 El Salvador 0.9659 GPI 2018 up 0.4% flat
154 Liechtenstein 0.9654 GPI 2018 down 1.9% falling
155 Syria 0.9646 GPI 2013 up 2.1% rising
156 Dominica 0.9622 GPI 2019 down 3.2% falling
157 Maldives 0.9619 GPI 2019 down 5.5% flat
158 Laos 0.9609 GPI 2019 up 8.7% rising
159 Guatemala 0.9601 GPI 2019 up 0.3% rising
160 Cape Verde 0.9579 GPI 2018 down 3.0% falling
161 Cuba 0.9554 GPI 2019 down 2.4% flat
162 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9537 GPI 2018 up 4.1% flat
163 Peru 0.9513 GPI 2019 down 5.0% flat
164 Tuvalu 0.9483 GPI 2019 down 3.4% flat
165 Sudan 0.9405 GPI 2017 up 11.3% rising
166 Eswatini 0.9403 GPI 2016 up 3.3% falling
167 Morocco 0.9387 GPI 2019 up 4.2% rising
168 Nigeria 0.9358 GPI 2016 up 10.2% rising
169 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.9332 GPI 2015 up 19.9% rising
170 Algeria 0.9328 GPI 2011 up 1.2% rising
171 Ethiopia 0.9174 GPI 2015 up 20.2% rising
172 Mozambique 0.9173 GPI 2017 up 10.2% rising
173 Palau 0.9165 GPI 2014 down 4.2% flat
174 Benin 0.9087 GPI 2016 up 23.8% rising
175 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9006 GPI 2019 up 12.4% rising
176 Togo 0.8969 GPI 2017 up 15.1% rising
177 Mali 0.8967 GPI 2018 up 13.2% rising
178 Cameroon 0.8882 GPI 2016 up 6.9% rising
179 Pakistan 0.8662 GPI 2019 up 3.3% rising
180 Eritrea 0.8579 GPI 2018 up 6.4% rising
181 Niger 0.8398 GPI 2017 up 17.3% rising
182 Yemen 0.8367 GPI 2016 up 23.3% rising
183 Iraq 0.8095 GPI 2007 up 3.4% flat
184 Guinea 0.7943 GPI 2014 up 15.1% rising
185 Central African Republic 0.7643 GPI 2016 up 10.2% rising
186 Chad 0.7436 GPI 2019 up 13.8% rising
187 Afghanistan 0.6458 GPI 2018 up 8.6% rising
188 Angola 0.6328 GPI 2011 down 23.6% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
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.