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

Senegal: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 1.15 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
1.15 GPI
World rank
1st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.15 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7647 GPI
in 1996
Years of data
17
1996–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Senegal, 1996–2019

00.250.50.7511.21996200720191996: 0.765 GPI1997: 0.782 GPI1998: 0.803 GPI1999: 0.797 GPI2000: 0.831 GPI2001: 0.851 GPI2002: 0.871 GPI2003: 0.88 GPI2004: 0.907 GPI2005: 0.923 GPI2006: 0.94 GPI2008: 0.975 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2019: 1.2 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 Senegal is 1.15 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of up 18.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Senegal peaked at 1.15 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7647 GPI, in 1996.

That places Senegal 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7869 GPI 0.7647 GPI 0.8034 GPI 4
2000s 0.8974 GPI 0.8313 GPI 0.9753 GPI 8
2010s 1.1 GPI 1.07 GPI 1.15 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPI compare
  2. 3 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
  3. 4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Senegal?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Senegal was 1.15 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 Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 1.15 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7647 GPI in 1996.
How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Senegal ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Senegal 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.