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School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) by country

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...

Countries reporting
193
Highest
1.15 GPI
Kuwait
Lowest
0.5532 GPI
Somalia
Median
0.9908 GPI
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,121

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 1.15 GPI in Kuwait; the lowest is 0.5532 GPI in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9908 GPI, and the mean is 0.9793 GPI.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 39.7%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 10.1%).

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kuwait 1.15 GPI 2019 up 17.5% rising
2 Senegal 1.14 GPI 2019 up 9.5% rising
3 San Marino 1.11 GPI 2019 up 11.3% rising
4 Gambia 1.11 GPI 2019 up 6.3% rising
5 Oman 1.09 GPI 2019 up 13.6% rising
6 Bangladesh 1.07 GPI 2018 up 1.0% rising
7 Congo 1.07 GPI 2012 up 13.4% rising
8 Kiribati 1.07 GPI 2017 up 4.4% rising
9 Mauritania 1.07 GPI 2019 up 1.5% rising
10 Seychelles 1.05 GPI 2019 up 1.9% flat
11 Hong Kong 1.05 GPI 2019 up 3.9% rising
12 Iran 1.04 GPI 2017 up 6.4% rising
13 Albania 1.03 GPI 2019 up 3.5% rising
14 Azerbaijan 1.03 GPI 2019 up 4.4% flat
15 Uganda 1.03 GPI 2017 up 4.2% rising
16 Malawi 1.03 GPI 2019 up 2.1% rising
17 Maldives 1.03 GPI 2019 up 5.7% flat
18 Sierra Leone 1.03 GPI 2019 up 8.1% rising
19 Mauritius 1.03 GPI 2019 up 2.3% flat
20 Qatar 1.02 GPI 2019 up 0.0% flat
21 Gibraltar 1.02 GPI 2019 up 0.4% falling
22 Vietnam 1.02 GPI 2019 up 4.5% flat
23 Ukraine 1.02 GPI 2014 up 2.7% flat
24 Saint Lucia 1.02 GPI 2019 up 6.9% falling
25 India 1.02 GPI 2019 down 1.3% rising
26 Tanzania 1.02 GPI 2019 up 2.0% rising
27 Zambia 1.02 GPI 2017 up 7.6% rising
28 American Samoa 1.02 GPI 1992 up 3.7% rising
29 Nepal 1.02 GPI 2019 down 3.3% rising
30 Ecuador 1.02 GPI 2018 down 0.2% rising
31 Saudi Arabia 1.02 GPI 2019 up 4.3% rising
32 Bhutan 1.02 GPI 2020 down 0.8% rising
33 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI 2019 up 1.5% flat
34 Sweden 1.01 GPI 2018 up 1.9% flat
35 Ghana 1.01 GPI 2019 up 3.2% rising
36 Malaysia 1.01 GPI 2017 up 0.8% flat
37 Madagascar 1.01 GPI 2019 up 4.4% rising
38 China 1.01 GPI 2019 up 2.9% rising
39 Burundi 1.01 GPI 2019 up 4.8% rising
40 Samoa 1.01 GPI 2019 up 3.9% flat
41 Spain 1.01 GPI 2018 up 1.8% flat
42 Germany 1.01 GPI 2018 up 1.5% flat
43 Georgia 1.01 GPI 2019 up 0.1% flat
44 Israel 1.01 GPI 2018 up 0.2% flat
45 Brunei 1.01 GPI 2019 up 2.1% rising
46 Egypt 1.01 GPI 2019 up 4.2% rising
47 Mexico 1.01 GPI 2018 up 2.6% rising
49 Armenia 1.01 GPI 2019 down 2.6% flat
50 New Zealand 1.01 GPI 2018 up 0.9% flat
52 British Virgin Islands 1 GPI 2018 up 3.0% flat
53 Latvia 1 GPI 2018 up 3.2% flat
54 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPI 2018 up 2.0% flat
55 Kenya 1 GPI 2016 up 4.6% rising
56 Czechia 1 GPI 2018 up 0.9% flat
57 Greece 1 GPI 2018 up 2.3% flat
58 Belgium 1 GPI 2018 up 0.5% flat
59 Croatia 1 GPI 2018 up 0.1% flat
60 Costa Rica 1 GPI 2019 up 2.2% flat
61 Montenegro 1 GPI 2019 up 0.2% flat
62 Slovenia 1 GPI 2018 up 0.4% flat
