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

Gambia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 1.11 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.11 GPI
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
3rd
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.11 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.801 GPI
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Gambia, 1998–2019

00.250.50.7511998200820191998: 0.801 GPI1999: 0.813 GPI2000: 0.832 GPI2001: 0.864 GPI2002: 0.867 GPI2003: 0.924 GPI2004: 0.957 GPI2005: 0.99 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Gambia stood at 1.11 GPI. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Gambia peaked at 1.11 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.801 GPI, in 1998.

That places Gambia 3rd out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Gambia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Gambia, 1998 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1998 0.801 GPI
1999 0.8127 GPI +1.5%
2000 0.8321 GPI +2.4%
2001 0.8636 GPI +3.8%
2002 0.8671 GPI +0.4%
2003 0.9239 GPI +6.5%
2004 0.957 GPI +3.6%
2005 0.9897 GPI +3.4%
2006 1.01 GPI +1.7%
2007 1.02 GPI +1.4%
2008 1.04 GPI +1.6%
2009 1.03 GPI -0.6%
2010 1.02 GPI -0.8%
2011 1.04 GPI +1.3%
2012 1.04 GPI +0.1%
2013 1.03 GPI -0.9%
2014 1.04 GPI +1.4%
2015 1.05 GPI +0.9%
2016 1.07 GPI +1.3%
2017 1.08 GPI +1.7%
2018 1.1 GPI +1.5%
2019 1.11 GPI +1.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8069 GPI 0.801 GPI 0.8127 GPI 2
2000s 0.9531 GPI 0.8321 GPI 1.04 GPI 10
2010s 1.06 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.11 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Gambia

  1. 1 Senegal 1.15 GPI compare
  2. 2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPI compare
  3. 4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI compare
  4. 5 San Marino 1.07 GPI compare
  5. 6 Mauritania 1.06 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Gambia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Gambia was 1.11 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Gambia?
The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Gambia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.801 GPI in 1998.
How does Gambia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Gambia ranks 3rd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Gambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Gambia 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.