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

Ghana: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 1.02 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
27th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.8974 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
20
1999–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Ghana, 1999–2019

00.250.50.7511999200920191999: 0.897 GPI2000: 0.908 GPI2001: 0.917 GPI2002: 0.922 GPI2003: 0.929 GPI2004: 0.921 GPI2005: 0.936 GPI2006: 0.948 GPI2007: 0.96 GPI2008: 0.962 GPI2009: 0.962 GPI2011: 0.971 GPI2012: 0.978 GPI2013: 0.986 GPI2014: 0.99 GPI2015: 0.993 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Ghana is 1.02 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Ghana peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8974 GPI, in 1999.

That places Ghana 27th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8974 GPI 0.8974 GPI 0.8974 GPI 1
2000s 0.9366 GPI 0.9084 GPI 0.9622 GPI 10
2010s 0.9953 GPI 0.9706 GPI 1.02 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 24 Nepal 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 25 Palestine, State of 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 26 Lesotho, Kingdom of 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 28 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 29 Honduras 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 30 Armenia, Republic of 1.02 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 Ghana?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Ghana was 1.02 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 Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8974 GPI in 1999.
How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Ghana ranks 27th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ghana 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.