63 Norway 1 GPI 2018 down 0.3% flat
64 Honduras 0.9998 GPI 2019 up 0.2% flat
65 Netherlands 0.9995 GPI 2018 up 1.5% flat
66 Estonia 0.9995 GPI 2018 up 1.5% flat
67 Suriname 0.9994 GPI 2019 up 0.3% rising
68 Tonga 0.9994 GPI 2015 up 3.0% flat
69 Palestine 0.9993 GPI 2019 up 0.3% flat
70 Lithuania 0.9993 GPI 2018 up 1.0% flat
71 Denmark 0.999 GPI 2018 down 0.8% flat
72 United States 0.9986 GPI 2018 down 0.3% flat
73 Australia 0.9985 GPI 2018 down 0.9% flat
74 South Korea 0.9983 GPI 2018 up 0.0% flat
75 Serbia 0.9983 GPI 2019 up 0.8% flat
76 Comoros 0.998 GPI 2018 up 8.3% rising
77 Thailand 0.9979 GPI 2019 up 0.8% rising
78 North Macedonia 0.9979 GPI 2018 up 1.3% flat
79 Argentina 0.9977 GPI 2017 up 0.3% flat
80 Iceland 0.9974 GPI 2018 down 1.0% flat
81 Belarus 0.9972 GPI 2018 up 0.2% flat
82 United Kingdom 0.9971 GPI 2018 up 0.0% flat
83 Burkina Faso 0.9971 GPI 2019 up 12.9% rising
84 Slovakia 0.996 GPI 2018 down 0.1% flat
85 Canada 0.9957 GPI 2018 down 0.2% flat
86 Bahamas 0.9953 GPI 2018 up 2.9% falling
87 Bulgaria 0.9952 GPI 2018 down 0.2% flat
88 France 0.9946 GPI 2018 up 0.6% flat
90 Austria 0.9944 GPI 2018 up 0.9% flat
91 Finland 0.9943 GPI 2018 up 0.2% flat
92 Solomon Islands 0.9942 GPI 2018 up 4.0% rising
93 Hungary 0.9939 GPI 2018 up 0.3% flat
94 Switzerland 0.9938 GPI 2018 down 0.2% flat
95 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9918 GPI 2018 up 4.9% flat
96 Nicaragua 0.9917 GPI 2010 down 2.9% falling
97 Romania 0.9914 GPI 2018 up 0.7% flat
98 Bolivia 0.9911 GPI 2018 down 0.4% rising
99 Uruguay 0.9909 GPI 2018 up 2.3% flat
100 Cyprus 0.9908 GPI 2018 up 0.1% flat
101 Puerto Rico 0.9906 GPI 2018 down 4.5% falling
102 Bahrain 0.9898 GPI 2019 down 2.7% rising
103 Sri Lanka 0.9892 GPI 2018 up 0.3% rising
104 Tunisia 0.9891 GPI 2018 down 0.2% rising
105 Tajikistan 0.9888 GPI 2017 up 2.2% flat
106 Turkey 0.9886 GPI 2018 up 1.6% rising
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.988 GPI 2018 up 5.8% flat
108 Russia 0.988 GPI 2018 down 1.6% flat
109 Uzbekistan 0.9876 GPI 2019 up 0.1% flat
110 Poland 0.9868 GPI 2018 down 0.6% flat
111 Kyrgyzstan 0.9862 GPI 2019 down 1.2% flat
112 Liberia 0.9862 GPI 2017 up 8.3% rising
113 Nauru 0.9861 GPI 2019 down 1.0% rising
114 Equatorial Guinea 0.9859 GPI 2015 up 1.9% rising
115 Jordan 0.9832 GPI 2019 down 2.0% rising
116 Bermuda 0.9818 GPI 2015 down 6.7% flat
117 Paraguay 0.9798 GPI 2012 up 0.9% rising
118 Grenada 0.9795 GPI 2018 up 3.6% flat
119 Jamaica 0.9786 GPI 2019 down 2.4% flat
120 East Timor 0.9784 GPI 2019 up 5.2% rising
121 Guatemala 0.9782 GPI 2019 up 1.0% rising
122 Macao 0.9781 GPI 2019 down 0.1% flat
123 Panama 0.9779 GPI 2017 up 1.2% flat
124 United Arab Emirates 0.9779 GPI 2017 down 3.2% rising
125 Venezuela 0.9765 GPI 2017 up 0.3% falling
127 Rwanda 0.9756 GPI 2019 down 4.7% rising
128 Portugal 0.9747 GPI 2018 up 3.1% flat
129 Zimbabwe 0.9745 GPI 2013 down 0.3% rising
130 Mongolia 0.9744 GPI 2018 down 1.4% flat
131 Moldova 0.974 GPI 2019 down 1.1% flat
132 Botswana 0.9739 GPI 2015 down 1.1% falling
133 Colombia 0.972 GPI 2018 down 2.5% falling
134 Djibouti 0.9712 GPI 2020 down 2.2% rising
