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

Zambia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 1.01 GPI in 2017. β–² Rising

Latest (2017)
1.01 GPI
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
43rd
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.9003 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
19
1998–2017

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Zambia, 1998–2017

00.250.50.7511998200720171998: 0.908 GPI1999: 0.9 GPI2000: 0.904 GPI2001: 0.904 GPI2002: 0.903 GPI2004: 0.918 GPI2005: 0.918 GPI2006: 0.943 GPI2007: 0.937 GPI2008: 0.94 GPI2009: 0.95 GPI2010: 0.975 GPI2011: 0.955 GPI2012: 0.979 GPI2013: 0.979 GPI2014: 0.993 GPI2015: 0.994 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Zambia stood at 1.01 GPI. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

That represents a change of up 7.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Zambia peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9003 GPI, in 1999.

Zambia ranks 43rd of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.904 GPI 0.9003 GPI 0.9076 GPI 2
2000s 0.9243 GPI 0.9032 GPI 0.9502 GPI 9
2010s 0.9866 GPI 0.9547 GPI 1.01 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 40 Sweden 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 41 Nicaragua 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 42 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 44 Equatorial Guinea 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 45 Solomon Islands 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 46 Azerbaijan 1.01 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 Zambia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Zambia was 1.01 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 Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9003 GPI in 1999.
How does Zambia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Zambia ranks 43rd out of 188 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zambia 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.