School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Eswatini

Eswatini: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9403 GPI in 2016. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2016)
0.9403 GPI
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
166th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9773 GPI
in 1987
All-time low
0.8774 GPI
in 2007
Years of data
19
1987–2016

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Eswatini, 1987–2016

00.20.40.60.811987200120161987: 0.977 GPI1998: 0.964 GPI1999: 0.962 GPI2000: 0.954 GPI2001: 0.958 GPI2002: 0.933 GPI2003: 0.942 GPI2004: 0.924 GPI2005: 0.923 GPI2006: 0.91 GPI2007: 0.877 GPI2009: 0.89 GPI2010: 0.893 GPI2011: 0.882 GPI2012: 0.908 GPI2013: 0.912 GPI2014: 0.919 GPI2015: 0.924 GPI2016: 0.94 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2016, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Eswatini stood at 0.9403 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Eswatini peaked at 0.9773 GPI in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.8774 GPI, in 2007.

That places Eswatini 166th out of 188 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.9773 GPI 0.9773 GPI 0.9773 GPI 1
1990s 0.9632 GPI 0.962 GPI 0.9643 GPI 2
2000s 0.9235 GPI 0.8774 GPI 0.9581 GPI 9
2010s 0.9113 GPI 0.8824 GPI 0.9403 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 163 Peru 0.9513 GPI compare
  2. 164 Tuvalu 0.9483 GPI compare
  3. 165 Sudan 0.9405 GPI compare
  4. 167 Morocco 0.9387 GPI compare
  5. 168 Nigeria 0.9358 GPI compare
  6. 169 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.9332 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Eswatini?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Eswatini was 0.9403 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 0.9773 GPI in 1987.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8774 GPI in 2007.
How does Eswatini rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Eswatini ranks 166th out of 188 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Eswatini data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.