School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9174 GPI in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
0.9174 GPI
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
171st
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9249 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.585 GPI
in 1997
Years of data
20
1994–2015

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ethiopia, 1994–2015

00.20.40.60.811994200420151994: 0.651 GPI1995: 0.614 GPI1996: 0.586 GPI1997: 0.585 GPI1999: 0.613 GPI2000: 0.652 GPI2001: 0.676 GPI2002: 0.684 GPI2003: 0.685 GPI2004: 0.719 GPI2005: 0.763 GPI2006: 0.797 GPI2007: 0.823 GPI2008: 0.852 GPI2009: 0.889 GPI2010: 0.9 GPI2011: 0.91 GPI2012: 0.923 GPI2014: 0.925 GPI2015: 0.917 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ethiopia is 0.9174 GPI, measured in 2015.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ethiopia peaked at 0.9249 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.585 GPI, in 1997.

That places Ethiopia 171st out of 188 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Ethiopia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Ethiopia, 1994 to 2015.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.6508 GPI —
1995 0.6141 GPI -5.6%
1996 0.586 GPI -4.6%
1997 0.585 GPI -0.2%
1999 0.6131 GPI +4.8%
2000 0.6519 GPI +6.3%
2001 0.6759 GPI +3.7%
2002 0.6844 GPI +1.3%
2003 0.6847 GPI +0.0%
2004 0.719 GPI +5.0%
2005 0.7632 GPI +6.1%
2006 0.7973 GPI +4.5%
2007 0.823 GPI +3.2%
2008 0.8521 GPI +3.5%
2009 0.8888 GPI +4.3%
2010 0.8999 GPI +1.3%
2011 0.91 GPI +1.1%
2012 0.9234 GPI +1.5%
2014 0.9249 GPI +0.2%
2015 0.9174 GPI -0.8%

Ethiopia compared with similar countries

  • Ethiopia's 0.9174 GPI is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.9368 GPI, 98% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
  • Ethiopia's 0.9174 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.982 GPI, 93% of the median. (43 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6098 GPI 0.585 GPI 0.6508 GPI 5
2000s 0.754 GPI 0.6519 GPI 0.8888 GPI 10
2010s 0.9151 GPI 0.8999 GPI 0.9249 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 168 Nigeria 0.9358 GPI compare
  2. 169 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.9332 GPI compare
  3. 170 Algeria 0.9328 GPI compare
  4. 172 Mozambique 0.9173 GPI compare
  5. 173 Palau 0.9165 GPI compare
  6. 174 Benin 0.9087 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ethiopia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ethiopia was 0.9174 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 0.9249 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.585 GPI in 1997.
How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Ethiopia ranks 171st out of 188 countries with data for 2015.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ethiopia 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.