School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Botswana
Botswana: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9739 GPI in 2015. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Botswana, 1970–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 0.9739 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2015.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Botswana peaked at 1.22 GPI in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.9656 GPI, in 2014.
That places Botswana 132nd out of 197 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.18 GPI | 1.1 GPI | 1.22 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.11 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 1.19 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9933 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.984 GPI | 0.9684 GPI | 0.9972 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9716 GPI | 0.9656 GPI | 0.9769 GPI | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Botswana?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Botswana was 0.9739 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 GPI in 1975.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9656 GPI in 2014.
- How does Botswana rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Botswana ranks 132nd out of 197 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.