School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Tanzania

Tanzania: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
15th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.9664 GPI
in 2009
Years of data
11
1994–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Tanzania, 1994–2019

00.250.50.7511994200620191994: 0.972 GPI1995: 0.975 GPI1996: 0.98 GPI2009: 0.966 GPI2010: 0.978 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Tanzania stood at 1.03 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Tanzania peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.9664 GPI, in 2009.

That places Tanzania 15th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Tanzania, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Tanzania, 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.9721 GPI —
1995 0.9749 GPI +0.3%
1996 0.9798 GPI +0.5%
2009 0.9664 GPI -1.4%
2010 0.978 GPI +1.2%
2014 1.04 GPI +6.1%
2015 1.05 GPI +1.0%
2016 1.05 GPI -0.2%
2017 1.03 GPI -1.0%
2018 1.03 GPI -0.5%
2019 1.03 GPI +0.3%

Tanzania compared with similar countries

  • Tanzania's 1.03 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1 GPI, 1.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • Tanzania's 1.03 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.982 GPI, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9756 GPI 0.9721 GPI 0.9798 GPI 3
2000s 0.9664 GPI 0.9664 GPI 0.9664 GPI 1
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.978 GPI 1.05 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Tanzania

  1. 12 Nauru 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 13 Seychelles 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 14 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 16 Burkina Faso 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 17 Hong Kong 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 18 India 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Tanzania?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Tanzania was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9664 GPI in 2009.
How does Tanzania rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Tanzania ranks 15th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania 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.