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

Mali: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.8967 GPI in 2018. β–² Rising

Latest (2018)
0.8967 GPI
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
177th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.8967 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.6842 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
19
1999–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Mali, 1999–2018

00.20.40.60.81999200820181999: 0.684 GPI2000: 0.717 GPI2001: 0.707 GPI2002: 0.722 GPI2003: 0.728 GPI2004: 0.732 GPI2005: 0.749 GPI2006: 0.763 GPI2007: 0.777 GPI2008: 0.792 GPI2009: 0.806 GPI2010: 0.821 GPI2011: 0.831 GPI2012: 0.844 GPI2014: 0.862 GPI2015: 0.889 GPI2016: 0.851 GPI2017: 0.887 GPI2018: 0.897 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 Mali is 0.8967 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Mali peaked at 0.8967 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6842 GPI, in 1999.

Mali ranks 177th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6842 GPI 0.6842 GPI 0.6842 GPI 1
2000s 0.7493 GPI 0.7067 GPI 0.8057 GPI 10
2010s 0.8603 GPI 0.8215 GPI 0.8967 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Mali

  1. 174 Benin 0.9087 GPI compare
  2. 175 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9006 GPI compare
  3. 176 Togo 0.8969 GPI compare
  4. 178 Cameroon 0.8882 GPI compare
  5. 179 Pakistan 0.8662 GPI compare
  6. 180 Eritrea 0.8579 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 Mali?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Mali was 0.8967 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Mali?
The highest recorded value was 0.8967 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Mali?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6842 GPI in 1999.
How does Mali rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Mali ranks 177th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Mali?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mali 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.