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

Sudan: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9405 GPI in 2017. β–² Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9405 GPI
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
165th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9405 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.8014 GPI
in 2001
Years of data
17
2001–2017

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Sudan, 2001–2017

00.20.40.60.812001200920172001: 0.801 GPI2002: 0.849 GPI2003: 0.864 GPI2004: 0.859 GPI2005: 0.878 GPI2006: 0.874 GPI2007: 0.845 GPI2008: 0.873 GPI2009: 0.872 GPI2010: 0.88 GPI2011: 0.882 GPI2012: 0.87 GPI2013: 0.879 GPI2014: 0.903 GPI2015: 0.899 GPI2016: 0.918 GPI2017: 0.94 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Sudan stood at 0.9405 GPI. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Sudan peaked at 0.9405 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8014 GPI, in 2001.

That places Sudan 165th out of 188 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.8573 GPI 0.8014 GPI 0.878 GPI 9
2010s 0.8966 GPI 0.8699 GPI 0.9405 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Sudan

  1. 162 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9537 GPI compare
  2. 163 Peru 0.9513 GPI compare
  3. 164 Tuvalu 0.9483 GPI compare
  4. 166 Eswatini 0.9403 GPI compare
  5. 167 Morocco 0.9387 GPI compare
  6. 168 Nigeria 0.9358 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 Sudan?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Sudan was 0.9405 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 0.9405 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8014 GPI in 2001.
How does Sudan rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Sudan ranks 165th out of 188 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sudan 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.