School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Namibia

Namibia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9805 GPI in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
0.9805 GPI
World rank
129th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 1995
All-time low
0.9805 GPI
in 2017
Years of data
19
1995–2017

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Namibia, 1995–2017

00.250.50.7511995200620171995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 0.999 GPI2009: 0.996 GPI2010: 0.993 GPI2012: 0.988 GPI2013: 0.986 GPI2017: 0.98 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Namibia recorded 0.9805 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Namibia peaked at 1.02 GPI in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.9805 GPI, in 2017.

Namibia ranks 129th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Namibia, 1995 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1995 1.02 GPI —
1996 1.02 GPI -0.3%
1997 1.02 GPI +0.3%
1998 1.01 GPI -1.0%
1999 1.01 GPI -0.5%
2000 1.01 GPI +0.0%
2001 1.01 GPI +0.0%
2002 1 GPI -0.2%
2003 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2004 1.01 GPI +0.3%
2005 1 GPI -0.5%
2006 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2007 1 GPI -0.6%
2008 0.999 GPI -0.3%
2009 0.9961 GPI -0.3%
2010 0.9927 GPI -0.3%
2012 0.9882 GPI -0.5%
2013 0.9863 GPI -0.2%
2017 0.9805 GPI -0.6%

Namibia compared with similar countries

  • Namibia's 0.9805 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1 GPI, 98% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • Namibia's 0.9805 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.982 GPI, 100% of the median. (43 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.02 GPI 5
2000s 1 GPI 0.9961 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 0.9869 GPI 0.9805 GPI 0.9927 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 126 Zimbabwe 0.982 GPI compare
  2. 127 Uzbekistan 0.9817 GPI compare
  3. 128 United Arab Emirates 0.9815 GPI compare
  4. 130 Macao 0.9803 GPI compare
  5. 131 Tajikistan 0.9802 GPI compare
  6. 132 Vanuatu 0.9798 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 Namibia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Namibia was 0.9805 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 1995.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9805 GPI in 2017.
How does Namibia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Namibia ranks 129th out of 188 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Namibia 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.