135 Chile 0.9711 GPI 2018 up 2.3% flat
136 Haiti 0.971 GPI 1998 up 5.4% rising
137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9697 GPI 2016 down 1.9% rising
138 Dominica 0.9695 GPI 2019 down 1.3% flat
139 Aruba 0.9687 GPI 2014 up 5.4% flat
140 Cambodia 0.9687 GPI 2019 up 3.6% rising
141 Italy 0.9685 GPI 2018 down 2.0% flat
142 Vanuatu 0.9683 GPI 2015 down 0.7% rising
143 Cuba 0.9669 GPI 2019 down 1.0% flat
144 Togo 0.9666 GPI 2019 up 13.8% rising
145 Cayman Islands 0.9664 GPI 2018 up 3.2% falling
146 Belize 0.9663 GPI 2019 up 0.6% flat
147 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9661 GPI 2010 down 2.6% flat
148 Indonesia 0.9653 GPI 2018 down 1.7% rising
149 Syria 0.9652 GPI 2013 up 1.0% rising
150 Gabon 0.9648 GPI 2011 down 3.6% rising
151 Laos 0.9647 GPI 2019 up 6.8% rising
152 Marshall Islands 0.9646 GPI 2019 down 2.2% flat
153 El Salvador 0.9641 GPI 2018 up 0.6% flat
153 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9641 GPI 2017 down 2.2% rising
155 Guyana 0.9638 GPI 2012 down 0.8% flat
156 Morocco 0.9633 GPI 2019 up 3.2% rising
157 Philippines 0.9625 GPI 2018 down 2.5% flat
158 French Polynesia 0.9622 GPI 1996 down 0.8% flat
159 Fiji 0.962 GPI 2019 down 2.3% flat
160 Peru 0.9614 GPI 2019 down 4.1% rising
161 Barbados 0.9595 GPI 2019 down 4.6% flat
162 Micronesia (country) 0.9591 GPI 2019 down 5.3% flat
163 Libya 0.9577 GPI 2006 down 2.9% rising
164 Namibia 0.9571 GPI 2018 down 0.7% falling
165 Myanmar 0.9554 GPI 2018 down 3.8% rising
166 South Africa 0.955 GPI 2018 down 1.5% falling
167 Dominican Republic 0.9509 GPI 2019 up 10.3% falling
168 Lesotho 0.9498 GPI 2017 down 3.0% falling
169 Algeria 0.9474 GPI 2019 up 0.8% rising
170 Nigeria 0.9397 GPI 2016 up 10.2% rising
171 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9394 GPI 2019 up 17.2% rising
172 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.9385 GPI 2018 up 11.6% rising
173 Brazil 0.9376 GPI 2011 down 0.1% flat
174 Sudan 0.9351 GPI 2017 up 11.3% rising
175 Cape Verde 0.9337 GPI 2018 down 0.8% flat
176 Benin 0.9269 GPI 2019 up 6.4% rising
177 Mozambique 0.9254 GPI 2019 up 6.2% rising
178 Guinea-Bissau 0.9204 GPI 2010 up 39.7% rising
179 Tuvalu 0.9171 GPI 2019 down 4.7% flat
180 Eswatini 0.9167 GPI 2018 up 1.6% flat
181 Papua New Guinea 0.9119 GPI 2016 up 7.8% rising
182 Lebanon 0.9115 GPI 1985 down 2.2% flat
183 Ethiopia 0.9076 GPI 2015 up 10.8% rising
184 Mali 0.8997 GPI 2018 up 8.4% rising
185 Cameroon 0.8996 GPI 2019 up 4.3% rising
186 Palau 0.8791 GPI 2014 down 10.1% flat
187 Niger 0.8749 GPI 2019 up 12.0% rising
188 Angola 0.8741 GPI 2015 up 4.0% rising
189 Yemen 0.8702 GPI 2016 up 18.1% rising
190 Pakistan 0.8592 GPI 2019 up 0.5% rising
191 Eritrea 0.8485 GPI 2018 up 1.3% flat
192 Iraq 0.8351 GPI 2007 down 2.2% rising
193 Guinea 0.8166 GPI 2016 down 0.6% rising
194 Central African Republic 0.7801 GPI 2016 up 12.4% rising
195 Chad 0.7757 GPI 2019 up 9.8% rising
196 Afghanistan 0.6671 GPI 2018 up 4.8% rising
197 Somalia 0.5532 GPI 2007 — rising

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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.